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Melbourne’s event calendar is jam-packed all year round. The different seasons bring different events, so no matter what time of year you come to Melbourne, something unique and exciting will always happen.

If you’re looking at what’s on, the upcoming events calendar includes many options, including multicultural festivals, parades, sporting tournaments and cultural events.

Melbourne Events 2024/2025, Whats On This Weekend & Calendar




So whether you love sports or indulging in something a little different, Melbourne offers every type of event for its millions of visitors each year.

Australians love watching sports, and every year, the city celebrates many major sports, including the famous Australian Open, international cricket matches, the Spring Racing Carnival and the Formula One Grand Prix. The city has many excellent cricket and football grounds and indoor and outdoor stadiums.

Melbourne also hosts various festivals, including food and wine, music, and cultural and heritage festivals. Visitors, locals and culinary experts worldwide come here to participate in the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. This popular event features award-winning vintages from some of Australia’s major wine regions.

Music lovers will be happy to know that Melbourne offers many theatre shows, concerts and outdoor entertainment. The city celebrates the Jazz and Blues Festival, the Harvest Picnic at Hanging Rock, country music festivals and live concerts every year.

If you’re wondering what’s on this weekend, head into the city, and you are sure to find a local community event, blockbuster theatre shows, art exhibit or live music concert. The event calendar changes weekly, so don’t miss out!



Melbourne Fringe Festival

Melbourne Fringe Festival

Trades Hall, Carlton, VIC
01 October 2024 to 20 October 2024

The residents of Melbourne come together every year to celebrate the famous Melbourne Fringe Festival. This unique event welcomes unique and talented independent artists to participate and display their finest artwork...

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Victorian Seniors Festival

Victorian Seniors Festival

Multiple Venues, Melbourne, VIC
01 October 2024 to 31 October 2024

The Victorian Seniors Festival is an event to honour seniors in Victoria, held in October every year at various locations around the Melbourne CBD and around the state. This week-long festival includes various events...

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The Spring Racing Carnival

The Spring Racing Carnival

Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, VIC
12 October 2024 to 09 November 2024

The Spring Racing Carnival in Melbourne is a series of thoroughbred horse races held annually in October and November. The Melbourne Cup is the premier event and is held on the first Tuesday in November each year (a...

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Melbourne Boat Show

New Quay Promenade, Docklands, VIC
17 October 2024 to 20 October 2024

The Melbourne Boat Show is the largest event for the local marine industry, with thousands of exhibitors gathering in the city every year to display their latest products and services. It is Victoria’s largest and...

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Federation Square

Melbourne International Jazz Festival

Various Venues, Melbourne, VIC
18 October 2024 to 27 October 2024

The week-long Melbourne International Jazz Festival week features an excellent line-up with more than 100 unique jazz performances by top artists and performers. Popular venues like The JazzLab, Melbourne Recital...

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Mornington Wedding Expo

Mornington Racecourse, Mornington , VIC
20 October 2024

Couples can find everything they need at the Mornington Wedding Expo. From photographers and cake designers to DJs and celebrants, the Mornington Peninsula’s best wedding service providers will be there, ready to help...

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Melbourne Fashion Week

Melbourne Fashion Week

Various Locations Around Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
21 October 2024 to 27 October 2024

Fashion models, designers and retailers gather in Melbourne every October to celebrate Melbourne Fashion Week. This one-of-a-kind event includes runway shows, fashion parades, exhibitions, films, and even workshops—all...

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Whitehorse Art Show

Whitehorse Art Show

Box Hill Town Hall, Box Hill, VIC
23 October 2024 to 27 October 2024

The Box Hill Burwood Rotary 58th Annual Whitehorse Art Show will be held at The Box Hill Town Hall in October 2024. The art show allows quality artists to display and sell their work. Whitehorse Art Show, 2024 Festival...

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Dog Lovers Show

Melbourne Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, VIC
26 October 2024 to 27 October 2024

The Dog Lovers Show is a huge exhibition at the Melbourne Showgrounds that celebrates all the best things about being a dog owner in Australia. There are so many things to see and do at the Dog Lovers Show, and your...

