The Toff's November is a month of big swings and bigger singalongs.
The Toff opens with disco yacht rock and pub rock covers, then rolls through single launches, UK house heat and an intimate Kristin Hersh show. There’s even a three-hour Russian pop-rock night with a black-and-white dress code.
It’s all on the cards for The Toff this November.
Check out our gig guide, our festival guide, our live music venue guide and our nightclub guide. Follow us on Instagram here.
Toff Tuesdays: Jazz Club
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- Every Tuesday
- Details here
Start the week on a smoother note. Toff Tuesdays: Jazz Club pairs resident band Melbourne Improv Collective with DJ Colette, who plays before, after and in between sets so the groove never drops.
Head to the Carriage from 9pm for Antwin and Friends, the newest addition to the night. Antwin is a co-founder of Double Vision Events, so expect a fresh, well-tuned hand on the decks.
The Toff Mambo
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- Every Wednesday
- Free RSVP here
It’s your weekly dose of mambo rhythm! Can’t dance? No problem.
Mambo Wednesdays kick off with a free salsa class for all levels to get everyone in step, then the Salsa Social rolls into an evening of merengue, Latin DJs and reggaeton.
Stick around, because from 10pm the room flips into a full-blown club night, spinning world sounds from afro and Latin house to more reggaeton.
Entry is always free, tequilas are $12 all night long, and the best dancers on the floor walk away with drink cards.
Mixtape
- Date: Monday 2 November, doors 7pm
- Tickets here
Simon’s Loungeroom rolls back in for a Monday night mash-up of eras and genres. Disco-leaning yacht rockers Hvns to Betty! share the bill with The Strolling Bones, who are on pub rock classics duty.
Beat the Monday blues with a singalong.
It’s public holiday eve so door tix go cheap…
Frite and Friends
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- Date: Friday 6 November, 11pm till late
- Entry: Free
- RSVP here
Ango is the DJ, producer and songwriter whose sample-heavy, emotion-soaked tracks have scored spins from Patrick Topping, Zack Fox and Skin on Skin. Yowies, a duo fresh off a run of big winter gigs, back him up, and Mr. Frite rounds out the trio.
It’s house music built for dancing with your mates. No cover, so no excuses.
Seven Pound Halo – ‘You Think I Care’ Single Launch
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- Date: Saturday 7 November, doors 7pm
- Tickets here
Grunge-flecked, hazy alt-rockers Seven Pound Halo celebrate their new single with Cass Aware and Saskia Robin in tow. The track tackles being misunderstood, and the moment you decide nobody else gets to tell you who you are.
Three bands, one new single live, then a DJ after-party that runs late. Get in early.
Ellen Bryant – ‘Benz’ Single Launch
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- Date: Thursday 12 November, doors 7pm
- Tickets here
Four years between releases is a long time. Ellen Bryant breaks the silence with ‘Benz’, a song about finding your way back to yourself.
It’s her first headline gig in three years, with Annalisa Fernandez and Chia The Artist along as guests. Think soul, alt-R&B and a first peek at what she’s been quietly building.
Mas Que Nada Brothers
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- Date: Friday 13 November, doors 7pm
- Tickets here
This UK duo bounce between deep, hypnotic rollers and big hands-in-the-air moments, mixing house, tech house, disco and techno. Their CV takes in Glastonbury, Creamfields, Boardmasters and Snowbombing, plus a nod from Pete Tong on BBC Radio 1.
Sydney’s Nikki Carvell supports, with a career that spans Sydney, Ibiza and London and a Ministry of Sound debut along the way.
KLUB LOW LYF
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- Date: Friday 13 November, 11pm till late
- Entry: Free
- RSVP here
Friday the 13th kicks off a new club night spread across two rooms. Stage Side goes heavy on house, techno, electro and bass, with rolling percussion and a darker mood. Carriage Side keeps things deep next door.
Kahu, Naliita, KJones, Ollis b2b Leeps and jbn are on the decks. Free in, so settle in.
An Evening with Kristin Hersh
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- Date: Saturday 14 November, doors 7pm
- Tickets here
Alt-music songwriter Kristin Hersh returns for a run of intimate shows, with Grace Mitchell opening in Melbourne. Her new album Sugar On Blackstone is a moodier record about mortality, memory and the people and places that stay with us, and it gets an airing alongside older favourites.
Close quarters, big feelings.
Night Watch [Ночной Дозор]
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- Date: Saturday 21 November, doors 7pm
- Tickets here
Fresh off Sydney, Night Watch brings its neon-and-shadow urban fantasy party to Melbourne. Clueless and Sounday run through three hours of Russian pop and rock hits, covering the likes of Zemfira, Bi-2, Kino and Mumiy Troll.
Pick light or dark, then dress in black or white. The city never sleeps.
Toff Club with Joey Coco & N.O.X
- 21 November, 11pm
- Free RSVP here
Two selectors, one stack of records, and a floor that doesn’t empty out. Joey Coco and N.O.X trade tracks through a Saturday night of house and dancefloor classics, starting with deep, chugging grooves and building to big vocal moments and timeless anthems as the room fills up.
The lights stay low and the dancing stays busy until late.
Exiles – ‘Dreaming’ Single Launch
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- Date: Saturday 28 November, doors 7:30pm
- Tickets here
Melbourne post-punks Exiles are known for loud, sweaty, communal gigs, with a sound that sits somewhere between Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Joy Division, Interpol and Fontaines D.C.
After sold-out launches for ‘Static’ and ‘Persona’, they bring ‘Dreaming’ to their biggest headline show yet. It’s bigger and broader, but still urgent.
For more information, head here.
This article was made in partnership with The Toff.
