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What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 1st August 2023 - Monday 7th August 2023
Experiences in the world's most loveable & liveable city.
Featured This Week
2.22 - A Ghost Story
ACMI: Goddess: Power Glamour Rebellion
BLOOM
Borealis On The Lake - Northern Lights In Daylesford
Circus Royale | Westfield Southland
Cirque Du Soleil: CRYSTAL
Connection: The Lume Melbourne
Fantastic Beast: The Wonder Of Nature
Gertrude Street Projection Festival
Impossible Occurrences: Magic Show
Inverloch Jazz Festival
Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens
Melbourne Cup Carnival Cruise
Melbourne International Film Festival
Mendelssohn Scottish & Beethoven Eight | Midsummer Dreams
Miss Peony
Moulin Rouge! The Musical - Return Season
Paint in the Dark: Paint & Sip Workshop in the Dark
NGV Friday Nights: Pierre Bonnard
Now Or Never Festival
Pierre Bonnard: Designed By India Mahdavi
Reed Gift Fairs Melbourne
Rialto Aglow | Winter Lights Festival
Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade
Science Festival @ The University of Melbourne
SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium: Submerged
Shot In The Heart Of Australia
Society Social Lunch Series
Spirit Of Melbourne Cruising Restaurant
Win a $2000 Melbourne prize pack
Winter Night Market @ Queen Victoria Market
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne
Shot In The Heart Of Australia
27th July to 7th August 2023 @ Victorian Artists Society - East Melbourne
This new 2023 exhibition encompasses all that is wondrous and special in Australia and is celebrated by the members of the Australian Association of Street Photographers.
Science Festival at the University of Melbourne
14-20 August 2023 - Collaboration | Innovation | Impact
Science Festival is a week-long celebration of scientific knowledge, innovation and progress. More than 20 free events are on offer for science enthusiasts and the public, including an Expo, masterclasses, workshops, public lectures, a physics show, games, and more.
Reed Gift Fairs Melbourne
5 - 9 August 2023 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Reed Gift Fairs Melbourne is a landmark event on the calendar for Australian retailers to source from the largest variety of wholesalers across Gift Home Fashion Kids and Beauty & Wellbeing. *Trade Only*
Spirit Of Melbourne Cruising Restaurant
Sail into the night, enveloped by the glimmering skyline of Melbourne.
Our Melbourne Dinner Cruise offers an unforgettable evening of culinary adventure. A four-course meal prepared by our top chefs awaits, each course reflecting the rich diversity of Melbourne's food scene.
Mendelssohn Scottish & Beethoven Eight | Midsummer Dreams
Friday 4 August 2023 - Alexander Theatre
With over 40 musicians on stage this symphonic program opens in the magical world of A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelssohn's enchanting overture full of scampering fairy feet and sparkling strings.
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.
Melbourne Cup Carnival Cruise
Cruising to Flemington Racecourse along the picturesque Yarra and Maribyrnong River offers the most enjoyable and relaxing way to immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of the Spring Racing Carnival.
The package includes seamless transfers from the city to Flemington, ensuring a hassle-free journey. Upon arrival, you will be greeted with refreshing drinks to set the mood for the festivities ahead.
Circus Royale
Until Sunday 13th August 2023 @ Westfield Southland
Step Right Up! Experience a Circus Like Never Before: Circus Royale Brings Australia's Only Traveling Animatronic Zoo and 3D Hologram Display to Westfield Southland!
Melbourne International Film Festival
The 71st Melbourne International Film Festival returns: 3-27 August 2023.
03-20 August - Cinemas 18-27 August - Online The full program announced on Tuesday 11 July 2023 set the course for 25 days across cinema and digital presentations this year - across metro country Victoria and streaming throughout Australia.
NGV Friday Nights
Friday night's until October 2023 @ NGV
Don some colour dance to Melbourne's best bands and DJs dine on French-inspired cuisine and experience the iridescent works of beloved French painter Pierre Bonnard - immersed within the contemporary designs of award-winning Paris-based architect and icon India Mahdavi.
Submerged - SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Submerged is an interactive digital experience within SEA LIFE Melbourne, taking guests on a journey through living light inspired by the bioluminescent underwater world.
Submerged runs until the end of December
Society Social Lunch Series
Reservations are open until August 31st 2023.
Society Lounge is wheeling out its indulgent dessert trolley to those who book a spot at the Society Social lunch series Friday-Sunday.
Paint in the Dark: Paint & Sip Workshop in the Dark
9-31 August 2023 - Wednesday to Sunday @ Hanover House - Southbank
In a retro-futuristic neon-lit atmosphere brush in one hand glass in the other unleash your inner artist and create a work of art... in the dark!
Win a $2000 Melbourne prize pack
Score tickets to 11 must-see shows for you and a friend with this City of Melbourne huge $2000 prize pack.
The winner will receive a curated Melbourne experience, valued at $2000:
Now or Never Experience including two tickets to Neversphere film session at Melbourne Museum Plaza (valued at $30 each) and two weekend passes to Nonstop Wknd at city venues (valued at $88 each).
