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What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 23rd January 2024 - Monday 29th January 2024
Featured This Week
Australian Open
Australian Open Festival
BABBA - 30th Anniversary Celebration Shows
BBC Earth Experience
Blue Lotus Water Garden: Lotus Flower Season
Comedy Hypnosis Show @ Exford Hotel
Festival of Sails
Friday 26th January 2024 - Australia Day
Groundhog Day | The Musical
Hooked on Portland Festival
House Down Under: upside down house
Impossible Occurrences: Melbourne's Exclusive Magic Show
I Want it That Gay
Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature at ACMI
Midsumma Festival
Night on the Reef - SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Princess Diana Exhibition: Accredited Access
Rain Room at Jackalope Pavilion
RELICS: A New World Rises - LEGO Exhibition
School Holidays Guide
Share The Spirit
The Eagles Story - 2024 Shows
The Tamil Festival Australia
Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition
Triennial
Valentine's Day Dinner Cruise
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne!
Australian Open 2024
Sunday 14th January 2024 - Sunday 28th January 2024 @ Melbourne Park
Official Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au
The world's top tennis players fighting it out for the first Grand Slam title of the year. Who will reign supreme in 2024?
Comedy Hypnosis Show
Thursday 8th February 2024 (2nd Thursday of the month) @ Exford Hotel
Melbourne! Join us for an evening of Hilarious Hypnotic Comedy. See Australia's best comic Hypnotist as they let you experience something very special with this Hypno-larious night.
Valentine's Day Dinner Cruise
Wednesday 14th February 2024 @ Southbank Promenade
Indulge in a delicious, all-inclusive 4 course meal (including beverages) while taking in the stunning views of our city and the cosmopolitan culture that makes up Melbourne.
BABBA - 30th Anniversary Celebration Shows
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.
2024 sees these talented and passionate performers celebrating their 30th Anniversary year bringing the infectious energy of ABBA to life on stage.
The Eagles Story - 2024 Shows
The Eagles Story - 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 that is both authentic and electrifying.
The respect for the original band by members Pete McCarthy, Gary Young, Paul Gales, Norm McNaughton & Steve Wells are the driving force that continues to ensure that each in their own right 'Take it to the Limit'
Friday 26th January 2024 - public holiday
Celebrate Australia Day with fun activities and events. The 26th of January refers to the First Landing Day or Foundation Day, in 1788 when Captain Arthur Phillip, the first governor of New South Wales, arrived at Sydney Cove.
Share The Spirit
Friday 26th January 2024 | Free @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Share the Spirit, presented by Songlines Aboriginal Music, returns for another year as the state's largest and longest running Indigenous festival. This event provides a moment of togetherness as we share this time to respect the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.
Festival of Sails
Friday 26th January 2024 - Sunday 28th January 2024 @ Royal Geelong Yacht Club
The Festival of Sails is the largest annual keel boat regatta in the Southern Hemisphere with over 300 yacht entries and 3000 competitors annually taking part in the event.
Summer School Holiday Guide
Until Monday 29 January 2024
Over 500 activities and child friendly things to do. Check back regularly as new events are added daily including children's activities and care programs festivals exhibitions shows and attractions.
FEATURED
Code Camp - The Best School Holidays Ever
Let Code Camp inspire your children to get creative with technology these holidays learn some valuable new skills have fun and make new friends.
Choose from beginner to advanced coding camps robotics stop-motion animation DJing video production and so much more!
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.
Hooked on Portland Festival
Saturday 27th January 2024 @ Portland Foreshore
Dive into the magic at Hooked on Portland, an annual Seafood and Fishing Festival that casts its spell on the last weekend of January!
The Tamil Festival Australia
Saturday 27th January 2024 @ Nunawading Community Hub + Tunstall Park
Join us for a fantastic day celebrating Tamil Thai Pongal and embracing the beauty of Tamil Heritage, nature, and diverse cultures.
Midsumma Festival
Australia's premier queer arts and cultural festival will return in 2024 running from Sunday 21 January to Sunday 11 February 2024.
Australia's premier LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural experience returns with signature annual Midsumma events.
