Things to do in Melbourne

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Date = Friday 7th August 2026

Today: 384+ fun things to do

#Activity | 29 today

1000 Steps | Kokoda Track Memorial Walk - Open Times

1000 Steps | Kokoda Track Memorial Walk - Open Times
The Kokoda Track Memorial Walk (incorporating the 1000 Steps) is open 7 days: Daylight hours. The 1,000 Steps located in the Dandenong Ranges National Park is Melbourne's most p..

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A Maze'N Things | Open Hours & Tickets

A Maze'N Things | Open Hours & Tickets
Opening Hours 7 Days a week (Last admission 3pm) 9am til 6pm / Summer Long weekends, school & public holidays (Last admission 4pm) 10am til 5pm / Autumn, Winter & Spring Lon..

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Adventure Fun Park Gippsland | Open Hours

Adventure Fun Park Gippsland | Open Hours
10am to 5pm Weekdays | 9:30am to 5pm Weekends Entry to the Park is FREE. Come and experience the amusement's and excitement of Gippslands best amusement and fun park! Ba..

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Archie Brothers Arcade - Chadstone - Tickets & Hours

Archie Brothers Arcade - Chadstone - Tickets & Hours
Step into the world of Archie Brothers in Chadstone, where the fun never stops and the smiles come easily! Perfect for families and couples, this vibrant wonderland is your go-t..

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#Children | Family Events | 3 today

Dinosaur World | Open Hours

Dinosaur World | Open Hours
DINOSAUR WORLD IS OPEN EVERY FRIDAY 10AM TO 3PM AND EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10AM TO 4PM. WE ARE OPEN - Friday Saturday & Sunday - Public holidays - Every day school ..

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Kids: Indoor Climbing, Ropes, Zip Line & GameWall @ Berwick

Kids: Indoor Climbing, Ropes, Zip Line & GameWall @ Berwick
Indoor Climbing, SkyTrail High Ropes, Zip Line and GameWall - Berwick Overload your senses and dial up the fun at this mammoth indoor climbing theme park, boasting over 60 verti..

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Maru Koala Park and Pirate Pete's Mini Golf | Open & Tickets

Maru Koala Park and Pirate Pete's Mini Golf | Open & Tickets
Open every day from 9:30am except for Christmas Day Get in touch with wildlife at Maru where you can pat and hand feed many of the animals. Pat a koala and feed the albino k..

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#Comedy | 4 today

Basement Comedy Club: Friday & Saturday Nights

Basement Comedy Club: Friday & Saturday Nights
Basement Comedy Club @ Morris House, Melbourne is the place to be every Friday and Saturday nights in Melbourne to see the very biggest names in comedy! The best of the Melbour..

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Comedy at the Coopers Inn - Friday & Saturday's

Comedy at the Coopers Inn - Friday & Saturday's
The best local, interstate and international comedians every Friday and Saturday at The Coopers Inn in Melbourne. Weekly live stand-up comedy show, right in the heart of the Mel..

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Live Comedy @ Comic's Lounge

Live Comedy @ Comic's Lounge
Enjoy an evening full of laughs with tickets to the Comics Lounge Comedy Show. In this two and a half hour live stand up show, you'll lose yourself in a night bursting with fun..

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The Comics Lounge Tickets: Live Comedy Show

The Comics Lounge Tickets: Live Comedy Show
Sit back and enjoy an entertaining night at the Comics Lounge Comedy Show! Enjoy an evening full of laughs with tickets to the Comics Lounge Comedy Show in Melbourne! In this..

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#Competitions | Challenges & Games | 3 today

Melbourne: Haunted City Exploration Game

Melbourne: Haunted City Exploration Game
Discover haunted Melbourne by solving clues and unlocking stories on your phone! Explore hidden laneways, discover the stories of infamous serial killers, and learn about the s..

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Quiz Room Melbourne - Australia's 1st Immersive Quiz Game

Quiz Room Melbourne - Australia's 1st Immersive Quiz Game
The new buzz in town! Hit the buzzer on a real-life game show that's better than TV! Australia's first immersive game-show style quiz where anyone can win - it's not just w..

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Street Art Outdoor Exploration Game

Street Art Outdoor Exploration Game
Discover the secret stories behind Melbourne's colourful laneways in a thrilling outdoor exploration game. You're a runaway teen in search of a lost connection, and the city's ..

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#Concert | Music | 6 today

Candlelight: Ed Sheeran & Coldplay

Candlelight: Ed Sheeran & Coldplay
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations like never seen before in Bendigo. Get your tickets now to discover t..

