Melbourne Rainbow Band

Category: Performances

  • Making Musical – Gasworks Theatre 29/30 Oct

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    The Melbourne Rainbow Band’s first performance under the baton of new Musical Director – David Wisken, Making Musical paid homage to the many talented writers of Broadway. With an amazing vocal performance by the very talented Rosa McCarty, the Melbourne Rainbow Band performed a range of samples from Broadway. As host, the hilarious Anna Burgess…

  • Our latest CD: 15 & Fabulous!

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    The Melbourne Rainbow Band’s 15th Anniversary CD is on sale now, and it’s even more fabulous than we could have hoped.  Celebrating some of our favourite music from the last five years, it pretty much includes every style of music we play – movies, musicals, classical, jazz and even a couple of rock tunes with guest vocalist…

  • ChillOut Festival – Daylesford

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    As has become part of the tradition, ChillOut 2011 was a mixture of fun performances, relaxation and unexpected weather. The MRB’s advance team arrived in Daylesford on Friday night for a welcome bbq hosted by our recently retired conductor Mark Lyall.  We spent the evening eating fabulous food and drinking under the amazing country stars. …

  • Pride March – Fitzroy St, St Kilda

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    Another Pride, and another fantastic performance by the MRB!  We put on a great show this year: without doubt our crowd-pleasing repertoire and awesome Colour Guard helped, but it was mainly because of the great teamwork and effort all our members put in beforehand – well done all! We met at Albert Park at 11:30am…

  • Australia Day People’s March & Joy94.9 Picnic

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    It was a lovely day for marching this year; not too hot, not too cold. We assembled as per usual by the Arts Centre coffee man and congratulated ourselves on our dedication not only to our country but to the caffeine that gets us up in the morning. The march kicked off this year a…

  • Midsumma Carnival 2011

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    What a great day! This year’s Midsumma Carnival was a huge event, with massive crowds and plenty of fun for everyone. Birrarung Marr played host, and turned out to be a perfect venue for the event, though short of shady spots to escape the Summer sun. The MRB displayed a stall for the duration of…

  • Carols by Queerlight 10th Anniversary Concert

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    Our 2010 Christmas Concert with the MGLC was a fantastic success – the best yet by all accounts. Masterfully hosted by Melbourne performer and entertainer Luke Gallagher and Joy94.9 General Manager Danae Gibson, the event also featured special guest host Dolly Diamond. Dolly wowed the house with her performance of Hello Dolly (accompanied by MGLC)…

  • Gay Games VIII

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    In July 2010, eight lucky Melbourne Rainbow Band members traveled to Cologne for Gay Games VIII. It was a magical experience, and a journey that none of us will ever forget. For the 9 days we were all in Cologne together we worked hard and played harder – both musically and also in the bars…

  • Australiana – MRB celebrates 15 years

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    Following the success of our sell-out 2009 show at Chapel Off Chapel, Love and War, on the 15th & 16th of May The Melbourne Rainbow Band presented an emotive journey through music and time featuring pieces that spoke of Australia’s broad culture and its unique landscape.   Our Musical Director Mark Lyall, prepared a program that welcomeed the…

  • ChillOut Festival

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    Image courtesy of J Rostant (2010) While the long weekend in March signifies the migration to Sydney for Mardi Gras, for many members of the GLBTI community it also marks the Daylesford’s ChillOut Festival.  On Sunday 7 March 2010 members of the MRB made the trek to the ordinarily quiet country town of Daylesford, which…