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What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 27th June 2023 - Monday 3rd July 2023
Experiences in the world's most loveable city.
Featured This Week
& Juliet
2.22 - A Ghost Story
ACMI: Goddess: Power Glamour Rebellion
Adventure Park's Winter Glow
Around The World In One Day | Cultural Festival
ArtVo | Trick Art
BABBA - Live at your local
Chaos Lab: A Creative Experience for Children
Code Camp - School Holiday Camps
Connection: The Lume Melbourne
Dining In The Dark
Docklands Firelight Festival
Fantastic Beast: The Wonder Of Nature
Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens
Live Music | This Week
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Melbourne Magic Festival
Melbourne's Brunch Afloat
Pierre Bonnard: Designed By India Mahdavi
School Holidays Guide
Shoshi Jacobs: The Winged Ones
Sleepless Footscray Festival
Sovereign Hill's Winter Wonderlights
The Eagles Story
The Rink: Ice Skating @ Rising
The Rocky Horror Show
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne
Code Camp - School Holiday Camps
The Best School Holidays Ever
Code Camp is Australia's favourite school holiday and after-school program!
Let Code Camp inspire your children to get creative with technology these holidays learn some valuable new skills have fun and make new friends.
Adventure Park's Winter Glow
SNOW | LIGHTS | FIRE | ICE
16 June -16 July 2023 | Adventure Park Geelong
With snow rides epic light installations and amazing fire twirling and ice sculpting displays! See live ice-sculpting and fire-twirling displays plus millions of dazzling lights and hundreds of glittering installations all over the park. Ride action rides play mini-golf plus lots more activities for the kids.
The Eagles Story
Live Shows in July 2023
Australia's Premier Eagles Experience is a celebration of the iconic American rock band, The Eagles. With incredible attention to detail, the performers bring the band's legendary music to life in a way this is both authentic and electrifying.
Friday 21st July - Yarraville Live (Dinner & Show)
Sat 29th July - Ringwood Bowls Club (Supper & Show)
Tickets are on sale now!
BABBA
Live At Your Local (June & July)
Welcome to the wonderful musical illusion that is BABBA.....
A BABBA show is an electrifying experience that transports audiences back to the glory days of ABBA. With stunning costumes captivating choreography and pitch-perfect renditions of the band's greatest hits.
It's the best night out in town!
Plaza Tavern Werribee - 21.7.23 - liveatyourlocal.com.au Stamford Inn - 22.7.23 - liveatyourlocal.com.auAll shows are 18+ Tickets are on sale now!
Shoshi Jacobs: The Winged Ones
Each piece holds an energy and its own unique story.
19 June - 1 July 2023 - Compendium Gallery 909A High Street Armadale
This collection of works embodies themes of contrasting emotions; grief unconditional love fear hope presence absence.
Melbourne's Brunch Afloat
ELEVATE YOUR BRUNCH EXPERIENCE
Saturdays and Sundays 1PM - 3PM
Elevate your brunch game with our incomparable bottomless brunch cruise in Melbourne. We invite you to lavish yourself in unlimited mouth-watering brunch options meticulously curated to satiate every palate.
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show
Mind blowing magic right before your eyes
Every Friday night witness miracles upclose with award-winning magician Luke Hocking at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.
School Holiday Guide
Our biggest winter guide yet!
Saturday 23 June - Sunday 10 July 2023
Keep the kids entertained during the Winter School Holidays with Melbourne's best guide jam packed with events activities and venues.
Adventure Park's Winter Glow All Day Activities for KIDS ArtVo Trick Art | Docklands Chaos Lab: A Creative Experience for Children Circus Royale | Narre Warren Code Camp Fairy Park Gumbuya World Imaginator: Walk Through Experience Jurassic Creatures Live Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens Potion Putt - A Wizardry Minigolf Course Ryan 'Brickman' McNaught: The Wonder of LEGO Disney Shoshi Jacobs: The Winged Ones The Rink: Ice Skating
The Rink: Ice Skating @ Birrarung Marr
Open through the winter school holidays
Put on your skates and slice up the ice under a deep constellation of lights! The Rink at RISING takes the concept of ice skating to a whole new level.
