Traversing design, music, art, food and booze: a chance to hear first-hand the inspiration behind the restoration of this beloved and historic St Kilda hotel // FREE ENTRY Presented as part of the Australian Heritage Festival

Presented as part of the Australian Heritage Festival's 'Oral and Social History' program.

'Social history provides a window into the past of ordinary people and oral history tells these stories through songs, storytelling, folklore, and memory. The secrets of our history tend to lurk in forgotten archives and dwell within the intergenerational narratives that make-up our diverse heritage. The voices of the Victoria's past continue to unravel the historical threads that binds places, families, and communities to the physical fabric of our heritage. Through stories, artefacts, recordings, places, and archives, these events will provide a window into the hearts and minds of ordinary people who shaped the historical landscape of Victoria.'

VENUE
Lovingly known by locals as The Espy, Hotel Esplanade is a 140-year-old iconic seaside pub.

"I've never seen anything like the way Melbournians are connected to a building. It's not the business, it's not the people, it's actually this building. Everyone has an Espy story and everyone is connected to it somehow in someway.” Doug Maskiel, Hotel Esplanade Director

GUIDE
Tours will be led by Suzi Q P Dhol who is akin to an unofficial ambassador for the Espy amongst the local community. Suzi is President of St Kilda Live Music, has a great love for local history and decades of Espy stories having first set foot inside her walls thirty years ago. 

DATES

Various Mondays throughout 2019

DURATION

60 minutes

MEETING POINT

Details will be sent to ticket holders 3 days before the event. Please check in with the hosts on arrival who will direct you to the tour meeting point for that day.

MORE INFO AND ACCESSIBILITY ENQUIRIES

arts@hotelesplanade.com.au

U18's MUST be accompanied by a legal parent or guardian at all times
Places are limited with preference given to valid ticket holders
**Please arrive 5-10 minutes before the start of your tour. Unfortunately latecomers may not be able to join until a suitable point in the journey**

We acknowledge the lands on which we present this tour are the lands of the Yalak-ut Weelam people of the Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to their elders, past, present and future.