This year Melbourne Festival is proud to collaborate with internationally renowned festival producers Strut & Fret Production House to create the dazzling new Foxtel Festival Hub: a custom-designed bar, club and hub – a performance space and festive destination in the heart of the Festival precinct.

As each day unfurls, the Foxtel Festival Hub transforms from relaxed daytime cafe to chic preshow meeting place to night-time entertainment spectacular, with special guest DJs keeping the dancefloor moving from 9pm until the early morn.

Featuring a roster of cabaret, music, theatre, comedy and circus exclusively curated by Strut & Fret, as well as hosting the highly anticipated Ringside: Artists in Conversations series, the Foxtel Festival Hub will, for 17 delirious days, become the beating heart of Melbourne’s festival life: an extravaganza of performance, art, dining, drinking and dancing, where you never know quite what – or who – you’ll encounter.

Rounding out this feast for the senses is the Hub’s spectacular garden kitchen, Epulo, with free wi-fi and a sumptuous menu crafted by Jason Jones, co-founder of Melbourne’s beloved eatery, Mamasita.

Click here to view the full program of events.