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.

ADAM HALL & THE VELVET PLAYBOYS (WA)

Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys are a six piece Perth band dedicated to the performance of exciting live shows.

The music captures a mood reminiscent of the Rat Pack or Louis Prima in Las Vegas in the 50s – swingin' jazz, rockin’ rhythm and blues and good ol' boogie woogie.

Their repotoire also features more contemporary music in a vein similar to artists as diverse as James Brown, Ray Charles & Harry Connick Jr.

Their debut album "I've Got News For You" was released in June 2007.

WITH CIRCUS PERFORMANCES FROM:

JUDITH LANIGAN

Hula Hoop virtuosa Judith Lanigan interprets the ballet divertissement originally choreographed by Fokine for Anna Pavlova. Judith Lanigan studied hula hoops at the Moscow State Circus School and is the award winning author of the 'A True History of the Hula Hoop' published by Picador in 2009. The Dying Swan has been described as " an excellent adaptation of a classical theme with a highly intelligent wink from Down Under (Tete a Tete Festival Germany)   and “A brilliant, essentially comic routine that dissolves into a blur of hoops and flying feathers.” (The Age )

THE STRAWBERRY SIREN

Miss Strawberry Siren has been dazzling Burlesque audiences both in Australia and overseas for the last 4 years.  No stranger to the stage, Miss Strawberry has been performing since the tender age of 12 (yes.... that’s 16 years under lights!) Miss Strawberry draws on her extensive background in Circus, Theatre and Dance to provide a fresh and fancy take on Burlesque that she likes to call Cirlesque!
"The Strawberry Siren Stands out with her good looks and peculiar but hypnotic brand of Burlesque tease.” Australian Stage.

WITH YOUR RESIDENT SWING SELECTORS AND ALL-THAT-JAZZ:

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.