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Night Trade

Saeborg, Mummy’s Plastic, Nyege Nyege, Shohei Fujimoto + more to be announced

  • Music
  • Visual Arts
  • Performance
  • Free

Latest Updates: 

Please note: Night Trade is closed Mon 9—Wed 11 June. Reopens Thu 12 June.

Music, art, food and reality-rifting lasers—it’s all alley-bound and ready to be found at Night Trade.

Night Trade is back.

It’s a miscellanea of RISING mischief where you can sample the festival for free.

Head to Capital Arcade and Howey Place for microbars and local eateries. Look out for RISING Star Karaoke, latex-encased performance by Saeborg and uncanny self-portraits at Chongworld. Get your perception bent by lasers at Shohei Fujimoto’s intangible #form. Shimmy to the left and swipe to the right at Club Tinder.

Local label Music in Exile are opening the new Night Trade Stage. Nyege Nyege Collective are showcasing Afro-galactic electronic music. Old Plates DJs (the brainchild of DJ Manchild) are warming us up. Expect big bass from the Brooklyn-based Blazer Sound System, a takeover from Disco Mediterranea and left-field club experiments from Lakatoi & Friends too.

Whether you’re in for a sojourn or the so-journey, Night Trade’s neon heart beats for you.

Image Credits

Night Trade 2024. PHOTO: Tamarah Scott

Saeborg | I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU at the Tokyo Contemporary Art Award 2022-2024 Exhibition (2024) PHOTO: ©Takahashi Kenji

intangible #form by Shoehei Fujimoto. PHOTO: Artec House

DJ Travella. PHOTO: Courtesy of the artist.

Mummy's Plastic, Night Trade 2024. PHOTO: Gianna Rizzo

MC Yallah. PHOTO: Courtesy of the artist

RISING: Melbourne 04 — 15 June 2025 — RISING: Night Trade, Melbourne 2025