Middle Park Hotel, 102 Canterbury Road, Middle Park

Join us as we re-live some memories at Funky Bunch Trivia at this great gastropub Middle Park.

The Middle Park Hotel is one of the best gastropubs in Melbourne and has an elegant style with dark wooden panels (originally from the MCG long room) and an impressive bar which is 70 metres long.

Enjoy a mid-week trivia night that is full of fun and also enjoy great pub food and fine selection of steaks, a $15 parma night and a happy hour until 7pm.

There is a good selection of beer with 45 taps available around and impressive wine list.

Join Ian at the reserved tables for a fun night of trivia,

Wed, 23 May

6.45pm - 9.30pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Tue, 22 May

401 Collins Street, Melbourne

Chef Morgan McGlone and the 100 Burgers Group (Belle’s Hot Chicken, Mr Burger, Welcome to Thornbury, Hightail) has turned the 1940s building Natural History is in into a suave late-night American diner slash steakhouse slash caviar and oyster bar.

The fit-out takes cues from Manhattan’s Natural History Museum and the century-old Grand Central Oyster Bar but has playfulness woven into that.

The menu is diverse, an homage to the old steak houses of New York, with a modern Australian slant. Steak comes in a one-kilo club, 500-gram rib eye, eye-fillet; sliced hanger tartare served with puffed beef tendon chips and hot sauce; and a burger. The menu’s pescatarian and vegetarian options include a roasted cauliflower and toasted-grains dish with vegan apple butter, and the summer vegetable house gnocchi.

And there’s a gluten-free and pasta-free crab lasagne. It’s layers of charred, shaved zucchini and dainty flakes of spanner crab sitting in a creamy, herby fresh-tomato sauce. The wine list is more than 50 per cent natural.

So meet Nicole at the reserved area.

Fri, 25 May

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Thu, 24 May

Mercadante, 123 Lygon Street, Carlton

Join us for a Saturday night in Lygon Street, the home of Italian culture in Melbourne (Little Italy) that buzzes day and night.

We will be starting at Mercadante located right in the middle of Lygon Street at the heart of Italian restaurants. Mercdante has great authentic Italian food with a mural of Venice.

It is a busy place with a very high ranking on tripadvisor and a great mix of home-made pasta, pizzas as well as steaks, salads pizza, the parmas and other Italian favourites. It is especially known for its signature chocolate pizza.

After dinner, see some of the sights of Lygon Street that could include depending on the group on the night : Brunetti (coffee/cakes); Casa del Gelato (ice cream/gelatos); Koko Black (for all your chocolate delights) or a drink at one of the many venues in Lygon Street.

Meet Albert at the venue.

Sat, 26 May

7.00pm - 9.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Fri, 25 May

Federation Square (opposite the main tram stop on St Kilda Road)

Join a group of fellow Melbourne Social Club bike riders for our monthly morning ride.

Our usual ride is around the Capital City trail which is about 32 km long and the ride takes approx 3 to 3.5 hrs including time for brunch and is mainly on sealed bike paths. It requires a reasonable level of fitness (as there are hilly sections) and a suitable bike in good working order.

We may change the ride a little bit this month but the ride will be of similar length and duration.

Meet David and Ian at Federation Square at 9 am directly opposite the tram stop on St Kilda Road.

Sat, 26 May

9.00am - 12.30pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Fri, 25 May

Village Cinemas, Jam Factory, 500 Chapel Street, South Yarra.

With the ski season rapidly approaching what better way to get inspired than the latest instalment of Warren Millers classic annual extreme skiing films - "Line of Descent”.

This year's film travels the globe by land, air, and sea exploring the ties that bind ski culture.

The films exotic ski destinations with some of the world’s best extreme skiers and snowboarders at locations all over the world.

A ski and travel expo and bar will be open before the screening with the movie starting at 6pm. Look for David aka Cycling Dave and Ian near the box office at 5.30pm.

Please note the early cut-off date, FunFF is buying tickets for this event, so we can sit in a group for the 6pm session.

Sun, 27 May

5.30pm - 8.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

Prepayment required for this event

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Wed, 23 May

Shiraaz, 22 William Sttreet, Melbourne

Join us for some fine Indian cuisine at Shiraaz which offers a great range of Indian food.

It is an elegant, modern restaurant with dark walls and subdued lighting, serving curries and tandoori meats. We have visited before and we have enjoyed the range of Indian dishes and attentive service.

Enjoy another Indian adventure in the city with the venue getting some great reviews on Menulog.