Two tickets to Melbourne Theatre Company to see Escaped Alone & What If If Only. Session date and times of of winner's choice (valued at $245).
Two tickets to the Australian Ballet's Swan Lake (valued at $270 each).
Two discovery passes for the Melbourne International Film Festival (entry to up to six sessions per day, valued at $230).
A gift voucher for Museums Victoria Store (valued at $200).
A gift voucher for Craft Victoria (valued at $225).
A gift voucher for Pawa Cafe and Bar (valued at $300).
Lightscape 2023 - Royal Botanic Gardens
Nightly until Sunday 6th August 2023 (Final Week)
Never before seen lightworks along with the impressive Winter Cathedral will light up the gardens. 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.
Inverloch Jazz Festival
Friday 4th August 2023 - Sunday 6th August 2023
The 29th Inverloch Jazz Festival presents two days and two evenings of music, forty bands and 150 artists playing in all styles of jazz across 5 venues.
Live Music | This Week In Melbourne
Melbourne's vibrant music scene pumps out live music 7 nights a week in hotels bars and live music venues.
Ak Liu Zhang Candlelight: Best Of Fleetwood Mac Candlelight: Best Of Joe Hisaishi Candlelight: Tribute To Queen Choristry: Angels & Demons Duxie Franklin and Grand Baxter Frankie's Guys Golden Features Inspiral Carpets Kylie Auldist Laura Davidson: Suprstar - The Carpenters Songbook Mendelssohn Scottish & Beethoven Eight | Midsummer Dreams Pacific Avenue Rai Thistlehwayte: Live at The Count's Reminisce Trance Rockwiz Salutes Mushroom 50 Simon Tedeschi: Gershwin and Me Sirens: Captivating Female Fronted Bands The Punkawallahs: Live at The Count's
Borealis On The Lake 2023
Experience The Northern Lights: Nightly until 3 September 2023 Lake Daylesford
Borealis on the Lake combines technology and art to recreate the mesmerizing beauty of the Northern Lights on Lake Daylesford.
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2.22 - A Ghost Story
Until 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?
BLOOM
Until 19th August 2023 - Playhouse
From the co-creator behind some of Australia's most beloved comedies (The Castle The Dish Utopia) and Melbourne Theatre Company's smash-hit production The Speechmaker Bloom is a funny big-hearted new musical that celebrates the power of music to connect us across generations starring comedian Anne Edmonds alongside Frankie J. Holden Vidya Makan Christina O'Neill and John O'May.
Miss Peony
2 - 20 August 2023 | Fairfax Studio
A comedy of beauty pageants, unrealistic expectations, and the business of family.
Moulin Rouge! The Musical - Return Season
23rd August 2023 To 17th of September 2023 @ Regent Theatre
Baz Luhrmann's revolutionary film comes to life onstage remixed in a new musical mash-up extravaganza. A theatrical celebration of truth beauty freedom and - above all - love Moulin Rouge! is more than a musical; it is a state of mind.
ArtVo Melbourne | Trick Art
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
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
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
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.
More to check out: this week
Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade
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.
Fantastic Beast: The Wonder Of Nature
Until 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.
Connection: The Lume Melbourne
Daily @ 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.
Pierre Bonnard: Designed By India Mahdavi
Until 8 October 2023 @ NGV International
Pierre Bonnard is one of the most beloved painters of the 20th century celebrated for his use of colour to convey an exquisite sense of emotion. The NGV has commissioned celebrated award-winning Iranian Paris-based designer India Mahdavi to design the exhibition's scenography.
The Story of the Moving Image
Open daily | 10am - 5pm @ ACMI Fed Square - FREE
Melbourne's "BEST" free exhibition! 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
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.
COMING SOON
Cirque Du Soleil: CRYSTAL
17 - 20 August 2023 @ John Cain Arena
CRYSTAL welcomes the first ever Acrobatic performance on ice!
Experience Cirque du Soleil's signature style of acrobatics in uncharted territory with CRYSTAL - a breakthrough ice experience that blurs the boundaries between gliding sports and circus arts.
Now Or Never Festival
17 August 2023 - 2 September 2023
This is an open invitation to explore the future, in the present. A call for curiosity and collective awe. A leap into the unknown. It's now or never.
Featuring more than 300 Australian and international sonic and visual artists, creators and composers, Now or Never is Melbourne/Narrm's newest large-scale festival celebrating digital art and future thinking.
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
Ballarat Nightlife Market Brunswick Community Flea Market Bumble Bee Baby & Children's Market | Berwick Camberwell Sunday Market Cherry Lake Lions Club of Altona Market Coburg Trash & Treasure Market Cockatoo Country Market Elwood Community Market Hawthorn Maker's Market Heathcote Bush Market Keysborough Computer & Technology Market Lardner Park Craft & Food Market Ringwood East Community Market Soul Night Market | Mornington Valley Market Warburton Wantirna Trash & Treasure Market Warrandyte Riverside Market Yarra Glen Racecourse Craft Market
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