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Forepaw is a shopfront in Melbourne, Australia. We operate as a non-profit, all-ages venue for gigs, performances, workshops, screenings, installations and anything else that seems like it might fit. Find out more.

Some Stuff That We Do

Mercado

Mercado is our sort-of bimonthly artist market. The first few were a total hoot and the next one will be along soon.

Trails

Trails Forepaw‘s monthly drawing night/ publishing experiment just keeps getting better.

Tape Projects

Tape Projects are holding a series of artist talks at our place, usually on the last monday of every month. Check their site for info.

Run! You Beasts!

Run! You Beasts! This is the short film and video compilation DVD we helped Pip make in 2006. R!YB! II is now seeking submissions!

Summer Winds

Summer Winds are putting on monthly shows here from now on. Each night is a smorgasbord of artschool punk and herky-jerky hottness, with hand-picked performers from all over the country and beyond.

Head Muzak

Head Muzak was an interactive installation by Michael Prior that lived at Forepaw in March of this year. You can watch the little video we made and read the artists statement here.

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Tonight: Trails #3

Hi All,

Just a quick reminder that our third Trails evening of drawing goodness is this Tuesday the 26th or, as we like to say in the business, TONIGHT!

Hope to see you at 6.

Trails the third

Field Report: Bad Vibez II

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Second Annual Festival of Bad Vibez

As many of you are probably already aware, High Vibes fest occurs tomorrow, Sunday the 24th of September. Coincidentally, this is also the date of The Forepaw Second Annual Festival of Bad Vibez. If you came along to Bad Vibes 2005, you'll know how much fun we had, and this year has the potential to trump last year's milestone levels of Radness.

Early in the day we'll be out the front selling some stuff. Then, later in the afternoon, drop by to see the mighty DACIOS and regional Victoria's finest, BANG! BANG! AIDS! comprehensively demolish the collective goodwill of festival goers within a 200 metre radius.

From sunset to midnight we'll be playing a selection of music-related film and video. We've really trawled the archives for this one kids, finding a number of hidden gems behind the couch and buried beneath piles of unpaid bills. The screening will feature video and film by and/or featuring the music of: THE SCREAMERS, IRON MAIDEN, SNOOP DOGG, SUN CITY GIRLS, KRAFTWERK, BURZUM, THE BEACH BOYS, DEAD C, RIGHT SAID FRED, STAN BRAKHAGE, BACKSTREET BOYS, SUN RA, PAPER RAD, GILBERTO GIL & OS MUTANTES, AUTECHRE, GILBERT & GEORGE, METALLICA, JO DERY, THE STOOGES, MARK E SMITH, DABRYE, SECOS E MELHADOS, MADVILLAIN, HENRI CHOPIN, IMMORTAL, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, KONONO #1, AMON DUUL II, BBC RADIOPHONIC WORKSHOP, LIGHTNING BOLT, ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, CHAD VANGAALEN, THE TORNADOS, SATYRICON, JOSEPH BEUYS, MOTORHEAD, FLIPPER, DEVIN FLYNN, THE MARIMBA PONIES, DARYL NATHAN, DYING FETUS, THE RAWKER, POPOL VUH & uh, MORE...

All of the above will of course be broadcast live on the Forecast, 99.8FM, Rucker's Hill.

Drop by early/mid afternoon for exact playing times, and...

See you tomorrow!

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