Tesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers is returning to the Dandenong Ranges this autumn from Saturday March 25 – April 25 2023.
KaBloom offers visitors the chance to roam through fields of well over three million flowers, enjoy live entertainment and be enchanted by contemporary circus performances high above the flowers on sway poles, acrobats, mythical creatures and sprites. SWAY created their show BLOOM for this festival and have since toured the world with it. This year they have added a little something extra and it will thrill and delight.
Across five weeks visitors will be able to experience and enjoy a glorious range of flowers on full display across an area around one and half times the size of the MCG. Visitors can wander amongst more than 10,000m2 fields of wildflowers to nail that perfect Instagram shot. Autumn blooms in the fields include brilliant blue Salvias, hot pink Calibrachoas, delightful Dahlias, towering Sunflowers, magical Marigolds, popular Poppies, stunning Snapdragons, charming Cleomes, darling Delphiniums, heavenly Hollyhocks, dazzling Dianthus and many more.
Kids will be enchanted by the KaBloom characters, including Flower Fairies, Teague the Storyteller and many more school holiday activities.
Visitors to the festival will be able to enjoy an amazing selection of local and international food trucks on site or are welcome to soak up the floral visions at KaBloom with a picnic of their own.
Tesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
www.kabloom.com.au
March 25 – April 25, 2023
357 Monbulk Road, Silvan
Adults $32 Concession $28 and children under 16 free.
DAVE HUGHES IS UNFILTERED AND DAMN FUNNY IN HIS NEW SHOW TOO GOOD
We all know that Dave Hughes is one of the most prolific and hilarious men in show business, keeping millions of Australians in stitches on TV, radio and social media.
Hughesy is returning to his favourite job, stand-up comedy, in 2023 with his brand-new show, Too Good, an hour of his trademark, lay-it-on-the-line, side-splitting takes on life. He observes humans and the world we live in in a way that makes for stories and hot takes that deliver the big laughs.
In 2023 Hughesy will also go global with his stand up comedy special, Dave Hughes: Ridiculous, premiering on Amazon Prime Video.
‘Career best form’ and ‘never been funnier’ are two quotes Hughesy has heard about himself recently from other talented comedians.
Find out for yourself. He’s freaking on fire. A night you’ll never forget – unfiltered and damn funny.
‘The best stand up in Australia in career best form’ Mick Molloy
“He is a master of his trade.” ★★★★★ The Advertiser
“Comic Genius.” Herald Sun
“Hilarious.” The Age
All booking info comedy.com.au
Adelaide Fringe Festival
Date: Saturday, February 18 – Saturday, March 4 (Fridays & Saturdays only)
Time: 7pm and 10:45pm
Venue: Garden of Unearthly Delights
Canberra Comedy Festival
Date: Friday 24 March
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Canberra Theatre
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Date: Thursday 30 March – Sunday 9 April
Time: 6pm, Sunday 5pm
Venue: Melbourne Town Hall
Sydney Comedy Festival
Date: Saturday 13 May
Time: 8:45pm
Venue: The Concourse
Brisbane Comedy Festival
Date: Saturday 20 May
Time: 5pm and 7pm
Venue: Brisbane Powerhouse
Wyong
Date: Saturday 3 June
Time: 8pm
Venue: Art House
Perth
Date: Saturday 10 June
Time: 7pm
Venue: Regal Theatre
Wollongong
Date: Saturday 24 June
Time: 4pm
Venue: Spiegeltent
Sydney
Date: Saturday 9 September
Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Enmore Theatre
WIL ANDERSON
AUSTRALIA’S MASTER OF COMEDY RETURNS TO WILUMINATE IN 2023
WINNER – Director’s Choice, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2022
WINNER – Best of The Fest, Sydney Comedy Festival 2022
SIX-TIME WINNER – People’s Choice Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival
In 2022 Wil Anderson delivered his best live show yet – a remarkable feat for someone with over a quarter of a century in the game. A comedian at the height of his powers, Wil is touring the country in 2023 with his brand-new show Wiluminate.