Jersey Forever - The original 4 stars of Jersey Boys Australia

Jersey Forever - The original 4 stars of Jersey Boys Australia
Jersey Forever reunites the original Jersey Boys stars Bobby Fox, Glaston Toft, Scott Johnson and Stephen Mahy for one night only at the Palais Theatre, St Kilda on 7 August. Mo..

Katie Kim & Kenji Fujimura: Pandora's Box

Katie Kim & Kenji Fujimura: Pandora's Box
Friday 7th August 2026 @ The Capital Theatre - Bendigo If you are given Pandora's Box, would you open it? Katie Kim, Flute, and Kenji Fujimura, Piano, transform it into a mu..

Live @ The Toff

Live @ The Toff
Come dance to our DJ residents & make the most of what's on offer. Disco, House & Spicy Marg? Featuring live music Monday to Saturday, the room transforms into a nightclub later..

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#Dining & Drink Experiences | 25 today

Bavarian Bier Course and 2 Hour Guided Tasting

Bavarian Bier Course and 2 Hour Guided Tasting
Bavarian Bier Course And 2 Hour Guided Tasting Date: Selected Sundays Venue: The Hof Downtown - Docklands Duration: 2.5 hours Experience a new age of Bavarian cuisine and..

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BearBrass - Happy Hour

BearBrass - Happy Hour
Get into BearBrass for a Happy Hour special.. THURSDAYS HAPPY HOUR. BearBrass Happy Hour Monday - Friday 3-6pm $11 Pints $11 Wines $1 Wings 150ml Rothbury Wines Selec..

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Club Chin Chin | Geelong

Club Chin Chin | Geelong
Club Chin Chin is a year long pop-up, part of the new Joel Selwood Stand in GMHBA Stadium. Club Chin Chin will have a menu filled with staples from the Flinders Lane restaurant,..

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Cookie: $25 Lunch For Less

Cookie: $25 Lunch For Less
Grab a delicious Thai meal for your lunch in the iconic venue; Cookie on Swanston Street Melbourne CBD. Quick, delicious, freshly-wokked From noodles to fried rice, let Cook..

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#Exhibition | Expo & Show | 137 today

600 Million Years

600 Million Years
The origin of life in Victoria told through fossils models animatronics and animations. @ Melbourne Museum Starting with the explosion of life in the sea you'll see how life..

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Abbotsford Convent | Heritage Garden and Grounds

Abbotsford Convent | Heritage Garden and Grounds
Open daily 7.30am - 10.30pm Cost Free entry In addition to the iconic buildings at Abbotsford Convent, are the stunning Heritage Garden and grounds. A beautiful place to picni..

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Adam Elliot: Making Memoir of a Snail

Adam Elliot: Making Memoir of a Snail
ACMI presents Making Memoir of a Snail Free 8th August 2024 - 1st November 2026 @ Australian Centre for the Moving Image | ACMI Discover the magic behind Adam Elliot's ..

Ambleside Historic Homestead & Museum - Open Hours

Ambleside Historic Homestead & Museum - Open Hours
Ambleside Park Museum is a local history museum housed in a century old farmhouse. The homestead is a single storey former farm house in the Italianate style of multi-chrome Ha..

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#Exhibition | Expo & Show - Online | 1 today

Victorian Archives Centre: Online Exhibitions

Victorian Archives Centre: Online Exhibitions
Public records, or government state archives, are a preserved record of Victoria's development. These online exhibitions and galleries tell some of Victoria's most significant ..

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#Exhibition | Visual Art | 42 today

Always Modern: Radical Nurture

Always Modern: Radical Nurture
In the early decades of Heide, art and life came together in radical and intimate ways. Alongside the museum's founders John and Sunday Reed, the artists who gathered here chal..

Anne Zahalka: ZAHALKAWORLD

Anne Zahalka: ZAHALKAWORLD
ZAHALKAWORLD: an artist's archive - A Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) touring exhibition. For more than four decades, Anne Zahalka has been one of Australia's most cele..

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Are you lonely tonight? I'm so lonesome I could cry.

Are you lonely tonight? I'm so lonesome I could cry.
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Main exhibition gallery Free Artists Callum McGrath Kayla Mattes Kelly Yu Lucy Liu Martine Syms Melissa Nguyen Natasha Matila..

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ArtVo | Trick Art - Open Hours & Tickets

ArtVo | Trick Art - Open Hours & Tickets
Become part of the artwork at ArtVo Melbourne. The interactive trick art gallery is your chance to touch the art and strike a pose in front of the mind boggling themed zones. ..

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#Experience | 30 today

123Boom! Real-Life Arcade Game Experience

123Boom! Real-Life Arcade Game Experience
Melbourne's most exciting immersive gaming experience! Grab your friends and tackle a series of adrenaline-pumping challenges in 6 game rooms. Dive into an action-packed ad..

