RISING: School Holidays at The Rink

Riverside DJs and double the ice plus delicious treats for parents and kids alike, mean The Rink at RISING is ready to glide into the school holidays

Kicking off Friday 23 June and running until to Saturday 8 July, RISING’s winter School Holiday Program is packed with exciting free and low-cost family activities that skate beyond the June festival dates.

Kids and grown-ups of all ages are invited to slice up the ice on a new double-sized rink that’s frozen under a deep constellation of lights and flanked by Melbourne’s glistening city skyline.

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Activities

RINKY DINK—RISING 2022. PHOTO: EUGENE HYLAND

RISING’s School Holiday Program will host DJing sessions that bring a mix of disco, boogie, funk, Afro, Latin, Cumbia, yacht groove, and pop. Meanwhile beginners through to experienced ice-skaters can level-up with ice skating lessons and demonstrations from professional coaches.

Off the ice there’ll be free workshops in the holiday period where budding artists can join Jenna Lee—the artist behind RISING’s 2023 moon design—to make their own bubbly-lunar scapes using ink, straw and paper. Or they can draw on, write on and reflect on giant mirror installations with the team from Playable Streets.

FOOD

The Rink Food Hall is free to enter and will be serving hot-buttered popcorn, hot dogs—including classic and vegan options— and loaded fries from Hot Dog Deli, wood-fired pizza from Fugazi, Pie Thief hot pies, chips and dips by Chappy’s and Free to Feed and crepes from Crepes for Change. There’ll also be Manny's Doughnuts and Cha Time Bubble Tea and soft serve on offer.

Drinks include a range of non-alcoholic options like a wide selection of Mörk Chocolate hot chocolates, St Ali coffee and tea by Mabu Mabu, low sugar softies from Bobby and tinnies from Heaps Normal. From The Rink’s fully stocked bar, there are Archie Rose cocktails, as well as mulled wine, and Bodriggy beer and a rotation of wines on tap curated by Glou Sustainable Wine Bar.

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WINTER SCHOOL HOLIDAYS SCHEDULE

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Friday 23 June

5—8pm | K-Pop Night

Saturday 24 June

Sunday 25 June

Monday 26 June

CLOSED

Tuesday 27 June

Wednesday 28 June

Thursday 29 June

Friday 30 June

Saturday 1 July

Sunday 2 July

Monday 3 July

CLOSED

Tuesday 4 July

11am and 12pm | Ice-skating lessons
11am—3pm | Jenna Lee workshops
11am—6pm | Playable Streets Reflection Installation
12pm and 2pm | Ice-skating demo

Wednesday 5 July

Thursday 6 July

Friday 7 July

Saturday 8 July

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MORE FAMILY-FRIENDLY PROGRAMMING AT RISING

TIN & ED'S MULTITUDES — MON 5 JUNE — WED 5 JULY

The reimagined deep-sea creatures have taken up residence in Fed Square. See the new lair in the atrium.

ELECTRIC : SPIRITS OF THE LAND — WED 7 JUNE — SUN 10 JULY

Hamer Hall’s iconic façade plays host to Ancestor spirits and celestial worlds in a large-scale projection work from Aunty Zeta Thomson (Wurundjeri/Yorta Yorta).

A CALL TO ECHO—THU 8 JUNE—SUN 18 JUNE

A 15-minute video installation of call-and-response choreography inviting us to dance : we can copy movements of other people, dance like animals and nature , or move our bodies in any way we’re inspired to.

SPARK — WED 7 — SUN 10 JUNE

Thousands of luminous, biodegradable lights catch the wind and dance in the night sky.

HIDE THE DOG — WED 14—SAT 17 JUNE

A swashbuckling First Nations comedy for all ages that sails the high seas to hide a Thylacine and strengthen the bonds between trans-Tasman spirit stories.

WALLABIES — WED 7 JUNE — SUN 18 JUNE

Twenty big wallabies, bursting with impressionistic colour and personality, peek out from banks of the Birrarung (Yarra River). See if you can find them all!

*Multitudes and Electric continue during the school holidays.

The Rink at RISING is supported through the Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund—a $200 million partnership of the Victorian Government and the City of Melbourne.