Newsletter | #838 | What's On this Week |
What's On Newsletter | #838
Tuesday 17th January 2023 - Monday 23rd January 2023
This weeks' experiences in the world's most 'everything' city.
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& Juliet
Alexander McQueen: Mind Mythos Muse
==> Australian Open <==
BABBA - 70's Supper & Show
Bricktionary: The Interactive LEGO Brick Exhibition
Brickvention | LEGO Expo
Candlelight Concerts
Darkfield | Multi-Sensory Experiences
Eat Drink WaterTaxi to the Australian Open
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | ReImagined
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens
Lunar New Year Festivals
Melbourne's Brunch Afloat
Melbourne's Exclusive Magic Show: Impossible Occurrences
Midsumma Festival
Monet & Friends: The Lume Melbourne
One Last Dip
Peninsula Summer Music Festival
Spirit of Melbourne Dinner Cruise
Summer Night Market | Queen Victoria Market
SuperBowl Live at Turf Sports Bar
Tamil Festival Australia
Temple Of Boom - NGV International
THE EAGLES STORY
The Opportunity Lab: Storytelling Workshops
The Phantom of the Opera
Victoria Police Careers Expo
Whittlesea Agricultural Show
Zipline Experience | Yarra River Melbourne
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Australian Open 2023
Monday 16 January until Sunday 29 January 2023 - Melbourne Park
The world's top tennis players fighting it out for the first Grand Slam title of the year. Who will reign supreme in 2023?
AO Finals Festival 2023
The AO is truly open for all.
January 27 - 29 | Tickets from $34 with AO pass
Celebrate the Glam Slam Finals with musical performances by Vanessa Amorosi BENEE and Flight Facilities and the AO Pride Hub.
Eat Drink WaterTaxi to the Australian Open
The only way to travel to the Tennis!
16 to 29 January 2023, shuttles start 9am
Enjoy a meal at BearBrass and then jump on a Melbourne WaterTaxi along the Yarra to Melbourne Park.
Summer School Holiday Guide
Keep the kids busy over Christmas and New Year holidays.
Wednesday 21 December 2022 - Sunday 29 January 2023
Over 500 activities and child friendly things to do.
TeamKids - Summer Holiday Fun
Australia's favourite School Holiday program provider delivering excursions incursions and in-house event days that promise to keep your kids happy engaged safe nurtured and having FUN.
For more information call 1300 035 000
Code Camp - Best School Holidays Ever
Every school holidays kids aged 5-13 years can design code and create with technology producing games websites music and videos in just 2-3 days.
The Opportunity Lab: Storytelling Workshops
Got a Story to Tell Storytelling workshops for 10-19 year olds
January 17 & 18 + January 23 & 24, 2023 - Darebin Arts Centre
The Opportunity Lab will be running workshops in January 2023 for young people, teaching story telling through music, comedy and acting techniques and develop communication skills.
Melbourne's Brunch Afloat
2 hour cruise - Saturdays and Sundays departing from Southgate
Unlimited brunch options and a selection of drinks with fabulous views of Melbourne's riverfront sights all while enjoying sublime food and drinks.
BABBA - 70's Supper & Show
Dancing Queens at Ringwood Bowls Club
Saturday 4th March 2023 - Ringwood Bowls Club
All the glitz and glamour of costumes dance moves served up with a Swedish accent be transported back to 1977 and the wonderful musical illusion that is BABBA.
The Eagles Story
Take it to the limit at Shoppingtown Hotel
Saturday 25th February 2023 - Shoppingtown Hotel
Get ready for a night of EAGLES classic hits including Hotel California Take It Easy Lyin' Eyes New Kid in Town One of these Nights Witchy Woman Heartache Tonight and many more in 2 big sets.
One Last Dip
Art Exhibition | Fundraising Event | Sensory Experience
Sunday 22nd January 2023 - Stoker Studio - Mornington
Presented by Lamb's Studio One Last Dip is a contemporary art exhibition featuring a range of emerging Victorian artists whose works are inspired by our glorious lakes rivers streams and oceans.
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show
Mind blowing magic right before your eyes
Witness miracles upclose with award-winning magician Luke Hocking at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.
Spirit of Melbourne Dinner Cruise
An experience you'll never forget
Thursdays Fridays Saturdays and Sundays from 7:30PM to 10:30PM
For a great night out the Spirit of Melbourne Cruising Restaurant offers a truly unique experience. With a tantalizing four course menu (inclusive of beverages) and a vibrant atmosphere you'll enjoy delectable food whilst cruising down the Yarra River by night.
SuperBowl | Live at Turf Sports Bar
Live & Loud from Arizona, Monday 13 February 2023
Be a part of the biggest show in American Sport here at the venue that started it all.
Turf Sports Bar is a Melbourne NFL institution and the fans gather to enjoy the unique experience of Game Day.
Candlelight Concerts
Enjoy a concert illuminated by candlelight and performed by live musicians in some of the most iconic venues in Melbourne.
Summer Night Market
Queen Victoria Market
Every Wednesday night: 5pm until 10pm until 15 March 2023
The season include a raft of Melbourne's finest with over 125 shops and stalls and a line-up of food and drink. Mr Miyagi and their Japanese-influenced street tacos lobster rolls from George the Fishmonger Casa Nata's perfected Portuguese tarts and plenty more.