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Alcotraz: Immersive Cocktail Experience

Alcotraz: Immersive Cocktail Experience
Fugitive! Come and serve your time in this theatrical and world-class cocktail experience. After its success in the UK, the first 'bar behind bars' arrives in Melbourne - where..

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Aquadonut BBQ Boat Hire @ Docklands

Aquadonut BBQ Boat Hire @ Docklands
Aqua Donut is a floating device with a barbeque station to enable a unique dining experience as one sways along the picturesque area of Docklands. Back in countries like Dubai,..

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Arthurs Seat Eagle + Family Lunch for 4

Arthurs Seat Eagle + Family Lunch for 4
Gondola Ride on Arthurs Seat Eagle and Family Lunch for Four Experience the very best of the Mornington Peninsula on a family day out to Arthurs Seat Eagle gondola plus a delic..

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#Farm: Zoological & Wildlife | 1 today

Collingwood Children's Farm | Open Hours & Tickets

Collingwood Children's Farm | Open Hours & Tickets
Collingwood Children's Farm is open most days of the year from 9.30am. We are open every day of the year, including public holidays. Opening hours are 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. ..

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#Films | Showing | 1 today

Now Showing @ Dromana Drive-In

Now Showing @ Dromana Drive-In
Est. 1962 100% Aussie, Independent Heritage Vic. & National Trust Listed 4 Screens Shel's Diner Thursday - Sunday Going to the movies is so much more than just a movi..

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#High & Traditional Tea | 19 today

Bass and Flinders Distillery: Gin High Tea

Bass and Flinders Distillery: Gin High Tea
Come and enjoy the ambience of Bass and Flinders Distillery and a twist on the traditional high tea with this gin experience in the quiet and serene Mornington Peninsula suburb of ..

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Buckingham High Tea

Buckingham High Tea
Bayside high tea afternoon tea near Brighton. Grab your friends and family and book a high tea event with us Royal High Tea Kids High Tea Minimum of 30 pax Price on..

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Dzert | Breakfast High Tea

Dzert | Breakfast High Tea
Session 1: 10am-11:30am Session 2: 1pm-2:30pm @ Dzert - Sandringham Experience the timeless British tradition of High Tea at one of Australia's top 50 High Tea venues, as ..

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Elegant High Tea at The Third Tier

Elegant High Tea at The Third Tier
Indulge in an impeccable two hour high tea experience at The Third Tier, perfect for two. Enjoy Victorian era inspired decor, fine bone china, delectable tiers of sweet and savoury..

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#Magic & Illusion | 1 today

Piccolo Teatro Magic Theatre

Piccolo Teatro Magic Theatre
Wondering what's on in Melbourne? At last Melbourne has an intimate and bespoke cabaret club dedicated to magic and some extra cabaret surprises. Created and founded by int..

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#Markets | Art Craft & General | 2 today

String Bean Alley @ Queen Victoria Market

String Bean Alley @ Queen Victoria Market
Melbourne's newest laneway has arrived at Queen Victoria Market. String Bean Alley is now home to twenty-six independent retailers in bespoke shipping containers, providing a un..

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Sunshine Street Market

Sunshine Street Market
The Friday weekly street market is back.. The Sunshine Business Association (SBA) hosts a street market along Hampshire Road in the Sunshine Town Centre, which operates WEEKLY ..

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#Markets | Food & Produce | 12 today

Camberwell Fresh Food Market | Open Hours

Camberwell Fresh Food Market | Open Hours
Produce market selling meat, seafood fruit & vegetables. Great little market. Fresh highest quality produce from fruit & vegetables, seafood, poultry, meats & sausages to gourme..

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Coburg Market | Open Hours

Coburg Market | Open Hours
Coburg Market in Sydney Road Coburg is one of Melbourne's longest running traditional markets. TRADING HOURS: Monday- Thursday: 7am- 6pm Friday: 7am- 7pm Saturday: 7am- 2pm ..

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Dandenong Market | Open Hours

Dandenong Market | Open Hours
Dandenong Market, where you can shop and experience the world as a local. A busy and bustling market full of sights and delights, Dandenong Market offers a taste for every seaso..

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Footscray Market | Open Hours

Footscray Market | Open Hours
We look forward to seeing you at the Market! Where we say "Fresh and Cheap"happy shopping! Tuesday and Wednesday 7am-4pm Thursday 7am-6pm Friday 7am-8pm Saturday 7am-4pm T..

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#Motor Sports | Auto | 2 today

Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum | Open

Charlie's Arthur's Seat Auto Museum | Open
Charlie's Auto Museum is open 10.30am to 4.30pm daily. The Museum is open every day of the year except Christmas Day. Admission costs Adults: $15.00 Children: $8.00 Fami..

