Kingswood launch the festivities at MMW’s flagship venue at the Queen Vic Market form 6.30pm until 8.30pm.
Section 8 and Ferdyduke build on their reputation for knocking laneway parties out of the park with Brawther, Chiefs, City Calm Down, Document Swell, Haarlo, Milwaukee Banks, Paces, RaRa, Scatter Scatter SoundSystem, Skomes and Stax Osset from 4pm until 1am. It also features star-studded frankfurters and nachos to nibble away at.
Lounge present fuse new artists with those well-established at the revitalised Melbourne venue. From 5pm to 1am, catch Cale Sexton, Dan White, Harvey Sutherland, Jake Blood, Kangaroo Skull, M5K, Sleep D, Tom Day and Voiteck. Philly cheese steaks, Texan BBQ ribs and fried green tomato sliders are all on offer.
Boney will be operating with a lineup of some of our favourite local DJs including Dylan Michél (aka Wooshie, This Thing founder) Coup D’etat, (the new collaborative project from Kane Ikin and Harvey Sutherland), Eglo Records signee Versaj, Silentjay and Julien Love.
Foreign Brothers are set to transform 1000£ Bend into a roller disco of epic proportions in partnership with Northside Records. Catch Chris Gill, DJ Manchild, Lewis Cancut, Mondo Freaks and Ms Butt from 6pm to 1.30am. Munch on spicy quesadillas and burgers.
Requiem present a celebration of gothic subcultures at The Liberty Social, with Agent Cleave, Habits, Lakes, Repairs and Rule of Thirds, from 7pm until 2am.
In a nod to up-and-comers, The Hi-Fi presents Bad Family, Magic America, The Good Morrows and Where’s Joss, from 7pm until 2am.
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club present two rooms of electrifying live jazz from 7.30 til 1am. Catch Joseph O’Connor, The Furbelows and Tom Noonan.
The iconic Cherry Bar is known for the most part as a rock’n’roll institution, but their Soul Thursdays are equally famed. As part of the Music Safari, Cherry will be hosting Kingston Crown, Stella Angelico and The Harlots from 8pm til 11pm.
The Harpoons and The Parking Lot Experiments take over the Toff In Town from 7pm until 4.30am, be sure to pack your dancing shoes. Indulge in some Thai cuisine thanks to Choo Choo.
The peeps behind St Jerome’s Laneway Fest have put together their first MMW event at The Kelvin Club, featuring Japanese Wallpaper, LUCIANBLOMKAMP and Klo. From 8pm to 11pm. They serve up some carbonara croquets, burgers and a huge list of toasties.
Public Bar throw open their doors once more for the Music Safari. Featuring Little Desert, Pearls and White Hex. Miss Katie will be serving up her famed traditional crab boil with all the trimmings.
Disco and ‘80s pop will hit the John Curtin, with Sex on Toast, Sugar Fed Leopards and Vaudeville Smash. There’s also the pop-up kitchen of Huxtaburger to keep that hunger in check.
Down the stairs in the dank and sweaty Mercat Basement, Andee Frost, Otologic, Rat & Co and Tornado Wallace will keep you in a state of sonic wonderment from 9pm to 5am. Upstairs, you’ll find Fancy Hanks with slow-cooked American BBQ for the soul.
Last but certainly not least, Ding Dong present a stellar lineup for the Music Safari with Jakubi and Ngaiire from 9pm until 4am. Traditional Cajun and Creole cuisine is up for grabs with Girl with the Gris Gris.