Sunday 4 February 2024: Midsumma Pride March Sunday 11 February 2024: Victoria's Pride Street Party
I Want it That Gay
30th January 2024 - 3rd February 2024 @ Theatre Works
I Want it That Gay is a cabaret-comedy featuring popular music hits from the 1990's and 2000's - with a rainbow twist!
Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature at ACMI
Until Sunday 14th April 2024 @ ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature illuminates the hidden forces surrounding us, revealing the sublime through sensory journeys beyond our everyday perception. From the roots of a majestic Amazonian tree to the unseen branches of the body and the birth of galaxies, this hypnotic, immersive experience explores the rhythm that cultivates and connects all life - breath.
Groundhog Day | The Musical
24th January 2024 - 3rd March 2024 @ Princess Theatre
The Olivier award-winning Groundhog Day the Musical will make its Australian Premiere at the Princess Theatre in January, for an exclusive Melbourne only season!
GREASE | The Musical
Until 28 January 2024 - Her Majesty's Theatre
GREASE Is The Word | GREASE is still the word. 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.
Theatre & Musicals
Now and coming soon..
Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition
Until Sunday 14th April 2024 @ Melbourne Museum
One of the most famous tragedies in modern history the story of the Titanic and its ill-fated maiden voyage continues to enthral educate and break hearts more than 110 years since she sank to the bottom of the ocean.
This is the only exhibition in Australia to feature more than 200 real artefacts recovered directly from the wreck site. Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition focuses on the voyage's compelling human stories taking visitors on a memorable journey through the events of that fateful night.
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Blue Lotus Water Garden: Lotus Flower Season
Until Sunday 14th April 2024 @ Blue Lotus Water Garden - Yarra Junction
Visitors will get to see the world's most extensive collection of different lotus flower varieties which produce millions of huge flowers over this period. Highlights include Lotus Lake and Lotus Wetlands with thousands of blooms each day creating a virtual sea of flowers in every direction.
Moonlight Cinema @ Royal Botanic Gardens
Celebrating 28 years of movies under the stars.
Catch the summer's biggest blockbusters new releases advanced screenings and cult classic films under a starlit cinema screen. Moonlight Cinema brings the festival atmosphere to film-watching.
NGV Triennial
Free exhibition at National Gallery of Victoria
If you only see one exhibition this year this is it! A wonderful opportunity to see our fantastic NGV water wall stained glass ceiling plus this amazing free exhibition.
NGV Triennial 2023 is a powerful and moving snapshot of the world today as captured through the work of 100 artists designers and collectives at the forefront of global contemporary practice.
Princess Diana Exhibition: Accredited Access
Until 25th February 2024 (extended) @ The Tea House - Southbank
A intimate exhibit of iconic photographs of the world's most famous Princess and never-before-heard stories as told through the lens of Diana's Official Royal Photographer and friend.
Rain Room
Wednesday to Sunday until 31st March 2024 @ Jackalope Pavilion - St Kilda
A 100 square metre field of continuous rainfall Rain Room is a responsive environment engaging all the senses allowing you to be fully immersed in the rain while simultaneously protected from it.
Connection: First Peoples' Art
Daily until 4th February 2024 @ 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.
The Friends Experience
Daily until 28th January 2024 @ The District Docklands
FRIENDS fans will be able to recreate their favourite scenes and celebrate some of the most iconic moments from the globally loved sitcom in this truly unique interactive experience
House Down Under: upside down house
Daily @ The District Docklands
Stepping into the House Down Under guests will feel on top of the world walking (or dancing) on the ceilings visiting a bathroom with an upside down toilet exploring the inverted kids room home office entry way lounge room bedroom kitchen area and more - all of these are upside down!
Unko Museum: Poop Experience
Until 24th February 2024 @ 360 Bourke St Melbourne
A fun and interactive exhibit with adorable and colorful poop decor! A Kawaii experience from Japan is coming to Melbourne!
The installations displays and immersive attractions within the museum revolve around the theme of 'adorable poop' creating a world where this unlikely subject becomes a work of eccentric genius. Tickets on sale now!
BBC Earth Experience
Until 28th April 2024 (extended) @ Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Exclusive to Melbourne - a 360-degree walk-through audiovisual event which draws upon footage from Seven Worlds One Planet. Travel the natural world and journey across the seven continents in one epic experience narrated by David Attenborough.
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.
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