The Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) is an independent festival that shows films from new and upcoming filmmakers in venues around...
Melbourne Events
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!
Christmas Festival
Multiple Events Around Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC29 November 2024 to 25 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...
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...
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...
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...
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. Melbournians consider Boxing Day to be one of the best days of the year...
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...
New Year’s Day falls on the 1st of January each year, at the height of the Australian summer. It has been designated a public holiday, allowing many people to relax on a day off work. Even though there may be some...
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...
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...
The Melbourne Wedding & Bride Summer Expo is Australia’s premier bridal event, designed to relieve the stress of wedding planning. Come and meet Victoria’s wedding industry leaders and find everything...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The iconic Sustainable Living Festival runs for four weeks in February and promotes solutions to global warming by promoting sustainable living practices. The largest and longest-running festival of its kind aims to...
The 5K Foam Fest is a one-of-a-kind Obstacle Course-based Fun Run. Join in for over 22 obstacles, including the world’s largest inflatable waterslide, mud pits and 2.5 MILLION cubic feet of foam! 5k Foam Fest...
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
Steampacket Gardens, Geelong, VIC01 February 2025 to 02 February 2025
The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race returns better than ever in 2025 as the world’s cycling elite journey to Geelong and the Surf Coast for Australia’s greatest weekend of cycling. Inspired by Europe’s prestigious one...
The Craft & Quilt Fair is a ‘one-stop-shop’ for the craft community. Book a ‘Make & Take’ class and discover independent Australian retailers offering high-quality craft supplies, handmade products and expert...
What started as a tiny indie music event in the laneways of Melbourne, St Jerome’s Laneway Festival, has become one of Australia’s most loved music festivals. The Laneway Festival started in Melbourne in...
Care & Ageing Well Expo
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf , VICTBA - February 2025
Are you ready to begin preparing for your future, or are you caring for an ageing loved one? Then the Melbourne Care & Ageing Well Expo is the perfect place to begin! The Expo is your chance to view and learn about...
St. Kilda Festival is an event held in Melbourne and whose culmination is a summer-style celebration of arts and music along the gorgeous St Kilda foreshore. Part and parcel of Melbourne’s timeless tradition, the...
Melbourne Fashion Festival
Various venues around Melbourne, Docklands, VIC22 February 2025 to 08 March 2025
When autumn hits the city, Melbourne celebrates the fashion festival of the season also known as the Melbourne Fashion Festival.
For the Greek Community living in Australia, the Lonsdale Street Festival (formerly Antipodes Festival) is a must-attend event celebrating Greece’s rich culture and food. The festival brings together Greek...
Melbourne Science Fiction Film Festival
Cinema Nova, Carlton, VIC23 February 2025 to 25 February 2025
Australia’s largest celebration of speculative cinema, The Melbourne Science Fiction Film Festival, presents a line-up of local and international science-fiction and fantasy visions, reaffirming its status as a...
The Sydney Road Street Party is a cultural festival and one of the largest street-based festivals in Melbourne. Held as part of the Brunswick Music Festival, which runs for nine days, the Sydney Road Street Party is a...
Melbournians come together yearly to share, cheer and spread the festive spirit for the Moomba Festival. After all, Moomba has been celebrated in Melbourne for over half a century and is held every Labour Day long...
Labour Day is a public holiday in Victoria that will be observed on the 10th of March, 2025. Labour Day reflects the social and political movement in the 1850s to secure an 8-hour working day for all Australians. Labour...
Australian Grand Prix
Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Albert Park, VIC13 March 2025 to 16 March 2025
The Australian Grand Prix is among the largest and most popular of all the events held in Melbourne. People from all over the world come here to watch the Grand Prix, with this event increasing visitors to Melbourne and...
The Melbourne Ukulele Festival is a fun event where music lovers come together to listen, play, and sing along to everything related to the ukulele! The festival is held at the Northcote Town Hall, High Street Northcote...
The Rip Curl Pro (formerly the Bells Beach Surf Classic) is held annually in Victoria and is a professional surfing competition that attracts visitors to Bells Beach every Easter. Commonly known as the “Rip Curl...
Melbourne International Coffee Expo
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf, VIC20 March 2025 to 22 March 2025
Coffee paradise beckons visitors to sample, savour and appreciate coffee at Australia’s most spirited event, the Melbourne International Coffee Expo. Held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, the...
Easter Sunday is part of the Easter celebrations and will be observed on the 20th of April 2025. Easter Sunday is the biggest day of this four-holiday weekend. It is a public holiday on which families and friends...
Holi is a popular Hindu Festival of Colours celebrated across India. It celebrates the triumph of good over evil and the changing of the seasons from winter to spring. Back home, Holi is an eventful affair. People from...
The Australian International Airshow, also known as the Avalon Airshow, is the biggest in the southern hemisphere, attracting visitors worldwide. Held every two years, the Airshow brings together aircraft from different...
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, VIC26 March 2025 to 20 April 2025
If you love stand-up comedy or like to laugh, come to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to witness Australia’s largest comedy festival and the world’s third-largest festival. Melbourne has hosted...
Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens, Carlton, VIC26 March 2025 to 30 March 2025
The smell of freshly cut grass and bursting blooms will again scent the Melbourne air for the Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show in 2025, returning to the exquisite heritage-listed Royal Exhibition...
Welcome to One Fine Day, Australia’s most stylish and creative wedding event! It’s the perfect platform for creative couples looking for inspiring, unique vendors for their big day. Most of all, it’s a fun way to spend...
The Herald-Sun / Transurban Run for the Kids is one of the great local events in Melbourne aimed at fundraising for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Participants can walk or run the 14.4km long...
Melbourne Home Show
Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, Southbank, VIC11 April 2025 to 13 April 2025
The Melbourne Home Show is a large exhibition about all things home and garden held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. The Melbourne Home Show will introduce patrons to the best new products on the...
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