Performances, arts and activities for everyone, all weekend!

Over three days, a corner of the carpark at Preston Market will be transformed into a vivid hub for Darebin FUSE Festival. Come and experience the centrepiece, THE CUBE by Born in a Taxi, a freestanding, transparent arts-space which will host a smorgasbord of performances and creative activities over the weekend.

All activities are FREE to attend and suitable for all ages!

Saturday 12 September, 5.30pm – 9pm

Un-BEET-able: Kids’ Choir x Preston Market Stallholders Performance

A collaboration with Born in a Taxi, Preston Market and Wales St Primary Rock Choir: the ancient art of spruiking meets the voice of the next generation in a cheeky love song to the food that sustains us and the people who bring it to our kitchens.

BrAVOCADO! An eLEMONtary PEARformance featuring subLIME local apPEARances, from Preston Market royalty. It SHALLOT be mediOKRA.

We aPEEL to your sense of FUNgi and imPEACH you to come and join the misCHIVE with the Wales St Primary School Fruit Choir.

ROMAINE calm and carry on and everything will be CHILLI.

You don’t need encourage-MINT, this is a big DILL, like nothing you’ve ever BEAN part of.

CUMQUAT may, SAGE the DATE!

SKNOW x Jackie Sheppard Live Performance

FUSE Festival, audio-visual electronic artist SKNOW (Wiradjuri) and mixed-medium movement artist Jackie Sheppard (Tagalaka/Dagalag) will present a striking collaborative performance. Together, they will harness SKNOW’s fluid form, transcending through live vocals and recorded sounds of Country, breaking down the harsh boundaries of genre. In speaking to sovereignty, embodied culture and lived experience, Jackie Sheppard will move in dialogue with sound, presenting a reciprocal performance that reflects generations of storytelling through different mediums.

FUSE Hub @ THE CUBE

• DJ Smoochie
• Bar by Tallboy & Moose
• Food truck