It's a classic cold weather experience with an artsy Rising Festival twist.
Get ready to twirl, glide and triple salchow to your heart’s content. Following the success of last year’s Rinky Dink, Rising Festival is hosting a pop-up ice skating rink from June 1 to July 8 at Birrarung Marr.
Opening on the first day of Winter and running through the festival for an extended five-week season, The Rink at RISING is an ice-skating experience of celestial proportions, inviting audiences to slice up the ice riverside under a deep constellation of lights, flanked with a backdrop of the glistening city skyline.
The Rink at Rising
- From June 1 to July 8, Rising Festival is hosting a skating rink at Birrarung Marr
- The precinct will feature food and drink stalls and bars, as well as skate rentals
- Tickets are on sale now
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The rink will be located in a riverside precinct which will feature everything you need to keep cozy, including a Rink Food Hall with freshly-popped popcorn, hot dogs, wood fired pizza, crepes, mulled wine, Archie Rose cocktails, coffee, and Mörk hot chocolate.
On from Tuesday to Thursday from 11am to 10pm and until 11pm on weekends, the rink offers plenty of opportunities to drop by for a skate. Boot hire is included with your ticket price ($22 to $34) as well as super cute kangaroo skating aids for those who are a little unsteady on their feet.
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Following The Rink’s early winter opening, RISING’s School Holiday Program hosts ice skating demonstrations, bubble art making and even kid friendly DJ-ing on during the school holidays from 23 June – 8 July. Beginners through to experienced skaters can level up their ice-skating game with lessons from professional coaches, before finishing their session gliding under The Rink’s star-emblazoned canopy.
Bringing a mix of disco, boogie, funk, rare groove, Afro, Latin, Cumbia, city pop, yacht groove, pop delights, The Rink’s rotating DJ lineup will put a spring in your skating step, showcasing the talents of local well-loved and up and coming DJs and curators of fine tunes.
To celebrate the first day of winter and the opening of The Rink visitors to the precinct on 1 June will be treated free, delectable hot chocolates from Mörk while stocks last, while ticket holders that day can sign up for lessons from the pros at no cost.
Presented by the City of Melbourne, Rising Festival is Melbourne’s hottest winter arts and culture event. It runs from June 7 to 18 and features a ton of free and ticketed art exhibitions, concerts, dance performances, film screenings, theatre, and immersive experiences.
Another of Rising’s large-scale public events is Night Trade, a free festival centre located at St Paul’s Cathedral. Stop by for DJs and karaoke as well as flame-grilled barbeque, a massive negroni tank, wonderous art installations and many of Rising’s signature curiosities.
To find out more about The Rink at Rising or book a time slot, head here.
