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Asia TOPA

Music
Food + Wine
Kids + Families
Performance
Free
Music
Food + Wine
Kids + Families
Performance
Free

Dates

20 February 2025 – 10 March 2025
Various dates & times

Venues

Main Square
ArtPlay
Flinders St Amphitheatre
The Atrium

Free live music, art, screenings and performance, celebrating the return of Australia’s triennial of Asia-Pacific performance.

As part of Asia TOPA this summer, the Square will be abuzz with free, open-air events for music-lovers, the creatively curious, as well as children and families.

Featuring international artists, major headliners, an Indonesian breakfast party and a project that connects children in Melbourne to children in Korea – this Asia TOPA will be about conversation, the sharing of ideas and getting in the groove.

Presented by Asia TOPA, Arts Centre Melbourne and Fed Square.

Fed Square x Asia TOPA Live with Glass Beams

21 February, 7.30pm–10.30pm | Main Square

Asia TOPA’s opening concert is set to be a spectacular celebration of Eastern-fusion contemporary music, featuring major headliner Glass Beams and international acts.

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Nongkrong – Sarapan

Sunday 23 February, 9.30am–6pm | Main Square + Swanston St Forecourt

A free, all-day event of sarapan (‘breakfast’) and performances presented by Nongkrong Festival that transforms the Square into a space to nongkrong – or to ‘hang out’ in Bahasa Indonesia.

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Bread, Circuses and Home

28 February-10 March, 4pm-7pm | Flinders St Amphitheatre

Consume the sights, tastes and sounds of Punjab in this vibrant installation and performance series about migration and resilience. This free public installation and mini-festival is by innovative Delhi-based artist duo Jiten Thukral (Jalandhar, Punjab) and Sumir Tagra (New Delhi).

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Shadows in Twin Cities

20 February-10 March | ArtPlay + Fed Square

Shadows in Twin Cities is a project by artists Jessica Wilson and Gijong Yoo, which brings together children from Jeonju (Korea) and Melbourne (Australia) in unusual conversations between each other and their city landscapes. Children can join in a participatory workshop with ArtPlay, watch a screening on the Big Screen and explore Fed Square to find hidden Hanji (shadows).

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Asia TOPA is a joint initiative of the Sidney Myer Fund and Arts Centre Melbourne, is supported by the Australian and Victorian Governments through Creative Victoria, Playking Foundation and the Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts.

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Check out the full program of free live music, outdoor cinema and community events on as part of Open Air in the Square.