2023 Art Auction
2023-11-16 19:00 - 23:00 (Australia/Melbourne) | The George Ballroom, 1/127-129 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Victoria, 3182, Australia
Get ready for an art-filled night of fun and giving back at the AKC Annual Auction! This fantastic event will showcase 50 works by Australia’s finest and emerging artists.
But there’s more to this event than just admiring and buying art. Our amazing ambassadors, Brian Nankervis, Dylan Lewis, Michala Banas, and Toby Truslove, will be there, bringing their charm and adding an incredible vibe to the evening.
What makes this event even more special is its purpose. The Annual AKC Art Auction aims to support children aged 5-17 who face financial hardship, ensuring they can participate in various arts activities such as art, dance, drama, and music. The artists generously donate 100% of the proceeds, and we guarantee that 100% of the sales will go directly to supporting the kids.
So mark your calendars for November 16th and join us at the iconic George Ballroom. It will be a night filled with art, culture, and making a difference. Immerse yourself in the world of creativity, connect with fellow art enthusiasts, and who knows, you might even bring home a masterpiece while supporting a worthy cause.
Don’t miss out on this unforgettable opportunity!
Special musical guests announced soon – but AKC never disappoints here – so grab your ticket before they sell-out.
Ticket price includes: Complimentary drinks on arrival (7-8pm), amazing cocktail food menu by Damm Fine Food, 64 page “keepers edition” Auction catalogue, bidding paddles and so much happiness you are at the George Ballroom!

Music for Max 2024
2024-02-17 15:00 - 23:30 | Gasometer Hotel, 484 Smith Street, Collingwood, 3066, Australia
Now in it’s third year, Music for Max is a partnership between AKC and Music for Max (MfM). MfM focusses on supporting kids across Melbourne to get involved with music, when they would otherwise be missing out – because of social or financial hardship.
All funds raised go directly to the AKC Grants Program and pay for classes, music camps and instruments.

Y(our) Fest - Morwell
2024-03-09 08:00 - 17:00 | Victoria
More info to come

2024 Art Auction
2024-10-24 19:00 - 23:00 | Memo Music Hall, 88 Acland Street, St Kilda, Vic, 3182, Australia
Artists for Kids Culture Annual Art Auction – 30 Years!
Over the last 30 years, the Artists for Kids Culture (AKC) Auction has become an iconic fundraiser, bringing together the work of prominent Australian artists and raising funds to make a direct, positive impact on the lives of children experiencing hardship. The 2024 Auction is set to be another stellar event with over 60 pieces from much loved and renowned artists up for grabs.
The event will be MC’d by the very entertaining, Dylan Lewis and featuring comedian Meg Jager with special musical guests Kutcha Edwards and recent AKC recipients.

Y(Our)Fest South Melbourne
2025-04-05 12:00 - 17:00 | sol green reserve, Coventry St, South Melbourne, Australia
12PM – 5PM at Sol Green Community Centre, South Melbourne, on the lands of the Boonwurrung people of the Eastern Kulin Nation. Proudly supported by the City of Port Phillip and Palais Theatre Community Fund.
An initiative by Artists for Kids Culture (AKC), Y(Our)Fest centres on creativity, inclusion, and community. The one-day events are an opportunity for kids and families to connect through free live music, arts and dance workshops, festival activities and food.
The festival program is co-designed by local children and young people through artsbus workshops. The activities are affordable and aim to be inclusive for everyone.

2025 Annual Art Auction
2025-10-23 19:00 - 23:00 | Memo Music Hall, 88 Acland Street, St Kilda, Vic, 3182, Australia
Artists for Kids Culture Annual Art Auction – 31 Years!
Over the three decades, the Artists for Kids Culture (AKC) Auction has become an iconic fundraiser, bringing together the work of prominent Australian artists and raising funds to make a direct, positive impact on the lives of children experiencing hardship. The 2025 Auction is set to be another stellar event with over 60 pieces from much loved and renowned artists up for grabs.
more details soon – but for now SAVE THE DATE!

Music for Max - Madam Chen's
2025-12-20 13:30 - 17:00 | Mamma Chen’s, 42A Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, 3011, Australia
Music for Max is an annual fundraising gig organised in collaboration with Artists for Kids Culture. This year we’re bringing it back to the West for a festive season mini-fest. In celebration of our loved and much missed friend Max Lee-Ack, all proceeds go directly to supporting young people across Melbourne to access music lessons and purchase instruments. Come for the music, stay for the sweet raffle prizes!
TICKETS
Line up details:
Mid Evening: The sweet homebrew project of a devoted cat-dad, Mid-Evening, curates a melting blend of bedroom-pop and alt-rock that explores the conflicting worlds of sincere enthusiasm and obstructive reality. It’s sonically dreamy, other times groovy, and packed with melodies grounded in the world of growth, ageing, and newfound responsibility.
Milk After Sex: Loved by the people loathed by musicians, Milk After Sex are a punk band from the western suburbs of Melbourne. After their Debut E.P. last year ‘footscray road open day’ M.A.S have been busy writing more songs to confuse, critique and excite the masses. Come for the saxophone stay for the drum machine.
Resenter: A four-piece band from Melbourne crafting a heavy blend of shoegaze, slowcore, and emo. Known for their dense wall of sound, melancholic textures, and intertwining guitar lines, their songs capture states altered by memory, loss and melancholy

If you can’t make it on the day, but would still like to support donations can be made here: https://www.akc.org.au/donate/?donation-preference=Music%20for%20Max
Mamma Chen’s acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and the Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, the true owners of the land that we live and operate on. We would like to pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
VENUE ACCESS PAGE
