Tommy Cooper says "get thee to a Fezzery!"

Pop on the hat with the tassel and come along for a night of mysterious fez-tivities and fez fun.

Sip on the delicious Desert Sand and Camel Hump cocktails and immerse yourself into a world of fez exotica.

8pm Friday 10th Fezbruary at Tiki Lounge and Bar, 327 Swan Street, Richmond.

For those looking for inspiration, what’s this?  Is that the entirety of the Laurel and Hardy Classic  ”Sons of the Desert” on YouTube?  Don’t mind if I do!!

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For those not fortunate enough to own a fez of their own and looking for a source of fine, embroidered velvet Fezzes, might we recommend our favourite Fez Emporium, the one and only Fez-o-Rama?  Below are a couple of favourites from their range, but we highly recommend jumping on their site and browsing their wares.

Hi All,

A good friend of the bar and local Tiki connoisseur known as the “Careless Navigator” is organising a get-together for Melbournian Tikiphiles and Polynesiacs at none other than our humble bar in Richmond. If you’re one of the Clan, we’d like to extend the invitation on Careless Navigator’s behalf to join these good folk for a Mai Tai or two!

The details are -
Time: 7pm onwards
Date: Saturday May 8th 2010
Attire: Beachcomber casual (aloha-wear optional)

Here’s a handy Facebook Event link!

The Navigator is one of Australia’s movers and shakers when it comes to Tiki Culture and runs a fantabulous Tiki website with an Australian flavour at www.carelessnavigator.com. One need only spend a few moments on his site to see CN’s hardcore Tiki credentials – He’s in with Tiki luminaries such as Marcus Thorn, Martin Cate, Our mate Koop Kooper from the Cocktail Nation Podcast, Beachbum Berry and the good folk from Tiki Farm. The site is full of awesome Tiki stuff and well worth a bookmark or RSS subscription!

Hope to see heaps of fellow Tiki tragics turn up – we know you’re out there…

Melbourne’s Tiki Lounge and Bar has dragged itself kicking and screaming into the information age with a new Twitter account!  We’ll be using this as yet another tool to disseminate information about goings-on at the bar.  Now as we start to figure out what the hell to do with a Twitter, you can follow us to offer advice and/or consolation at http://twitter.com/TikiBarMelb.

Comic from the most excellent xkcd.com

Sorry about the late notice, but I must tell you about the amazing Cabaret show we are hosting tomorrow!

Tiki Lounge and Bar will be engulfed by the smokey, risque and exotic burlesque-inspired cabaret stylings of Mz Josephine Fisher (http://www.josephinefisher.com/) as accompanied by the laidback lounge/exotica sounds of the Kahuna Daddies.  We’ve been lucky enough to host the Kahuna Daddies before at our humble bar, and Mz Josephine’s reputation preceeds her… just look at her website and try to tell me that this doesn’t sound compelling:

“Mz Josephine’s tendency to reveal more than absolutely necessary has made her a popular entertainer with her customers. Regaling them with saucy songs, anecdotes, dildo dancing, striptease, fabulist story telling and tales of love gone kinky. Mz Josephine was invented to explore the politics of pleasure and to encourage her audiences to be curious about their own.”

We’d love to see you there!  Show should kick off around 9:30pm.  No cover charge! (woo!)

Cheers,

Tiki Lounge and Bar

So Kevin Rudd has kindly given you a bunch of money, and you’ve got a few mates that need a “perk up” in these troubling economic times.  Why not be a hero and shout them to a night at the Tiki Bar?  To take advantage of celebrate the Australian Government’s stimulus package, Tiki Lounge and Bar is offering some special function/party packages for 20-30 people.

Package 1 – A Good Start to the Night – $600 – 20 people

This package gets you two “punch size” versions of some of our premium cocktails – An oversized version of our Pirate’s Grog recipe which we call “Davy Jones’ Locker” and is served out of a Treasure Chest, and another drink which is our version of a Pearl Diver Punch which is served out of a giant clam-shell.  These two punches will give you and 20 of your closest friends about 2 drinks each.

Package 2 – Settle in for a Comfortable Evening – $900 – 30 people

This package is suited to groups of around 30 people and gets you about 2 serves of punch each (as in package 1) as well as a spread of food – gourmet Pizzas and toasted sandwiches, Esquidillas (tasty little avocado, tomato and cheese-filled tortilla snacks) and a tropical fruit platter.

If you have more specific needs please feel free to get in touch to discuss options.  Tiki Lounge and Bar is a great venue for parties, birthdays, corporate function, product launches and so on.  If you want to offer  a little bit of “something different” for your friends, colleagues or clients then Tiki Lounge and Bar is the place to do it!  We also have access to a range of different entertainment options from bands to cabaret performances.  Give us a call (9428 4336) or email (info@tikiloungeandbar.com) to discuss your needs.

Cheers,

Tiki Lounge and Bar

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Well that snuck up on us!  The Melbourne Zombie Shuffle is on again for 2009.   For those who aren’t aware of this annual event, it’s basically an excuse for Zombie Afficionados to don Zombie costumes and terrorise the good peoples of Melbourne in a good old-fashioned flash mob.  The shuffle kicks off this year at 1pm on Saturday May 9th starting at Carlton Gardens

The Facebook group for the Shuffle can be found here.

As strong supporters of Zombie rights, the Tiki Bar will be offering Zombie related cultural entertainment all night (movies on the projector, maybe some Resident Evil or Left 4 Dead… depends on whether Kev is up for donating his Xbox for the evening…).   We’ll  offering drink specials on the night ($4 off Zombie cocktails) to those who attend as Zombies (more out of fear than anything else), so please feel free to dress up!

Here are some scenes from last year’s shuffle…

Hi All!

Those crazies from Tiki Robot are holding another amazing 60′s themed Mondo-a-Go-Go evening at Tiki Lounge and Bar this Saturday night (April 4th)!  Be on hand for all the beats, boots and ‘bots (robots that is) starting from around 8pm!

Here’s the low-down:

Mondo-a-Go-Go is on again at the Tiki Lounge and Bar, 327 Swan Street Richmond 8pm $8 – Amazing visuals, Yuri the Robot, Bagadelic DJ, Cage Dancers and the best music to Go-Go by. Oh and fabulous cocktails in the amazing experience that is the Tiki Bar and Lounge.

Happy New Year Tiki fans!

Tiki Lounge and Bar reopens following the Christmas/New Year break on Friday January 9th and we’re straight back into the swing of things!

The incredibly scary yet stylish and alluring girls from the Victorian Roller Derby League will be holding a Trivia night down at TikiLAB on January 9th.  Doors open at 6pm and there is a $6 Cover charge to participate.

Details in the flyer below or at http://www.myspace.com/melbournegrindgirls.

Hope to see you there!

Cheers,
TikiLAB Crew