It might be Friday 13th, but there’s nothing scary around here. Unless your friends aren’t subscribed to the 417, we will curse them. Here is what to get up to this weekend.

The Headlines

• The pinnacle of Australian cuisine, the humble meat pie, and Melbourne has the very best of it. If you ever find yourself 30 miles out of the city in Melton, get down to sample the prize-winning pies at Buddy Bakery.

• Queen of Glasto and all of our 2017 playlists, Dua Lipa has announced her tour dates for 2025, and she’s kicking it off in our home town. Tickets are released next Friday if you're not too cool to bop around to pop these days after living in Melbourne.

• Melbourne has been ranked the worst city in Australia for traffic by TimeOut. This comes as no surprise in the city where your morning alarm can be replaced with the guaranteed sound of car horns and crossing the road comes with the fear of being run over by a ute.

Where to Eat and Drink

Abbotsford’s Bodriggy Brewery is a super cool space for a get together, with live music and a tasty Latin American inspired menu. We haven’t stopped thinking about the cauliflower tacos since we left.

Where to Work

Shaken or stirred with a side of an enriched life. Yet another bar is opening in the CBD and you guessed it, they believe in the power of simplicity, elegance, and pure dedication to their craft. They need new ‘players’ for their team whatever that involves, but naturally you need to be driven and motivated with a can-do attitude. Perks? Surely a free cocktail or two.

Where to Live

Never have (will) I ever call Brunswick Brunny, but if you’re after a spot in this creative house it sounds like you might have to. If you’re a musician (active or retired), art installer, architect or artist this could be your new abode.

Core selling point: veggie patch out the back.

Where to Go (Weekend Special)

Friday

A freshers bar crawl for the wannabe adults amongst us. The Kenzo Crawl is taking over the trendy distilleries of Kensington. Buy a pass for $55 and get a different drink at three unique watering holes. If the whisky hits you a little too hard, rest easy knowing the venues are only 900m apart. You're better than that though.

Saturday

About as Melbourne as you can get, Fitzroy Market offers vintage clothes, jewellery stands, coffee, food and (of course) organic fruit and veg. If there’s a time to wear your new op shop outfit and a beret, it’s to fit in whilst swanning around at this popular weekend market. It’s on until 2pm on Saturday and Sunday, so plan it in if you’ve got a wholesome weekend schedule.

Sunday

If you haven’t guessed already, we bloody love a market. For one weekend only, Melbourne’s finest selection of art, home decor, jewellery and antiques comes to Docklands for the creatively named ‘The Melbourne Fair’. It comes with a slightly steep $15 browsing fee, but a small price to pay to see dresses from Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn.