Since launching early 2010 the ‘South Side Show’ has quickly become Melbourne’s undisputed weekly home of vaudeville, circus and cabaret.

On stage, dance floor or hanging from the ceiling, every Saturday night this lush art deco inspired venue comes to life with the crème of local and international guest performers alongside a rambunctious crowd comprised of circus kids, carney folk and vaudevillians.

With a reputation as a world class cocktail bar as well as one of the city’s most alternative club nights, the South Side Show parties till the wee hours each Saturday to the sounds of soul, funk, jazz, hiphop and cabaret show tunes served up DJs Mike Gurrieri, Knave Knixx & Edd Fisher.

IMOGEN KELLY

"Greetings! I am Australia's internationally renouned Queen of burlesque. Actually, i'm more notorious than famous and that's how I like it. I've been performing burlesque since the eighties, my appeal is more cult than mainstream... I guess I'm more naughty than most and definately more bent. My debut was when I walked out in front of 20, 000 people and my clothes (not that there were many) fell off leaving me shamelessly naked. The standing ovation I received convinced me that I was born to strip."

JESSICA WARD

Jessica has had a love for dance since she could walk. During her childhood she trained in dance, gymnastics and acrobatics and participated in national and international competitions. At 19 she gave up her full time job as a flight attendant to pursue a career as a circus performer. Jessica has now graduated from the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA). She specializes in contortion hand balancing, aerial hoop, tissu and acrobatics.

GRANT SWIFT

Grant Swift...has a flashier, more athletic style...fascinating to watch."
Jessica Nicholas, The Age, Melbourne Australia.

"One of the most Spiritually motivated, Politically active artists in our generation.  He has the guts to say what most of the world is thinking. His dance is truly inspired by a higher force."
Jason Samuels Smith - Emmy Award Winner

 "Choreographer, dancer, Grant Swift, has an eccentric, exciting style, athletic and very strongly rhythmical."
Hawkes Bay Herald Tribune.

"Ultra cool pieces given the top of the shelf performances."
The Dominion, Christchurch, New Zealand.

MIKE GURRIERI

Mike Gurrieri brings his swingin' genre-bending DJ antics to Red Bennies every Saturday night from midnight. Expect to go everywhere from swing jazz, funk, soul, hip hop & everything else in-between. A true party set like no other!

EDD FISHER
 
Edd Fisher is a music collector, selector, appreciator, producer & radio presenter.

Not your average disc jockey, Edd is a graduate of Australia's premier music school WAAPA with a bachelor in Jazz Composition, presents a radio show (Tomorrow Land) fortnightly on PBS106.7FM and is one of Beat TV’s latest presenters and interviewers!

A regular DJ in the Melbourne scene, Edd’s sets span a mixed bag of Rare-Groove, Funk, Soul, Future Beats, Disco, Hop Hop & Jazz. A fine selector across broad genres Edd's sound is a seamless blend of old and new creating a distinct and modern take on the dance floor.
 
 
 

KNAVE KNIXX
 
Congawa!
The Knave is a one of a kind selector that brings you a freaky collection of boogie woogie, hip shakin', room-a-quakein' tunes!

This quirky, high octane DJ is King Pin selector of his style in homeland NZ and is making the dancefloors of Melbourne jump to his special fix of Swing Jazz, Nostalgia, Surf, Rock N Roll, Exotica, Funk and Cumbia Beat.
It's an infectious blend of nostalgic flavour that will have you swinging tree to tree though the musical jungle of groovy...
 
 
 
 
 

IMAAN
 
Imaan Hadchiti, Australia’s biggest smallest comedian presents the South Side Show.

Imaan has performed at Melbourne Comedy Circuit for just over 5 years touring all around Australia and the UK. He boasts a different perspective for stand up comedy being of a short-stature, he uses his point of difference to point out the absurdity of societies reactions to “midgets” he also touches on topics of religion and the lack of common sense in the world with a nice blend of personal travel stories.