These school holidays skate under a stunning array of lights and decorations enjoy a selection of free activities and round off the experience with some food and drinks.
Chaos Lab
A Creative Experience for Children
School holidays - District Docklands
Chaos Lab allows children's imaginations to run wild with the craziest and most colourful dreams imaginable. This interactive laboratory experience will inspire the young to release their creativity!
Dining In The Dark
Ever wondered what it is like to eat in the dark?
Wednesday 19 July, 2023 - Juliet Melbourne
After donning your blindfold in the darkened, candlelit room, you'll soon realise that focusing on taste and smell alone can be a truly enlightening experience - provided you're not afraid of the dark!
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
8th Edition Online + In-Cinema at Cinema Nova
Online: 1st - 31st July 2023 | In-Cinema: 21nd - 30th July 2023
The Melbourne Doc Fest each year curates world class features direct from some of the hottest most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world.
Lightscape 2023 - Royal Botanic Gardens
Back by popular demand- Immersive after-dark experience
Nightly until Sunday 6th August 2023
Never before seen lightworks along with the impressive Winter Cathedral will light up the Gardens when Lightscape returns in June. Immersed in light colour reflection and music the all-new trail just over 2km will take you through the green heart of Melbourne. Expect colour-changing installations large-scale illuminated sculptures and surprises along the way.
Sovereign Hill's Winter Wonderlights
By day Sovereign Hill delights but when the sun goes down thats when it really shines.
24 June - 16 July 2023 - Sovereign Hill
Throughout the day visitors can wander the streets as 'snow' falls enjoy pantomimes and theatre shows Christmas-themed arts and crafts the chance to share a photo with St Nick and wonderful wintry treats like mulled wine and gingerbread. As the sun goes down ever-changing projections bring Sovereign Hill's streetscape to dazzling life as a spectacular light show illuminates the much-loved museum.
Sleepless Footscray Festival
Immersive experiences performances and art installations
17 June - 1 July 2023
Produced by Stargazed Productions Sleepless is a community arts festival that runs for two weeks and features a huge line-up of immersive experiences performances art installations and food pop-ups.
Melbourne Magic Festival
The Melbourne Magic Festival casts its spell across Melbourne
26 June - 8 July 2023
Over 130 performances of 30 different shows including top international guest magicians from all over Australia!
Around The World In One Day | Cultural Festival
Free entry - organized by Moonee Valley City Council
Sun 02 Jul 2023 - The Clocktower Centre - Moonee Ponds
The festival aims to take you on a virtual trip around the world showcasing the diverse cultures and traditions right in your own backyard in Moonee Valley.
2.22 - A Ghost Story
Winner BEST NEW PLAY - the critically acclaimed supernatural thriller 2.22
25 July - 20 August 2023 - Her Majesty's Theatre
An adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge, and ghosts may or may not appear. What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth?
ArtVo Melbourne | Trick Art
Become part of the artwork at ArtVo Melbourne
ArtVo Melbourne @ Docklands is open 7 days a week
The interactive trick art gallery is your chance to touch the art and strike a pose in front of the mind boggling themed zones. The venue is a fun activity for all ages with over 80 different 3D reality defying artworks and optical illusions to work with across 9 different themed zones.
Rembrandt: True to life
Rembrandt: True to life follows the work of the seventeenth-century Dutch master from his early years in Leiden in the 1620s through to his final years in Amsterdam in the 1660s.
Until 10 September 2023 - NGV International
The NGV holds the most important Rembrandt collection in the Southern Hemisphere and this exhibition is a unique opportunity for audiences to explore the great range of the artist's prints alongside some of his key paintings in the most comprehensive exhibition of Rembrandt's work to be held in Australia in twenty-five years.
Goddess: Power Glamour Rebellion
Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series
Until October 2023 @ ACMI
Featuring never-before-seen costumes cinematic treasures interactive experiences and large-scale projections this landmark ACMI-curated exhibition will unveil examine and celebrate the changing representation of femininity across film history through provocative on-screen moments.