Wil is the host of ABC TV’s Gruen, Question Everything and smash hit podcasts Wilosophy, TOFOP, FOFOP and 2 Guys 1 Cup, a Helpmann award winner, six-time MICF People’s Choice Award recipient and last year took out Director’s Choice at the Melbourne Comedy Festival and Best of the Fest at the Sydney Comedy Festival respectively.
Australia’s most prolific and unmatched comedian, Wil made his festival debut in 1997 and until 2019 he wrote and performed a new show every year, 25 different shows to sell-out audiences all over Australia and the world.
“Lightning in a bottle.” ★★★★½ The Sydney Morning Herald, 2022
“Savage intelligence and rapid-fire riffing, Wil Anderson confronts humanity head-on.” Time Out
“Unmatched and relentlessly fun to witness.” ★★★★ Adelaide Advertiser, 2022
“Ever-slick, Anderson’s experience shows throughout, from the easy to-and-fro with the crowd to the unlaboured structure that subtly underpins the 70 minutes, sending the audience out into the Melbourne streets fully satisfied.” ★★★★½ Chortle,
“An absolute comedy masterclass. Even the unscripted crowd work is pure bliss” Melbourne Lyf
All booking info comedy.com.au
Adelaide Fringe Festival
Date: Friday 17 February – Sunday, March 5
Time: 8:15pm
Venue: Garden of Unearthly Delights
Hobart
Date: Friday 17 March
Time: 8pm
Venue: Theatre Royal
Canberra Comedy Festival
Date: Saturday 25 March
Time: 8:30pm
Venue: Canberra Theatre
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Date: Tuesday 11 – Sunday 23 April
Time: Tues-Thu 7pm; Fri & Sat 6:30pm; Sun 6pm
Venue: Comedy Theatre
Sydney Comedy Festival
Date: Friday 12 May
Time: 7:15pm
Venue: Enmore Theatre
Date: Saturday 13 May
Time: 7pm
Venue: The Concourse
Perth Comedy Festival
Date: Saturday 20 May
Time: 7pm
Venue: Regal Theatre
Brisbane Comedy Festival
Date: Friday 26 and Saturday 27 May
Time: 8:30pm and 6:30pm
Venue: The Tivoli
TOMMY LITTLE
TOMMY LITTLE’S RAPIDLY AGEING F*CKBOY TOURING ACROSS OZ
The reigning dickhead of Australian comedy is back baby, with a brand-new show, Rapidly Ageing F*ckboy, for 2023.
Tommy Little has loads of bad ideas. Luckily for audiences they make for a quality night of laughs! Effortlessly charming, always outrageous, and never afraid to make a fool of himself, Tommy has cemented his place as one of Australia’s most prolific and popular comedians. Playing to sold out crowds across the country Tommy’s performance energy and ability to tell a cracking story makes for a compelling and riotous night out. He is in career best form.
Rapidly Ageing F*ckboy sees Little find the humour in being robbed, generational bedroom behaviour, his standing in the art world, his semi-narcoleptic housemate and six months of world record training for nothing.
“Comedy gold from the get-go.” Herald Sun
“Little can’t be faulted, and the show ends with an hour somehow feeling like seconds.” ★★★★★ The Advertiser
comedy.com.au for all booking information.
Adelaide Fringe Festival
Date: Friday 17 Feb – Sunday 5 March
Time: 8:40pm
Venue: The Garden of Unearthly Delights
Gold Coast Laughs
Date: Saturday 18 March
Time: 7:15pm
Venue: HOTA
Melbourne Comedy Festival
Date: Thursday 30 March – Sunday 23 April (no shows Mondays)
Time: Tues – Thurs 8:30pm, Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 7:30pm
Venue: Comedy Theatre
Perth Comedy Festival
Date: Saturday 29 April
Time: 9pm
Venue: Regal Theatre
Brisbane Comedy Festival
Date: Friday 5 and Saturday 6 May
Time: Friday 8:30pm; Saturday 6:30pm
Venue: The Tivoli
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