Meet Ian at the table for FunFF

Tue, 29 May

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Mon, 28 May

Your ordered book can be picked up at End of Month drinks

Order a brand new 2018/2019 Melbourne Entertainment Book which includes over $20,000 in valuable offers, valid through 1 June, 2019. It is packed full of restaurants, hotels, attractions, sports and leisure activities for only $70.

The Melbourne Entertainment Book is your guide to the best restaurants, hotel accommodation, resorts attractions, sports, travel, shopping and leisure activities...

Books ordered here will be brought along to end of month drinks if you would like to purchase a brand new book!

Please be ready to give cash on delivery for your book, but reserve on-line either way. If you would like a mobile version or a posted version, please use the link: www.entbook.com.au/19023u8

Remember to pre-order for pick up as we only have limited supplies and it saves you so much money !

Thu, 31 May

6.30pm - 8.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: $70

Please book now & pay on the day for this event

OPEN TO EVERYONE

Booking closes on:
Wed, 30 May

Glamp Bar, 267 Little Collins St, Melbourne

** Open to everyone to enjoy end of month drinks. Members - Please arrive before 7.30 to receive your complimentary drink **

Join us for our end of month drinks in the Lions Den at one of newest bars in Melbourne, the Glamp Bar.

Melbourne is full of surprises, but we are pretty sure that there is no other bar in the city quite as spectacular as Melbourne glamping (that is glamorous camping for the newbies) bar, Glamp.

The bar is situated on Little Collins Street in the space above modern African restaurant. Glamp is the only venue in Melbourne that will let you drink mouth-watering cocktails and nibble on African-style snacks under safari-style canvas.

Usual beer and wine options are also available.

The space has three distinctive areas, a spacious seating area inside a stunning safari tent, an open bar with enough space for a boogie, and a cosy private seating area that is hidden behind Heavyweight, the resident rhino. Join us in the Lions Den.

Selected cocktails are only TEN BUCKS all night on Thursdays, and members will receive a special cocktail shot on arrival from the bar tender.

If you are beginning to feel peckish, the bars recently revamped food menu delivers the goods. Two cheese and charcuterie boards have been added as sharing options, as well as a variety of savoury cigars made from Tunisian pastry that make for tasty vego and meat-lovers snacks. Overdosed on the cheese?

If you are not a member, book in and join us at this end of month drinks night. Meet some of our hosts and members, learn more about the best and liveliest social activities in Melbourne and start enjoying a great social life and great benefits such as free drinks and discounts to bars, restaurants, shopping, and wine offers.

A recent article on the social club can also be seen on Weekend Notes.

Meet at the check-in desk in the Lion's Den area

Thu, 31 May

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: FREE

OPEN TO EVERYONE

Hoyts, Level 3, Melbourne Central, Cnr La Trobe & Swanston Streets, Melbourne

Meet us for a Friday film night at Hoyts Melbourne Central to see a new release movie.

We will meet for a coffee at 6pm and afterwards see a movie around 7pm, subject to the movie sessions times which are released every Wednesday.

Please purchase your own ticket for the event and don’t forget to use your Funff membership to get a $15 ticket on our membership rewards website.

This film night will form a regular film night on the Friday after end of month drinks. More information about the film will be posted when it becomes available.

Meet Selena and Bernie at the Hoyts ticket box at Melbourne Central at 6pm.

Fri, 1 June

6.00pm - 9.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

Please book now & pay on the day for this event

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Thu, 31 May

Abory Bar, 1 Flinders Walk, Melbourne

Come and say Farewell as we send one of our own on an epic adventure!!!

Shelley is pulling up roots and heading to Cambodia where she will be teaching English to the Cambodian children. Come and say farewell as she sets out on her epic adventure.

Arbory Bar & Eatery is a lively all-day outdoor bar and eatery located between Melbourne’s heritage listed Flinders Street Station and the world famous Yarra River, at the epicentre of Melbourne’s riverside arts and entertainment precinct.

The venue boasts over one hundred meters of absolute and uninterrupted river frontage, and situated beneath a line of iconic plane trees, Arbory Bar & Eatery caters to a wide variety of tastes, offering guests a considered, craft focused and comfort driven food and beverage selection all the way from early morning through to late evening.

The area is sheltered with heaters so there is no worry of being cold.

Meet Nicole in at the reserved area. As this is Shelley’s farewell we may move to another venue after this.

Sat, 2 June

1.00pm - 6.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Fri, 1 June

Sherlock Holmes, 415 Collins Street, Melbourne

Join us for a trivia night at the Sherlock Holmes on Collins Street which is a British styled pub located on Collins Street.