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Lamborghini Joyride Experience

Lamborghini Joyride Experience
Get behind the wheel of a powerful Lamborghini with this 30-minute driving experience Experience the thrill of riding in a Lamborghini. The experience starts in the Dromana area..

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#Open Day | 1 today

Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary | Open & Tours

Nangak Tamboree Wildlife Sanctuary | Open & Tours
La Trobe University in Bundoora is the caretaker of over 30 hectares of bushland and wildlife sanctuary and well recognised for it's natural landscapes at all campuses. Nangak T..

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#Party & Social | 1 today

Friday's & Saturday's @ The Peel

Friday's & Saturday's @ The Peel
FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS 10PM UNTIL DAWN The Peel is Melbourne's best nightclub for men only events. FRIDAY'S HAPPY HOUR SPECIALS Pop to it every Friday at The Peel as some..

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#Public Awareness | 1 today

Public Transport | 1/2 Price

Public Transport | 1/2 Price
Public transport is half price across the state for everyone, every day, from Monday 1 June 2026 until 1 January 2027. From Monday 1 June 2026 until 1 January 2027, the maximum..

#Remembrance | 1 today

Remembrance Services @ The Shrine

Remembrance Services @ The Shrine
Remembrance Services held at the Shrine of Remembrance. Remembrance Services on a Sunday, honour all units no longer able to make the pilgrimage to the Shrine. Monthly weekd..

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#Sales | Discount & Specials | 1 today

OnlyMelbourne Superstore

OnlyMelbourne Superstore
We're thrilled to announce our superstore of authenticated retailers. In this age of fake websites, bad links and dodgy retailers, we've teamed up with 3rd party Impact CF to en..

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#Shopping Tours | 1 today

Melbourne Shopping Tour: Bargains & Bubbles

Melbourne Shopping Tour: Bargains & Bubbles
This Melbourne shopping tour - dubbed the Bargains and Bubbles Tour - is a fun and relaxed day of discount retail therapy that's fun for shopping junkies from all over. Melbourne i..

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#Sporting Fixtures | 1 today

Country Horse Racing | Today

Country Horse Racing | Today
Country racing plays a prominent role in the heart and soul of Victoria. When you hear the thundering hoofs of the thoroughbred meet the fresh country turf racing truly comes a..

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#Talk | Presentation | Discussion | 1 today

Keeper Talks at Werribee Open Range Zoo

Keeper Talks at Werribee Open Range Zoo
Meet the keepers and learn something new about your favourite animals! Learn about our awesome animals from the people who know and love them best - their Keepers! Every day,..

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#Theatre - Performing Arts | 4 today

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias
The beloved film live on stage The iconic story that made us laugh, cry, and fall in love with six extraordinary women is back - live on stage in a dazzling new Australian produ..

The Vaudeville Revue: Cabaret, Comedy and Burlesque

The Vaudeville Revue: Cabaret, Comedy and Burlesque
Step inside The Vaudeville Revue - Melbourne's must-see variety spectacular. A favourite with locals and visitors alike, The Vaudeville Revue is an 18+ cabaret and variety show ..

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VIVA Melbourne: Scandal

VIVA Melbourne: Scandal
Scandal begins where the evening should probably end. A late- night world of energy, and quiet indulgence. Scandal invites you into something more intimate, where the perfo..

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VIVA Melbourne: Society

VIVA Melbourne: Society
Step inside our Society- an invitation only experience set within the world of The Upstairs Club. The Upstairs Club is a secret playground for the bold, the curious, and the una..

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#Tours | Trips & Excursions | 54 today

Aboriginal Heritage Walk @ Royal Botanic Gardens

Aboriginal Heritage Walk @ Royal Botanic Gardens
See the Royal Botanic Gardens through ancient eyes on this guided walk learning about local food and healing sharing stories and wisdom. Womin djeka! Journey into the ancestral ..

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Around the Bay Sightseeing Cruise - Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas

Around the Bay Sightseeing Cruise - Bellarine and Mornington Peninsulas
Explore the Bellarine and Mornington peninsulas on a full-day tour from Melbourne that includes a boat cruise. Take in highlights including the Geelong Waterfront, Narana Abori..

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Como House | Guided Tours

Como House | Guided Tours
Join us for a guided tour of the house for a glimpse into the opulent lifestyles of former owners, including the Armytage family, who lived there for over a century. Famous amo..

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Free Melbourne Walking Tour | imfree.com.au

Free Melbourne Walking Tour | imfree.com.au
2.5 to 3 hour walking tour starting at 10:30am + 2.30pm daily Tour starts at the State Library of Victoria FREE (Pay what you think it's worth) I'm Free Walking Tours o..

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