What's on in Melbourne, Oct 8-9

ROCK

Nineties Aussie rockers The Badloves are celebrating the launch of their new album Raw Honey with a show at Satellite Lounge. The album is a collection of live performances of the band's beloved hits. Fans can buy signed copies of Raw Honey at the show.

Today, 8pm, Satellite Lounge, corner Ferntree Gully and Jells Road, Wheelers Hill, $32-$44, satellitelounge.com.au

REGGAE

Brisbane six-piece Kingfisha present their second album, Offered it Up. Kingfisha add a modern edge and personal style to traditional Jamaican rhythms, creating reggae and dub music that has taken them overseas, most recently to perform a string of shows in Africa. The group will be touring nationally until December 4.

Today, 8.30pm, Northcote Social Club, 301 High Street, Northcote, $17-$20, 9489 3917, northcotesocialclub.com

Live

DANCE

Canadian dance/circus company Les 7 Doigts (The 7 Fingers) have brought their show, Triptyque, to our shores – an Australian exclusive presented by the Melbourne Festival. Determined to push the boundaries of the human body, Les 7 Doigts have compiled three works into an interactive production that blends theatre, contemporary dance and acrobatics.

Today, 2pm and 7.30pm, tomorrow, 3pm, Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, city, $25-$89, 1300 182 183, artscentremelbourne.com.au

MUSICAL

CLOC Musical Theatre have selected Andrew Lloyd Webber's acclaimed rock-opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, for their latest season. The story of the last seven days of Jesus Christ's life is told with a cast of more than 30 performers, several musicians, and a program of iconic songs, including Everything's Alright and Superstar. Concludes October 22.

Today, 8pm, tomorrow, 2pm, National Theatre, 20 Carlisle Street, St Kilda, $40-$57, 1300 362 547, cloc.org.au

GAME

Melbourne Festival's The Money is a game-theatre experience where audience members are split into silent witnesses and power-waging benefactors. Sat at a table and presented with money, benefactors must legally and unanimously decide how to spend it. Alternate personalities, desires and values collide as the time ticks down to the 90-minute deadline. Ends October 23.

Today, 2pm and 7.30pm, tomorrow, 11am and 4pm, Prahran Town Hall, 180 Greville Street, Prahran, various prices, festival.melbourne

CABARET

La Mama transports audiences to Renaissance Italy with its cabaret The Masque of Beauty. Iconic vixens from the pages of history, such as Lucrezia Borgia (Pope Alexander Sixtus' infamously beautiful daughter) and Isabella D'Este (the sultry Marchese of Mantua), spring to life in this performance about dominance, sex, death, family and gossip.

Today, 7.30pm, tomorrow, 4pm, La Mama Courthouse, 349 Drummond Street, Carlton, $15-$25, 9347 6142, lamama.com.au

Food

SALAMI

The fifth annual Melbourne Salami Festa is back – and this time it's going to be a weekend-long affair. The cured sausage festival, where you can taste and vote for the best homemade salami in town, also features markets, cooking demonstrations, workshops, live music and entertainment. Last year's winners of the People's Choice Award, Team HomeGrown, will be back to defend their title.

Today, 10am-10pm, tomorrow, 10am-6pm, Northcote Town Hall, 189 High Street, Northcote, free-$15, 9481 9500, northcotetownhall.com.au

WINE

Handpicked Wines is celebrating their love for vino – and the marriage of Pinot Noir and Marsanne in their new Yarra Valley Rosé, with a wine wedding. Notel will convert six of their trailers into wine tasting rooms and senior winemaker, Peter Dillon, will introduce guests to the winery's new spring andsummer range of Australian and New Zealand drops. Ticket prices include a gourmet cheese toastie and wedding favours.

October 13, 6-9pm, Notel, 388 Flinders Lane, city, $35-$45, eventbrite.com.au

EXPO

Living with coeliac disease and gluten intolerance is no easy feat, but Coeliac Victoria and Tasmania are showing their support with the Gluten Free Expo and Conference. Visitors can taste and buy hundreds of savoury and sweet gluten-free products and listen to expert speakers, such as dietitian Dr Sue Shepherd and gastroenterologist Dr Jason Tye-Din, offering insight and advice. There will also be fun for the kids in the kids' activities zone.

Today, 9.30am-5pm, tomorrow, 9.30am-4pm, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 2 Clarendon Street, South Wharf, free-$18, gfexpo.com.au

Elsewhere

MARKET

MOUNT WAVERLEY

Visit more than 80 stalls at the Mount Waverley Rotary Club Village Market. Usually held on the second Sunday of each month, the car park location will be occupied by stallholders selling fresh fruit, vegetables, flowers, plants, arts and crafts. Shoppers can snack as they browse, with several hot and cold food options available, including baked goods and sweets.

Tomorrow, 9am-2pm, Hamilton Place, 283 Stephensons Road, Mount Waverley, free entry, mountwaverleyrotary.org

ELWOOD

Marketgoers are spoilt for choice at the Elwood Farmers' Market. Green Organics will return to the bayside suburb to sell a range of vegetables, green thumbs can buy seedlings and small plants from Balcony Herbs and grow their own herbs from home. Pesticide and fertiliser-free wine will be on offer from Avonmore Wines and Box a Lamb is a favourite for free-range, spring lamb.

Today, 8.30am-1pm, Elwood College, 101 Glenhuntly Road, Elwood, free entry, vfma.org.au

ART

Artist Antonia Sellbach's interest in the relationship between visual abstraction and language has led to a series of colourful, modular works, which are on display in the exhibition, Open Fields. Sellbach creates her paintings in individual segments and then mixes-and-matches different segments together like a puzzle, depending on the installation. Visitors to Heide can experience her designs until February 26, 2017.

Today and tomorrow, 10am-5pm, Heide Museum of Modern Art, 7 Templestowe Road, Bulleen, free-$18, 9850 1500, heide.com.au

FAMILY

Take the whole family, especially the furry members, to Dogapalooza 2016. Melbourne's first dog-friendly music festival is back with live performances, a vegan barbecue, 10 different food trucks and kid-friendly activities, such as face painting and games. The music line-up includes headliner Thelma Plum, The Little Stevies and Sam Lohs. All proceeds from the festival go to Melbourne's dog rescue groups and Oscar's Law.

Tomorrow, 11am-5pm, Burnley Park, Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, $10-$75, oztix.com.au

TALK

Melbourne Festival and ACMI present an opportunity to meet Nyarri Nyarri Morgan, a Martu elder whose life story is the subject of the virtual reality film Collisions. In the talk Virtual Reality, History and Indigenous Experience, Morgan will discuss his life, his experience filming Collisions, and the broader issues facing the Martu people. His wife Nola, director Lynette Wallworth and Martu leader Curtis Taylor will also be in attendance.

Today, 1.30-2.30pm, ACMI Cinemas, Federation Square, Flinders Street, city, free, 8663 2583, acmi.net.au

EXHIBITION

The iconic images of American documentary photographer Walker Evans inspire and impact artists around the world. Evans' influence on Australian artists is the focus of an exhibition curated by David Company and Naomi Cass, for Melbourne Festival. Walker Evans and Selected Australian Art will feature artist responses to Evans' work via photography, video and image. Participating artists include Patrick Pound and Louis Porter.

Today and tomorrow, noon-5pm, Centre for Contemporary Photography, 404 George Street, Fitzroy, free, festival.melbourne