The trivia night is hosted by comedian Janet McLeod and offers winners $50 food & drink vouchers as well as quiz rounds for Jugs of Beer, Bottles of wine etc. Janet is a well-respected comedian and has a way of getting you involved in the night.

The Sherlock Holmes opened in 1985 and the hostelry has been extremely well received, as have its comestibles, ales wines and spirits. So much so that the worst criticism has been that the establishment is too small for the large numbers of discerning citizens who wish to avail themselves of the sundry attractions which this unique tavern affords.

Here is a home for the aficionados of the works of the eneffable Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, where the friendly shades of Dr Watson, Professor Moriarty (a changed man since he went over the falls) and the Stradivarius-playing, opium-smoking genius himself, the Great Detective, await your pleasure.

So meet Nicole at the reserved table for a fun trivia night.

Tue, 5 June

6.00pm - 9.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Mon, 4 June

Dr Watson's Bar, 417 Collins Street, Melbourne

Welcome to the one of the newest bars in town, Dr Watson Bar that is situated above our favourite trivia haunts, the Sherlock Holmes Inn. The bar has been open since the 1st July and is a great spin-off from the Sherlock Holmes located beneath this bar.

Just like the Sherlock, there is great pub grub and an extensive range of beers many served from the big pump handles with some traditional type English ales such as Hobgoblin, ESB and Old Speckled Hen to name a few.

The venue is long room that has a theme of Dr Watson and Sherlock Holmes and has large tables at the front, an elegant bar in the middle and other chairs for sitting and dining.

It is an great addition to extend the ever popular Sherlock Holmes and create Dr Watsons Bar.

So come and check out the Baker Street vibe with us.

Meet Wayne at the reserved area.

Fri, 8 June

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Thu, 7 June

PTV Hub - Southern Cross Station

This weekend trip is sold out, please email us to go on waiting list, also subject to availability.

Saturday 9th to Monday 11th June

Since 1974, thousands of people have descended on Rutherglen for one of the biggest wine festivals in the country. A general admission ticket to Winery Walkabout gets you access to wine tastings, live music, entertainment, tours and more at over 17 wineries, making for an epic jam-packed, fun-filled long weekend!

Many wineries also set up markets, food vans, masterclasses, buffet breakfasts, dinners, VIP tasting areas and more. Winery Walkabout is the best way to get to know Rutherglen and enjoy the atmosphere with your friends.

There's a reason people have been coming back for Walkabout for over 40 years - find out for yourself. Our exclusive trip sold out last year,

Our price gets you travel to and from Albury, two nights twin share accommodation and shuttle buses around the festival. We have booked six twin share rooms that each sleeps two people at the Mantra Hotel. We will take the regional bus to Rutherglen with shuttles from there to the wineries.

We will start the weekend with a train trip to Albury at 12.00 getting in at 4pm (we will have reserved seats this is included in the price). Once in Albury we will have time for a rest and a wander around before dinner (yet to be organised). All food and wine will be at your own expense.

On Sunday morning we will have an early breakfast and jump on the bus to take us to the festival where we will get another shuttle to get us out to the wineries.

On Monday we will have a relaxing start and take the 12.45 train back to Melbourne and are due to arrive back around 5pm.

There is a strong presence of costumes so if you wish to dress up for the festival you are most welcome to. We will work out a theme once we know who’s coming.

The festival booked out in record time last year so get in early.

Meet Nicole at the PTV Hub at Southern Cross Station.

Sat, 9 June

11.45am - 8.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

The Basement, 377 Londsdale Street, Melbourne

Walking into Trapt's incredible CBD venue is like discovering a forgotten movie set: filled with leather Chesterfield couches, bare brickwork, and mind-blowingly good cocktails containing everything from butter vodka to Taiwanese whisky, the venue itself is worth visiting for drinks and freshly baked pizza (supplied by the guys at Crust, conveniently located upstairs).

You've ventured down the stairs and around the corner into a dimly lit corridor. As you reach the end of the passageway you step back in time to a sophisticated and relaxed speakeasy bar boasting an elaborate cocktail menu and wielding an impressive selection of award winning Australian spirits, Japanese whiskeys and locally brewed beers.

They only use socially-aware products and support theri fellow Australians by featuring exquisite local and domestic wines, liquors and brews wherever possible so now you can enjoy yourself and feel good too!

This bar does not supply food but Crust Pizzas are upstairs and the staff are all good with you consuming them in the bar.

We will not have a reserved area for this pub. Nicole will get their by 6pm to try and secure an area.

Meet Nicole at the venue.