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Melbourne Cat Lovers Show

Melbourne Cat Lovers Show

Melbourne Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, VIC
26 October 2024 to 27 October 2024

Following the roaring success of the 2022 show, Australia’s most beloved event for cat enthusiasts makes its long-awaited return to Melbourne, taking over the Melbourne Showgrounds. It runs on October 26 and 27 and will...

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SEXPO

Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, South Wharf, VIC
TBA - November 2024

SEXPO is an adults-only sexuality, health, and lifestyle exhibition that runs most years at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. SEXPO aims to remove adult products from adult stores and present them to the...

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Derby Day

Derby Day

Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, VIC
02 November 2024

Derby Day is a popular thoroughbred horse race held annually as part of the Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington Racecourse. Derby Day is always held on the Saturday before the Melbourne Cup. Derby Day Melbourne 2024...

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Melbourne Cup Parade

Melbourne Cup Parade

Federation Square, Melbourne, VIC
04 November 2025

The Melbourne Cup Parade has been axed from the roster for a second post-pandemic year in a row, with organisers promising they have been working hard to bring it back. Ongoing construction for the Metro Tunnel project...

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Melbourne Cup

Melbourne Cup

Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, VIC
05 November 2024

Every year, Australians celebrate Melbourne Cup Day, the most popular horse race on the calendar. Also known as the Lexus Melbourne Cup, the Melbourne Cup is the premier event of the Spring Racing Carnival and is held...

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Oaks Day

Oaks Day

Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, VIC
07 November 2024

Crown Oaks Day, also known as ‘Ladies Day’, is a popular thoroughbred horse race held yearly as part of the Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington Racecourse. Formerly known as ‘Crown Oaks Day’...

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Stakes Day

Stakes Day

Flemington Racecourse, Flemington, VIC
09 November 2024

Stakes Day, or ‘Family Day’, is a popular thoroughbred horse race held annually in the Spring Racing Carnival at Flemington Racecourse. The Melbourne Cup is the premier event of the Spring Racing Carnival...

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State Rose And Garden Show

State Rose and Garden Show

Victoria State Rose Garden, Werribee South, VIC
09 November 2024 to 10 November 2024

The Victoria State Rose Garden is Australia’s largest and best-maintained public rose garden. So make sure to stop by in November to enjoy the annual State Rose and Garden Show hosted in the gardens. Held during...

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Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day

The Sanctuary, Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, VIC
11 November 2024

The citizens of Australia come together every year to observe Remembrance Day. This event is always celebrated at the eleventh hour, on the eleventh day of the eleventh month (11th November), to remember the armistice...

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Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Melbourne Queer Film Festival

Multiple Venues, Melbourne, VIC
14 November 2024 to 24 November 2024

Melbourne has been hosting the famous Queer Film Festival since 1991, making it one of the oldest queer film festivals in the world and the largest in the southern hemisphere. This film event is the second-largest film...

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Equitana Melbourne

Equitana Melbourne

Melbourne Showgrounds, Ascot Vale, VIC
14 November 2024 to 17 November 2024

Equitana Melbourne is a huge event showcasing the best equine competitions and exhibitions and will be next held in Melbourne in November 2024. Originating in 1999, Equitana Melbourne is a fantastic, family-friendly...

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Mind, Body And Spirit Festival

Mind, Body And Spirit Festival

Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Southbank, VIC
15 November 2024 to 17 November 2024

The Mind, Body, and Spirit Festival is held biannually in Melbourne. It is one of the few festivals celebrated in Australia that solely focuses on health, wellness, and natural therapies. The festival welcomes more than...

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East Malvern Food & Wine Festival

Central Park, Malvern East, VIC
17 November 2024

The 7th annual East Malvern Food & Wine Festival returns on 17th November 2024. This is a free-entry public event. East Malvern Food & Wine Festival, 2024 Dates, Live Music, Times This is a FREE entry event for...

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Christmas Festival

Christmas Festival

Multiple Events Around Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
TBA - November / December 2024

Each year, the City of Melbourne hosts a free month-long festival in the Melbourne CBD known as the Christmas Festival, which brings a little bit of magic to Melbourne for the Christmas season. During the festival, many...

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Royal Exhibition Building

The Big Design Market

Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton, VIC
29 November 2024 to 01 December 2024

The Big Design Market will return to the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton this November to celebrate 250 of the country’s most coveted designers and makers. Prepare to be indulged with a new decadent selection...

