This September and October sees the return of the Northcote Kids Festival to Melbourne. Over two weeks during the School Holidays, the Northcote Town Hall will come to life with a selection of theatre, music, workshops, and inspiration for children and their families.
Studio One will house a performance hub with a wide selection of shows from Melbourne and beyond.
For more info, go to the Northcote Kids Festival website.
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Applications for our next Children's and Baby Market dates are now open. The highly successful markets feature both new and used goods, so whether you're a maker of items for little people, or simply need to clear out the cupboards, this market is the place for you. 
The molodoy banda of droogs settle for a nochy with a bit of the old in and out, some horrorshow ultra-violence and a bit of moloko plus at the old Korova Bar. But the bolshy times come to an end when Alex punchipunches and kills an old baboochka.
An ophthalmologist and his wife walk hand in hand through an asylum. She leads, he is blind. They are quarantined. A contagion has spread through the city inflicting sudden and inexplicable blindness on people. In an attempt to contain the infection and maintain order, the government enforces radical measures to ensure the blind are restrained. 
Limbo is described as a cool dark place on the outskirts of heaven and hell – a place where souls reside and wait. But for what are they waiting? What if limbo wasn’t dark, foreboding and empty but just a room where people sat and waited for their number to be called? Limbus is a play exploring life before the after life.
A commune of people reminiscent of Tramline 86 reside in a dump yard where once loved vehicles go to die. Living amongst the wreckage of cars and old upholstery, the occupants of the car cemetery live out a blasphemous and subversive rewrite of the passion of Christ. An eccentric and dark comedy, The Car Cemetery is indicative of peoples’ fractured sense of self, portrayed through the cycles and rituals of the characters relationships.
The 2011 program delivers a slice of the cultural music pie that
reflects the City of Darebin, with over 160 events, many of which taking place
at the Northcote. The Darebin Music Feast is a festival dedicated to
song-writing and community music, in all its diverse forms. It is an exciting,
all-inclusive festival that celebrates the musical diversity of one of
Melbourne’s most thriving musical communities.