Your weekend: our guide to what's on around Melbourne
MUSIC
JAZZ Melbourne jazz singer Jackie Bornstein presents Women in Jazz, paying homage to the greatest female jazz singers in history. Bornstein will perform songs by Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Bernice Petkere, Dorothy Fields, Maria Grever and Ann Ronnell, as well as her own original pieces. Saturday, 8pm, Kew Court House, 188 High Street, Kew, $26-$30, 9278 4770, boroondara.vic.gov.au
BLUES Reuniting for one night, bands Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons and the Rock Doctors come together for a memorial concert to celebrate the life of bass player John Power, who died last November. Power was known as the bass guitarist and singer in Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons, but also played with bands including Company Caine, Foreday Riders, the Rock Doctors and the Hippos. Sunday, 8pm, Memo Music Hall, 88 Acland Street, St Kilda, $25, 9534 3556, memomusichall.com.au
CLASSICAL
British cellist Natalie Clein and Russian pianist Katya Apekisheva perform together as part of the Musica Viva 2019 series. The duo will play works from composers Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ernest Bloch, Rebecca Clarke, Beethoven and Australian composer Natalie Williams' piece New Work, commissioned for this series. Saturday, 7pm, Melbourne Recital Centre, corner of Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank, $40-$139, 9699 3333, melbournerecital.com.au
STAGE
MUSICALS Socially awkward Muriel Heslop dreams of the perfect wedding, making the move from Porpoise Spit to Sydney to fulfil her ambitions. Based on the 1994 film starring Toni Collette, Muriel's Wedding the Musical features original music by Kate Miller-Heidke and Keir Nuttall and a number of ABBA hits. Until June 9. Sunday, 3pm, Her Majesty's Theatre, 219 Exhibition Street, city, $65-$155, 132849, ticketek.com.au
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COMEDY The Melbourne Shakespeare Company presents a new take on Twelfth Night. A group of Melbourne socialites is shipwrecked on an island and when Viola is separated from her twin, Sebastian, she disguises herself as a man to get by. The event is family-friendly and audiences are encouraged to bring rugs, chairs and picnic spreads. Saturday and Sunday, 2pm and 7pm, Central Park, 148 Burke Road, Malvern East, $20-$30, 132849, ticketek.com.au
ELSEWHERE
MARKET At the fortnightly Carlton Farmers' Market you can buy fresh fruit, vegetables and meats. Small Numbers Bakery will have breakfast pastries and Kennedy Family Farm will have popping corn. Saturday, 8am-1pm, corner of Canning, Lee and O'Grady streets, Carlton, $1-$2, vfma.org.au
FOOD Chef and director of the Gradi group Johnny Di Francesco is hosting the Gradi Italian Festival as part of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. There will be pizza (including gluten-free), pasta, cured meats, cheese, gelato, and cannoli. Saturday, noon-11pm, Sunday, noon-9pm, Crown Riverwalk, 8Whiteman Street, Southbank, free entry, 92925777, melbournefoodandwine.com.au
ART Australian modernist artist Sidney Nolan's Ned Kelly paintings are being exhibited across Australia. The 26 paintings on show are not a depiction of the Ned Kelly story but rather an episodic series exploring themes of injustice, love and betrayal. Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm, Geelong Gallery, 55 Little Malop Street, Geelong, $6-$11, 52293645, geelonggallery.org.au
CONVENTION The Melbourne Art Book Fair returns as part of the National Gallery of Victoria's Melbourne Design Week. The fair features lectures, workshops, and book stalls. Saturday and Sunday, various times and prices, NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, city, 8620 2222, ngv.vic.gov.au
EXHIBITION Gut Feelings: Your Mind, Your Microbes explores the connection between our gut and mental health, presenting research findings and displays. Saturday and Sunday, 10am-5pm, Melbourne Museum, 11 Nicholson Street, Carlton, free-$15, 131102, museumsvictoria.com.au
OUT OF TOWN The Rotary Club of Mordialloc hosts the sixth Gnome and Fairy Festival, featuring an animal farm, a jumping castle, a giant slide, big-band music and more. Best dressed gnomes and fairies win prizes. Sunday, 10am-4pm, George Woods Reserve, Governor Road, Mordialloc, $1-$2, mordiallocrotary.org.au