Melbourne Now
FREE ENTRY
Until 20th August 2023 - The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Fed Square
Celebrating new and ambitious local art and design Melbourne Now will cross a range of contemporary disciplines including fashion and jewellery painting sculpture architecture ceramics video performance printmaking and publishing.
Fantastic Beast: The Wonder Of Nature
Explores the links between the magical creatures of the wizarding world and the remarkable animals of our natural world
Until Sunday 8th October 2023 - Melbourne Museum
Wonder at the magic of the creatures from the Wizarding World alongside the remarkable animals from London's Natural History Museum collection and learn about their shared abilities and behaviours that allow them to dazzle attract and escape.
Live | This Week In Melbourne
Check out the live shows this week in Melbourne
Melbourne's vibrant music scene pumps out live music 7 nights a week in hotels bars and live music venues.
32 Bars | Live at Paris Cat 360 - Back To Life Tour ARETHA | A Love Letter to the Queen of Soul BABBA - Live At Your Local Brett Wood: Live at The Count's Candlelight Orchestra: Best Of Hans Zimmer Candlelight: Ed Sheeran + Imagine Dragons Candlelight: Tribute To Beatles On String Celebrating Hot Chocolate With Mark Williams City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band: Heart of Scotland Claymore Darren Hanlon Divine - Baazigar Tour Esoteric King Stingray - Thats Where I Wanna Be Tour Lastlings Lisa Ono | Australia Tour 2023 Polyphia The Eagles Story Young Lions - Make A Rainbow And Put It In The Sky Tour
Connection: The Lume Melbourne
Breathtaking Stories Through First Nations Art & Music
From 26 June 2023 @ The Lume Melbourne
Connection features over 550 digital and original artworks from more than 110 visual and musical artists representing the largest collection of First Peoples' art ever assembled.
& Juliet
The award-winning & JULIET at the Regent Theatre
Nightly until July 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.
The Rocky Horror Show
The Legendary Rock & Roll Musical
Until 30 July 2023 (extended) - Athenaeum Theatre
A brand-new Australian production marks its 50th Anniversary in 2023 starring Australian superstar Jason Donovan and Myf Warhurst as the Narrator.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
ReImagined - Extended by popular demand
Until July 2023 - Princess Theatre- will not be touring Australia
The most globally awarded play in history Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now experienced as one thrilling theatrical event.
The Story of the Moving Image
Melbourne's "BEST" free exhibition
FREE | Open daily | 10am - 5pm @ ACMI Fed Square
Discover how inventors innovators and artists at the turn of the 20th century wielded light split time and captured motion heralding a technological revolution that continues today.
MIRROR: New views on photography
Great photography can hold up a mirror to the world and reflect our innermost thoughts and feelings
Free until January 2024 - State Library of Victoria
Showcases over 140 photographs from the State Collection alongside creative responses from emerging and established Victorian storytellers to tell fascinating tales of Victoria through a contemporary lens.
Show Announcement
GREASE | The Musical
GREASE Is The Word | GREASE is still the word
31 December 2023 - 28 January 2024 - Her Majesty's Theatre
Featuring dazzling costumes and all those unforgettable songs including: Summer Nights Sandy Hopelessly Devoted to You You're The One That I Want Greased Lightnin' and Grease is the Word.
Just announced..coming soon!
Ready-Made Meals Guide
Fresh and delicious meal kits delivered right to your door.
No fuss or simply ready made meals have everyone covered with express home delivery plans diet plans and weekly food plans
Markets This Weekend
Ashburton Artisan Market Brunswick Community Flea Market Camberwell Sunday Market Camperdown Rotary Craft Market Cheeky Monkey Market | Craigieburn Central Cherry Lake Lions Club of Altona Market Cockatoo Country Market Devenish Market Heathcote Bush Market Hurstbridge Market I Wore It Once: Preloved Fashion Market - Mornington Melbourne Book Market at Queen Victoria Market Pipeworks Market Reservoir Computer & Technology Market Rye Rotary Foreshore Market Stawell Show Market Valley Market Warburton Warrandyte Riverside Market Yarra Glen Racecourse Craft Market Yarraville Village Craft MarketNewsletter Central
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