Partners

Museums Victoria has been creating knowledge, entertaining visitors and building the State Collection since 1854. In partnership with Museums Victoria, Now or Never will transform the World Heritage-listed Royal Exhibition Building into MATRIA, an immersive pink sanctuary by Barcelona collective Penique Productions. MATRIA will also host ticketed breathwork sessions and curated performances. Museums Victoria also presents The Future of Space with Australia’s first astronaut Katherine Bennell-Pegg at Melbourne Museum, exploring humanity’s cosmic future alongside the commissioned film birrang.

Resident Advisor was founded out of a passion for electronic music. The platform, which started in 2001, helps people discover music, artists and events. Over the years RA has evolved and grown, but our ethos has remained the same. As an independent company staffed entirely by dance music lovers, we’re dedicated to shining light on the passionate people and communities around the world that make electronic music tick. For Now or Never, Resident Advisor is presenting DJ Python / DJ Plead B2B rRoxymore / Yarra at Melbourne Town Hall.

 

Australia’s oldest public library, established in 1854, State Library Victoria continues championing free access to stories and ideas that strengthen community. For Now or Never, the Library transforms into an after-hours creative playground for Library Up Late, while DELIRI by Hamill Industries blankets the building’s exterior in an algorithmic dreamscape.

Beat is a multimedia platform that has covered Melbourne’s music, arts and cultural scenes since the mid-1980s. Commanding a large and engaged audience via its print, web and social channels, Beat is dedicated to supporting and exploring Melbourne’s live entertainment sector and the artists and performers comprising it.

Launched in 2009 and still 100% independent, Broadsheet is Australia’s go-to culture guide. Available in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth and beyond, it’s for anyone who likes to keep up with the best their city has to offer. Whether it’s a hot new restaurant or a hidden gem, a must-see exhibition or a holiday-defining hotel, Broadsheet is there to tell you about it.

Community broadcaster PBS 106.7FM shares music sourced and presented by true fanatics, 24/7. The station has been an integral player in Naarm/Melbourne’s music community since 1979, and boasts more than 80 specialist music programs ranging from soul to electronic to gospel to hip hop to jazz, and everything in between. PBS is dedicated to nurturing, inspiring and championing the city’s diverse music community and does so across the airwaves via 106.7FM, on Digital Radio, web-streaming, PBS-on-demand and via the PBS app, and at loads of events around town.