Yarra City Council is deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of national treasure, storyteller, award-winning actor, musician, potter and Aboriginal elder, Uncle Jack Charles.

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Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre captures its community with the talents of portrait artist Amir Tehrani. This project was supported by Yarra City Arts.

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Get all the insights from the Leaps and Bounds Music Festival 2022 Industry Day. 

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We’re reviewing our Arts and Culture grants program to ensure it continues to be accessible, impactful and meet the needs of our diverse communities. We also want to make sure these grants continue to support the creative and social impact these exhibitions, events or programs can provide the wider Yarra community

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These awards are a fantastic opportunity to recognise the everyday heroes in Yarra who make a difference to our community.

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Yarra is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of prolific Aboriginal singer, songwriter and truth-teller, Archie Roach.

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Tanderrum (inverted plinth) responds to the Wurundjeri Country land on which it stands, within an area now known as Edinburgh Gardens.

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Expressions of Interest to hold a major event in the City of Yarra from January 2023 to December 2023 are now open.

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Yarra Council wants to support artists and arts organisations to create and present artworks in response to the climate emergency.

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We are opening our community venues to artists and arts organisations at a new, discounted rate.

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Are you an individual artist or creative organisation looking for support to realise a project in 2023?

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The Leaps and Bounds Music Festival has been extended, with a string of incredible new shows added thanks to a funding boost from the State Government’s On the Road Again fund.

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How Council manages events in public spaces is guided by Yarra’s Events in Public Spaces Policy. Since its inception in 2006, the Policy has sought to strike a balance between enabling events to occur and ensuring our community continues to have access to our parks and open spaces for their quiet enjoyment and recreation.

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Leaps and Bounds Music Festival will host a a 4-day takeover at the Abbotsford Convent from 30 June to 3 July.

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Eight articles focused on homelessness have been published in Al Jazeera by Ali MC with the proud support of Yarra's Creative and Engage Grant Program.

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The Leaps and Bounds Music Festival will put the ‘live’ back in live music this winter, with an electrifying program of in-person gigs showcasing the artists, producers and local venues that make the City of Yarra Melbourne’s music capital.

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In September 2021, Melbourne lost a great champion of community radio and alt-country music. This year, PBS and Leaps and Bounds present a very special live broadcast, and tribute to David Heard between 3pm and 5pm on Thursday 23 June.

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The City of Yarra’s premier celebration of local live music, the Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, returns this winter with a massive line up of in-person shows across the city.

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We are committed to supporting people with disability to live full and active lives, ensuring that Yarra is an inclusive and accessible community and a place where everyone can live well. Access to arts participation and living a rich cultural life is big part of living well.

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Three murals by artist Sam Yong were commissioned by Yarra City Council in 2020 and are located on the Collingwood Senior Citizens Centre (CSSC), next to the Collingwood Town Hall, on Hoddle Street in Collingwood.

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