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Burlesque performer wearing a glittery tank top with long fringed gloves, holding a wire.
9 Oct

Club Fringe: Club Blaq

  • Nightlife
  • Cabaret

Come party into the night with a line-up packed full of the best queer BIPOC acts and DJs that the Naarm scene has to offer.

Curated and hosted by multi-award winning, Indigenous burlesque, fetish and fire performer Kitty Obsidian, Club Blaq platforms those increasingly pushed out of mainstream spaces.

A joyous and radical celebration of people and bodies that are on the fringe, this is a party worth the fight and a fight that needs the space to party.

Hours

Date Times
Fri 9 Oct
  • 10pm - 3am 10:00pm - 3:00am

Location

Festival Hub: Trades Hall - Common Rooms
Trades Hall Place
Trades Hall Pl
Melbourne 3004

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Price and bookings

From $10 to $30

Book online for Club Fringe: Club Blaq

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9660 9666
  • Visit website for Club Fringe: Club Blaq

Accessibility

  • Accessible toilets
  • Companion card accepted
  • Mobility access
  • Quiet spaces
  • Additional accessible features Contact for more information

All accessibility information is self-reported by the listing owner. It has not been verified by the City of Melbourne.

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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

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