From 9 to 24 October, the Melbourne International Arts Festival will settle in around M-Town. The programme is set to include arts, theatre, dance, opera and film and of course music.

For 11 nights, the Forum Theatre will be transformed into the Beck’s Rumpus Room, with performances spanning rock, punk, electronica, hip hop and all the variants in between. FasterLouder will be signing up for the full dose of revelry.

The international guest-list includes China’s defining punk outfit Brain Failure, extravagant electroclash trailblazers Fischerspooner (playing live), Japanese experimental rockers Melt Banana, US wordsmith Beans and several more names you wouldn’t see on a Big Day Out bill. There’s a considered local contingent as well; among them My Disco, Beaches, Minutes Vs. Margins and Koko Nuts.

To make the proposition all the more enticing, entry to the Beck’s Rumpus Room is only $15, or for $100 you can go to every night. Find out more about the Melbourne International Arts Festival at its website.

BECK’S RUMPUS ROOM, PROUDLY PRESENTED BY FASTERLOUDER:
Sat 10/10 – Minutes Vs. Margins (Aus) /Melt Banana (Japan) / Super Rydeen Machine (Aus)
Sun 11/10 – Peace Out (Aus) / Bishi (UK) / Koko-Nuts (Aus)
Wed 14/10 – Heavy Metal in Baghdad (Iraq)
Thu 15/10 – Shags Chamberlain (Aus) / Paprika Balkanicus (Eastern Europe) / Barons of Tang (Aus)
Fri 16/10 – The Emergency (Aus) / Fischerspooner (USA) / Outrun (Aus)
Sat 17/10 – Your Animal (Aus) / Beaches (Aus) / My Disco (Aus)
Sun 18/10 -The Knitting Factory – Afternoon presentation
French Rockets (Aus) / Clue to Kalo (Aus) / Treasure Island (Aus)
Wed 21/10 – Spoken Word Evening – Notes from the Underground – a revolution in words
Thu 22/10 – The Go Set (Aus) / Brain Failure (China) / Goldie Lux (Aus)
Fri 23/10 – Ramallah Underground (West Bank) / Beans (USA) / Ro Sham Bo (Aus)
Sat 24/10 – Clairy Baby Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes (Aus) / Garotas Suecas (Brazil) / The Cuban Brothers (UK)