Your weekend: our guide to what's on around Melbourne
MUSIC
FOLK-POP Australian sisters Byll and Beth are the Little Stevies, a folk-pop band whose achievements include three studio albums, an EP, a live album, international tours, musical contributions to Sesame Street and an ARIA nomination. Their recent album, Stopped Wishing I Was Somewhere Else, follows a six-year pivot in which the sisters diverged into children's music under the moniker Teeny Tiny Stevies. Break My Heart is the first single from the new "grown-ups" album. Saturday, 7pm, The Spotted Mallard, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick, $34, 93808818, spottedmallard.com
WORLD International master of sitar Purbayan Chatterjee performs with Jay Dabgar on the tabla and Amadou Suso from the Senagambian Jazz Band on the kora. This performance brings together an amalgamation of African and jazz music with the classical sounds of India. Saturday, 6.30pm, South Melbourne Town Hall, Fishley Street, South Melbourne, $45-$65, 91883681, multiculturalarts.com.au
SEVEN SONGS C.W. Stoneking, Sarah Blasko and Ali Barter will showcase a more intimate side to their work in Seven Songs to Leave Behind, in which they each perform seven pieces that have soundtracked their musical journeys, including a favourite song of their own, a song they wish they'd written and a song to share with others. Saturday, 8pm, Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, city, $69-$85, 1300182183, artscentremelbourne.com.au
STAGE
THEATRE In Cloudstreet, two contrasting families, the Lambs and the Pickles, reside under one roof. Over a period of 20 years, moments of love and loss weave them closer together. Matthew Lutton directs a cast of Australian theatre alumni in a mammoth production of Tim Winton's classic. Saturday, 5pm, Sunday, 2.30pm, Malthouse Theatre, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank, $99-$189, 96855111, malthousetheatre.com.au
COSI Louis Nowra's Cosi explores the transformative power of music, performance and art. Set in a Melbourne psychiatric hospital in 1971, this darkly funny production is directed by Sarah Goodes. Saturday, 2pm and 8pm, Southbank Theatre, corner of Southbank Boulevard and Dodds Street, Southbank, $45-$126, 86880800, mtc.com.au
OPERA Based on a real-life scandal from 18th century Vienna, Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte is adapted by director David McVicar for Opera Australia. Saturday, 7pm, State Theatre, Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, city, $35-$287, 1300182183, artscentremelbourne.com.au
COLLABORATION The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Circa collaborate for a performance that sees contemporary circus acrobats tumble alongside music from the English Baroque. Saturday, 7pm, Sunday, 5pm, Melbourne Recital Centre, corner of Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard, Southbank, $30-$170, 96993333, melbournerecital.com.au
ELSEWHERE
MARKET World Bee Day highlights the vital role that bees play in our food production and ecosystem. The Alphington Farmers' Market is hosting local experts Pollinator Alliance, The Practical Beekeeper and Heidi Honey to educate visitors on the wonderful world of bees. Learn how to create your own native bee hotel with Katrina from Buzz and Dig and stock up on fresh produce. Sunday, 9am-1pm, Melbourne Innovation Centre, 2 Wingrove Street, Alphington, free entry, vfma.org.au
PRAHRAN Prahran Market's Autumn Harvest Festival runs throughout May. Earthy, lush and crisp produce is on the cards this season, as well as pop-ups, family activities and demonstrations. Saturday, 7am-5pm, Sunday, 10am-3pm, Prahran Market, 163 Commercial Road, South Yarra, free entry, 82908220, prahranmarket.com.au
FOOD The Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) brings together some of the best names in brewing from Australia and New Zealand. With 170 unique craft beverages made especially for the festival, some unique ingredients include doughnuts, wine, hemp, popcorn and green ants. Saturday, 11.30am and 6.30pm, Sunday, 11.30am, Royal Exhibition Building, 9 Nicholson Street, Carlton, $43-$95, gabsfestival.com
FESTIVAL Progress – A Festival of Ideas offers a program of music, arts, theatre and comedy challenging the idea of progress. Curated by composer Paul Grabowsky and a team at Monash Academy of Performing Arts, standout events include Whale, an immersive participatory play, and the Monash Academy Orchestra's Revolution. Saturday and Sunday, various times and prices, Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, Monash University, 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton, 99051111, monash.edu/mlive
ENVIRONMENT Art + Climate = Change 2019 was designed to spark action on environmental issues. The festival of ideas, exhibitions, theatre works and events wraps up this weekend, but exhibitions are still running at the Counihan Gallery in Brunswick, MARS Gallery in Windsor, Vera Möller's exhibition at Bunjil Place and much more. Various times, locations and prices, artclimatechange.org
FILM First Nations curators Kathryn Clarke and Eugenia Flynn present Decolonising the Moving Image, a season of film exploring the past 30 years of First Nations filmmaking and storytelling. Sunday, 2pm, ACMI Cinemas, Federation Square, corner of Swanston and Flinders streets, $14-$18, 86632200, acmi.net.au
ART Jump on a bus for Six Moments in Kingston – a bold public art bus tour. Journey through Kingston's history with a tour that features six public artworks including music, video, sculpture and performance works dotted throughout Kingston, all of which respond to quirky stories from the '70s and '80s. Saturday and Sunday, various times, Kingston City Hall, 985 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin, $7.50-$10, 95564440, kingstonarts.com.au