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Peninsula Vinehop Festival

Mult, Mount Martha, VIC
30 November 2024

Peninsula VineHop Festival celebrates and showcases the incredible cool-climate wines, craft beer, cider and spirits produced on the stunning Mornington Peninsula. The first VineHop, held in 2017, was designed to...

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Melbourne Underground Film Festival

Melbourne Underground Film Festival

Multiple Locations, Melbourne, VIC
06 December 2024 to 13 December 2024

The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) is an independent festival that shows films from new and upcoming filmmakers in venues around Melbourne. The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (M.U.F.F.) is a worldwide...

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Carols By Candlelight

Carols By Candlelight

Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC
24 December 2024

If you are in Melbourne around Christmas time, don’t miss Vision Australia’s Carols by Candlelight, the most popular Christmas event. This huge event is a massive Christmas celebration where families come...

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Christmas Day

Christmas Day

All over Australia, Melbourne, VIC
25 December 2024

Christmas Day is celebrated on the 25th of December and is celebrated worldwide. Therefore, Christmas in Melbourne is a public holiday and is a wonderful time to stop, reflect and spend time with family and friends...

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Boxing Day Test

Boxing Day Test

Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Richmond, VIC
26 December 2024 to 30 December 2024

Australia’s annual sports calendar is not confined to the AFL Grand Final and Australian Open. It also includes motor racing events, marathons and international cricket matches. Certainly at the forefront of the...

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Boxing Day

Boxing Day

All over Australia, Melbourne, VIC
26 December 2024

Boxing Day is a massive public holiday in Australia, and the best thing about being in Melbourne is that there are so many ways to spend the day. Boxing Day is considered by Melbournians to be one of the best days of...

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New Years Eve

New Years Eve

Multiple Locations, Melbourne, VIC
31 December 2024 to 01 January 2025

Only a few events are celebrated worldwide, with New Year’s celebrated in every corner of the earth. Whether the fireworks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge or the Ball Drop at Times Square, New Year’s Eve is...

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New Years Day

New Years Day

All over Australia, Melbourne, VIC
01 January 2025

New Year’s Day falls on the 1st of January each year, at the height of the Australian summer. It has been designated as a public holiday, allowing many people to relax on a day off work. Even though there may be...

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Latin Summer Festival

Latin Summer Festival

Tom's Block, Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, VIC
TBA - January 2025

Every year, the citizens of Melbourne celebrate the Latin Summer Festival. This free event welcomes Latin communities and Australians to get together and enjoy Latin culture, including music, dance, and art...

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Australian Open

Australian Open

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
12 January 2025 to 26 January 2025

Melbourne’s extensive list of sporting events also includes one of the four major tennis world Grand Slams, the Australian Open. Usually held in January every year, this tennis tournament is held at Rod Laver...

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Midsumma Festival

Midsumma Festival

Multiple Venues, St Kilda, VIC
19 January 2025 to 09 February 2025

Melbourne’s annual celebration of gay and lesbian culture and art is also known as the Midsumma Festival. It is the largest cultural festival of its type, celebrated in the city since 1988. During this...

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Australia Day

Australia Day

Multiple Venues, Melbourne, VIC
26 January 2025

One of the largest celebrations held throughout the country year after year is Australia Day. Celebrated on January 26th, Australia Day is a public holiday honouring the arrival of the first British Fleet on Australian...

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Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

Multiple Locations, Melbourne, VIC
29 January 2025

2025 is the year of the Dragon, starting from January 29th, 2025 (Chinese Lunar New Year Day) and lasting until February 16th, 2026. If you were born in 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013…, your Chinese zodiac sign is...

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Inflatable Regatta

Inflatable Regatta

Hawthorn Rowing Club, Hawthorn , VIC
TBA - February 2025

Inflatable Regatta is back, and it’s time to go floatin’. Experience an awesome day out on one of Melbourne’s iconic rivers. Inflatable Regatta Melbourne, 2025 Dates, Location & Ticket Prices Melbournians can spend...

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Melbourne To Warrnambool Classic

Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic

Avalon Airport, Lara, VIC
TBA - Feb 2025

The historic Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic is a cycling race that traverses Victoria’s southwest region through picturesque landscapes and challenging terrain. The Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic was founded...

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