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Well, tomorrow is the first performance for the full premiere season of Set List! Now, we know that a certain semi-popular sporting event may also be occurring at the same time as Set List: Folk; so if you’re not keen on the “Grand” Final, grab your best cardigan and flat cap, warm up your pan pipes, and head on down to Trades Hall for a good ol’ dose of storytellin’ music written on the spot by the Set List band!

Remember, the show starts at 4:30 PM and tickets are available online from melbournefringe.com.au or at the door from the Trades box office in the Bella Union bar. Note that we have moved from performing in the bar itself to the much more intimate surroundings of the Old Council Chambers - and also note that, though it’s listed in the printed programme guide, there is no performance on Sunday September 28!

But should the lure of the ball game prevent you from attending, have no fear: Set List caters for you too! All three principle Set List performers - Karin Muiznieks, Dan Walmsley and Ben McKenzie - will be performing at the (unofficial) 2008 AFL Season Review at Trades Hall on Tuesday night! And yes, there will be a special Set List surprise…

See you over the weekend!

If you’re after a taste of Set List,  then you’ll get your chance this Sunday, as Karin Muiznieks, Dan Walmsley and Ben McKenzie appear as a guests for the fourth meeting of the Anarchist Guild Social Committee! Melbourne’s smash hit sketch comedy group - which counts Ben and Set List guest star Andy McClelland among its members - bring you another show full of all-new material!

The AGSC’s fourth meeting is at the Bella Union, Trades Hall, starting at 5:30 on Sunday, September 21; tickets are $15 full/$10 concession or group, and you can get them at the door or via the Bella Union web site.

OBE writer/producer/performer Ben McKenzie will be be appearing as one of tonight’s guest Scrabble players for Scrabble Unscripted, Impro Australia’s Scrabble-based impro show! Come and cheer him on and see if he can get a triple word score.

You can also catch Ben at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre benefit gig 23 Positions in a One Night Stand, where he’ll be performing one of the hits of Prince. It’s on March 29 as part of Comedy @ Trades.

March 29 is also the night of Earth Hour, when Ben will be conducting a candlelit tour of historic Trades Hall with the aid of local expert Jacob.