Fri, 15 June

6.00pm - 10.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Thu, 14 June

NGV, 180 St Kilda Road Melbourne.

See a collection from New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) at the National Gallery of Victoria in an exhibition that traces the development of art and design from late nineteenth century urban and industrial transformation through to the digital and global present.

MoMA at NGV: 130 Years of Modern Art includes works from van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne; Picasso, Linchstein and Warhol to name a few.

It also includes objects from MoMA's architecture and design collection including furniture and textiles, pioneering computer games and the original set of 176 emojis - characters that have since multiplied and become the visual language of the digital age.

Tickets are $28 plus $4.50 booking fee (buy your own at ngv.com.au).

Meet Selena near the entrance at 11am

Sun, 17 June

11.00am - 2.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

Please book now & pay on the day for this event

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Sat, 16 June

34 Franklin Street, Melbourne

For over 150 years, the bluestone walls of this famed establishment have provided solace and sustenance to Melbournians and visitors alike. Now housing Captain Melville, it has become the destination for accessible dining, imbibing and revelry – all within Melbourne’s oldest public house.

CAPTAIN MELVILLE was a man with a devilish spirit and a sense of adventure. He was transported from Scotland to Van Diemen's Land at the age of 15 but rehabilitation was not in his nature and he constantly escaped — facing the wrath of the courts each time he was apprehended.

So meet Nicole at the reserved tables.
Suffer no longer from scarcity of choice for they provide pleasing liquor supplies to quench the thirst of each and every passing party.

Victorian wines and beers are showcased alongside iconic Australian and international varieties. Don’t expect to see any Cosmopolitans on the menu; the cocktails are old-fashioned with names paying playful reference to Captain Melville’s era.

Asfar as food goes, think pub food, done well. All food is sourced from ethical and sustainable Victorian farms and producers of the region traversed by the rebel bushranger himself. The menu focuses on communal, casual eating, with shared dishes, steaks, snacks, and of course, the pub classics – all using house-made ingredients where possible. Head chef, Shayne McCallum, who has earned his stripes at many iconic Melbourne establishments clearly presents his mission to create high quality pub food for all.

Fri, 22 June

6.30pm - 10.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Thu, 21 June

Chloes Bar, First Floor, Young and Jacksons, cnr Flinders Street and Swanston Street, Melbourne

** Open to everyone to enjoy end of month drinks. Members - Please arrive before 7.30 to receive your complimentary drink. **

Join us for our end of month drinks at Chloe's Bar exclusively reserved for Fun, Food and Friendship and the Melbourne Social Club in one of oldest and most iconic pubs in Melbourne in their upstairs area.

Young and Jackson is Australia's most Iconic Hotel. Beautifully restored and refurbished it is a comfortable blend of boutique bar and classic pub, a perfect destination for our end of month drinks.

This Melbourne institution is located on the vibrant corner of Swanston and Flinders street and is the perfect place to meet with friends and enjoy a few drinks.

Chloe's Room is located on the first floor that enjoys comfortable couches, boutique beers, fine wine, unique cocktails and unrivalled views of Melbourne's most iconic sights. This is the home of the famous 'Chloe' who has graced the bar walls of Young and Jackson for over a century.

Members will receive a free beer or wine on arrival.

If you are not a member, book in and join us at this end of month drinks night. Meet some of our hosts and members, learn more about the best and liveliest social activities in Melbourne and start enjoying a great social life and great benefits such as free drinks and discounts to bars, restaurants, shopping, cinema, AFL tickets and wine offers.

Meet us at the check-in desk in Chloes Bar located on the first floor.

Thu, 28 June

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: FREE

OPEN TO EVERYONE

Mordialloc

Come and Join the Funff Crew for a day by the beach watching the waves crash on the shore.

We will be enjoying an authentic home style Sri Lankan Curry experience with the company of good friends.

After the success of another great Australia Day we are putting on another lunch. Come and enjoy a home cooked Curry Lunch.

The curries will be mild in heat so that everyone can partake and will be made with roasted spices, packed full of flavour.

This is your traditional home style Sri Lankan Curry. The dishes are varied with many culinary influences from over the centuries including Portuguese, Dutch, English, South Indian and Malay.

B.Y.O Drinks

The house is very close to the beach and you can see the stormy weather from the Lounge.

Exact location of party will be give on booking. Meet the FunFF hosts on arrival.

Sat, 30 June

NOON - 5.00pm

Non-Members / Guests: N/A

Prepayment required for this event

MEMBERS ONLY EVENT

Booking closes on:
Thu, 28 June