Zipline Experience | Yarra River
Firefly Zipline over the Yarra River
Daily until Saturday 28th January 2023
This year a dual zipline means you can enjoy this experience with a friend by your side. Reach speeds of up to 35 km per hour and enjoy views of iconic Melbourne. Get your adrenaline pumping with their brand-new Quick Jump experience. Learn what free falling feels like without having to jump from a plane by plunging from a 10-metre-high platform. All while safely harnessed of course.
Bricktionary: The Interactive LEGO Brick Exhibition
Official Tickets: ticketek.com.au
Until 29th January 2023 - Melbourne Museum
The exhibition is based on his latest book The Bricktionary: The Ultimate A-Z of Lego and is about using LEGO to inspire and encourage imagination.
& Juliet
The award-winning & JULIET opens in February at the Regent Theatre
26 February 2023 - 9 April 2023 - Regent Theatre
This hilarious inspiring and poignant new musical is wrapped up in one of the most addictive and joyful soundtracks to ever hit the stage. Shakespeare gets a remix with some of the world's most loved and glittering pop anthems from legendary songwriter Max Martin and collaborators.
Midsumma Festival 2023
Australia's premier LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural experience
11 Jan - 11 Feb, various outdoor venues
Midsumma Festival brings together a diverse mix of LGBTQIA+ artists, performers, communities and audiences across 100 Melbourne venues and iconic event spaces.
Peninsula Summer Music Festival
World-class music | Intimate performances | Unique peninsula places
Until Thursday 19 January 2023 across the Mornington Peninsula
This year we again present a cornucopia of delights celebrating the unique musical and geographical environment of the Mornington Peninsula.
Lunar New Year Celebrations
Year of the RABBIT - Festivals & Celebrations
New Year's Day is Sunday 22 January 2023
Melbourne hosts Lunar New Year celebrations in the Central Business District and suburbs, each festival offers its own unique theme, performances and food.
Darkfield | Multi-Sensory Experiences
Back by popular demand: multi-sensory experiences in complete darkness.
Each experience combines binaural (3D) sound and sensory stimuli in complete and utter darkness. Using speech recognition technology guests are transported through rooms and down corridors on an intense and exhilarating journey.
Until Sunday 5th February 2023
Multi-Sensory Experiences
Monet & Friends
@ The Lume Melbourne
Until April 2023 - The Lume Melbourne
Embark on a mesmerising journey across bohemian Paris and countryside France. Young and old will be plunged into Monet's Water Lilies and dancing with Degas' ballerinas in this stunning explosion of life light and colour.
Temple Of Boom @ NGV
2022 NGV ARCHITECTURE COMMISSION
Ground Level Grollo Equiset Garden - Free
An evocative reimagining of The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens by Adam Newman and Kelvin Tsang. An annual series that invites Australian architects to create a work of site-specific ephemeral architecture.
Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade
An icon unseen for 100 years.
Built for the 1880 Melbourne International Exhibition the Dome Promenade was a key attraction providing visitors the opportunity to view the emerging Melbourne skyline.
Discover the history of this extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage listed building before experiencing views from the dome over Carlton Gardens the city and greater Melbourne.
Tyama: multisensory experience of nature
Wander Through A Nocturnal World
Until January 2023 - Melbourne Museum
Tyama transports you to Victoria's nocturnal worlds immersing you in 360-degree responsive projections breathtaking effects and exquisite soundscapes.
The Phantom of the Opera
Opera Australia's The Phantom of the Opera
Until 29 January 2023 - State Theatre Arts Centre
Experience the phenomenon of one of the most successful musicals of all time. Hit after hit punctuates the thrilling score from the stunning romance of "Music of the Night" "Think of Me" and "All I Ask of You" to the splendid "Masquerade" and brilliant title song.
Brickvention | LEGO Expo
Adult Fans of LEGO
January 21 & 22, 2023 - Royal Exhibition Building
Brickvention offers workshops, presentations, special events and challenges.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Go Go Go and Save Save Save! Special $20 TIX
Until 29 January 2023 - Regent Theatre
Direct from the London Palladium. The joyous "pure gold" production awakens the humour heart and soul of the multi-award-winning epic of biblical proportions. The spectacular musical features iconic pop and theatre classics known the world over including Any Dream Will Do Close Every Door To Me There's One More Angel in Heaven and Go Go Go Joseph.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
ReImagined - Extended by popular demand
Until April 2023 - Princess Theatre
The most globally awarded play in history Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now experienced as one thrilling theatrical event.
Powerpal | Electricity Monitor
FREE for every Victorian
Powerpal connects a smart phone to your electricity meter and shows power usage in real-time helping you to make better decisions about the way you use energy.
Home Delivered - Ready-Made Meals Guide
Fresh and delicious meal kits delivered right to your door.
Whether you call them instant meals convenient meals no fuss meals or simply ready made meals Australia now has everyone covered with express home delivery plans diet plans and weekly food plans
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Weekend Markets
Avoca Riverside Market Beckley Park Market - Geelong Bohemian Bulla Market Camberwell Sunday Market Campbells Creek Collectables Fair Docklands Community Craft Market Food Yard Night Market @ Mornington Station Gembrook Market Heathmont Farmers' Market Howitt Park Market Kingsbury Drive Community Market - Bundoora Macleod Market Mont Albert Market Mornington Racecourse Craft Market | Twilight Mount Eliza Farmers' Market Nagambie Farmers' Market Newhaven Market Nunawading Market Portsea Craft Market | Point Nepean Taggerty 4 Seasons Market The Fitzroy Market Yarra Junction Community Market Yarrawonga Farmers' Market
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