IMPORTANT ACCESS INFO:

Entry is through the back, up the bluestone laneway, next to 38 Ovens St. See map below. If the door is closed, just give it a good tug, and it should open. If arriving by bicycle, there are bike posts on Ovens St or Hope St. Please do not park your bike blocking our neighbours’ driveways.

Ramp access is available from the Sydney Road entrance. Please let us know if you have any accessibility requirements.

When you arrive, please check in at the reception/bar. Place your shoes in the pigeon holes before entering the main space. There are two bathrooms (both gender neutral) by the back entrance.

Cigarettes/Vapes/Fresh Air can be enjoyed outside at the back entrance, but please be mindful and respectful of our neighbours.

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Beloved presents an intimate and reflective deep-listening event at Tender. Over the course of four hours, we invite you to gather in slowness and presence, embracing and cultivating a deliberate, curious, soft, and meditative space. All proceeds will support community care and mutual aid.

Music from:

tangerine (DJ)

zoltan fecso & genevieve fry (live)

neanderlin (DJ)

All ticket and drink sales will be donated to the Mutual Aid Group, a Naarm initiative that distributes funds directly to aid families in Gaza, mutual aid organisations in Gaza, and First Nations organisers. Thank you so much to Tender, Zoltan, Genevieve, Tangerine, Neanderlin, Vinny & Charlie and Lewis for donating your time and expertise for this <3

Today! 6 til 10 pm

Limited tix available via Humanitix (bio)

$25 - $35 (sliding scale)

Free entry for mob.

music from tangerine, who will take us on a peaceful, gentle and contemplative ambient DJ set to close the night; a debut live collaboration from Zoltan Fecso and Genevieve Fry, who bring together their worlds of ambient minimalism and lyrical improvisation, shaping moments of deep listening and an unhurried exploration of acoustic and electronic sound; and Neanderlin (DJ), a multimodal artist and Psychiatry doctor exploring Art as a vehicle for Mental Health Literacy, who crafts mood-making soundscapes, cathartic hypertempo ambient, neanderthalic ritual music, and live improv throat singing.

This is a non-alcoholic event, with drinks provided by Heaps Normal and Mateo Soda <3

This is a semi-deep listening event. While we encourage presence, slowness, and attentiveness to the music, we also welcome gentle socialising and conversation. Please keep voice volumes soft and respectful of the sonic space being held. Feel free to move between states of deep listening and quiet connection with others as you feel called. We invite you to find your own balance between inward reflection and outward engagement throughout the evening.

Some suggested activities to do while listening: reading, drawing, stretching, playing chess, meditating, taking a nap, nothing.

Beloved and Tender acknowledge that this event takes place on the stolen and unceded lands of the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, and pay respect to elders past, present, emerging and future.

Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.