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What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 30th January 2024 - Monday 5th February 2024
Featured This Week
Australia v West Indies | Men's Dettol ODI
BABBA - 30th Anniversary Celebration Shows
BBC Earth Experience
Blue Lotus Water Garden: Lotus Flower Season
Car Crash
Comedy Hypnosis Show
Dinos Alive: An Immersive Experience
GREASE | The Musical
Groundhog Day | The Musical
House Down Under: upside down house
I Want it That Gay
Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature at ACMI
Midsumma Festival
Midsumma Pride March
Night on the Reef - SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
Peninsula Film Festival
Princess Diana Exhibition: Accredited Access
Rain Room at Jackalope Pavilion
Summer at The Square
The Eagles Story
The Friends Experience
Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition
Triennial
Valentine's Day Dinner Cruise
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne!
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.
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!
Car Crash
One Act Play Festival
Monday 11th March 2024 - Saturday 16th March 2024 @ The Butterfly Club
The story is inspired by the run up to Prince Andrew's life changing interview about his friendship with financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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'
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.
Summer at The Square
3rd February 2024 - 29th February 2024 @ Fed Square
Fed Square is home to free live music and outdoor cinema, featuring a line-up of homegrown global superstars and international drawcards. This summer at Fed Square features a curated program of film and music - with something new each night of the week.
BMW's Free Opera for All Sounds of Aotearoa, with SIX60 Taylor Swift, Feminism and the Music Industry The Sentimental Bloke Summer Films Budjerah by Candlelight Taylor Sheesh Afro-Caribbean Carnival Surreal Shorts Reuben Kaye by Candlelight Sampa the Great Our Hospitality JACOTÉNE by Candlelight
Dinos Alive: An Immersive Experience
Until Monday 4th March 2024 @ Fever Exhibitions Hall - Brunswick
Dinos Alive is a dinosaur exhibition featuring life-size animated replicas in an immersive Jurassic venue. Walk alongside the massive creatures that roamed our world millions of years ago!
Australia v West Indies | Men's Dettol ODI
Friday 2nd of February 2024 @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
Get along to the MCG and don't miss the first Dettol ODI Day-Night match against the powerful West Indies line-up.
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
Midsumma Pride March
Sunday 4th February 2024 @ Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
Parade, pride and party come together once a year in Melbourne's iconic march celebrating solidarity in gender and sexuality diversity. A chance to tie up your bootlaces or throw on your heels, and join the spectacular act of unity that is Midsumma Pride March. Whether you join the fanfare by foot or by wheel, with workmates or with family, with friends or with lovers, as ally or as queer, Midsumma Pride March is for you.
GREASE | The Musical
Extended until 16th March 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. **** Fabulous!
Theatre & Musicals
Now and coming soon..
The Friends Experience
Extended until Sunday 25th February 2024 by popular demand
Daily @ 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
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!
Peninsula Film Festival
Friday 2nd February 2024 - Sunday 4th February 2024
Held annually, the Peninsula Film Festival is Victoria's iconic film festival with the largest single viewing audience at it's short film festival in Victoria.
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.
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.
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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 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.
Live Music | This Week
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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