Discoteca Italiana is bringing a full night of Italian music, culture, and style to Melbourne Museum on 6 June.
Melbourne Museum transforms into an Italian club this winter, with Discoteca Italiana taking over its iconic galleries for one night only. Running from 7 to 11pm, the event spans multiple stages, serves up Roman-inspired food, and throws in complimentary access to the Rome: Empire, Power, People exhibition for good measure.
It’s a contemporary Melbourne nightlife experience wrapped in genuine Italian cultural heritage, and it’s shaping up to be one of the more interesting nights on the calendar.
Three acts cover just about every corner of the Italian and Italo-adjacent sound across two stages throughout the night.
Discoteca Italiana at Melbourne Museum
- When: Saturday, 6 June, 7–11pm
- Where: Melbourne Museum
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Dischi Marcianò opens on the Disco Stage from 7 to 9pm. An Italian-made, Australian-born DJ who has been pioneering new-age Italian disco in the Melbourne scene since the early 2000s, he brings serious festival pedigree and a reputation for pushing boundaries without losing the groove.
George Hysteric takes the ROME Stage on the lower level from 7 to 9pm. He has been creating originals and edits on vinyl for over 10 years, runs his own Italo-centric vinyl imprint Mothball Record, and designs record sleeves and event flyers on top of all that.
His sound sits at the intersection of Italo, exotic flavours and the less-dated corners of 80s hi-NRG, and it has found its way onto Munich-based Public Possession, Lisbon imprint Ostra Discos, Parisian label Plaisir Partagé, Bordello A Parigi from Delft, cult edit project Bahnsteig 23, Los Angeles-based Pleasure of Love, and the historical ZYX Records in Germany.
Famed for his vast vinyl collection of 80s synth and disco oddities, Hysteric has toured extensively across France, the Netherlands, Austria, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Canada, Poland, Norway, Lithuania, Indonesia and more.
Closing the night on the Disco Stage from 9 to 11pm is Tanzer, raised in Rome but originally from a small Australian town, now a regular at some of the world’s most exclusive parties.
She weaves disco, house, Euro soundtracks and space-opera vocals into high-glamour sets and has played everywhere from David Lynch’s Silencio Paris to the Sydney Opera House. Chanel, Comme des Garçons, Coach and Spotify have all come knocking. Dischi Marcianò also shifts to the ROME Stage for the second half of the night, keeping the lower level locked in.
Discoteca Italiana is made possible with support from the Italian Australian Foundation.
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This article was made in partnership with Museums Victoria.
