Newsletter | #917 What's On this Week |
What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 23rd July 2024 - Monday 29th July 2024
Featured This Week
A Streetcar Named Desire
Art of the Brick - Immersive Experience
Bright Lights, Winter Nights in Flemington
Craft & Quilt Fair - Melbourne
Disney's Beauty and the Beast: The Musical
Echuca-Moama Winter Blues Festival
Eduardo Ruiz: Melodies Across Peru
Elvis: A Musical Revolution
Jurassic World: The Exhibition
Just announced..
Kayley Martinez: Light Play - Immersive Light Exhibition
Leaps and Bounds Music Festival
Leonardo da Vinci: 500 Years Of Genius
Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens
Melbourne Career Expo
Melbourne Rare Book Week
Memo Akten: Distributed Consciousness
PHARAOH | Melbourne Winter Masterpieces
Psychic & Holistic Market - Templestowe
Skyline Melbourne Ferris Wheel @ South Wharf
The Art of Banksy: Without Limits - Melbourne
The NBA Exhibition @ The District Docklands
Weekend Markets
What's on the following week
When Night Comes
Winter Night Market @ Queen Victoria Market
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne!
Classical guitar traditional songs
Eduardo Ruiz: Melodies Across Peru
Friday 26th July 2024 @ Athenaeum Theatre
Experience the universal language of music as the classical guitar breathes life into iconic Peruvian classics. This concert promises to transport you across continents with the soulful rhythms of Peruvian music.
A day filled with psychic readings energy healing and holistic products
Psychic & Holistic Market - Templestowe
Saturday 27th July 2024 @ Ajani Centre, Templestowe
Come and connect with like-minded individuals in a welcoming and positive atmosphere. Discover unique treasures from talented crafters and artists.
After School Fun @ Highpoint
SuperPark
Open 7 days @ SuperPark Highpoint
SuperPark is the ultimate destination for epic adventures non-stop fun and awesome prizes!
Experience by Fever
The Art of Banksy: Without Limits
Until 4th August 2024 @ The District Docklands
A stunning street art exhibition of museum quality featuring over 150 artworks such as certified art prints on different kinds of materials photos sculptures installations digital installations murals mapping shows and more.
The KING is back!
Elvis: A Musical Revolution
Until 11th August 2024 @ Athenaeum Theatre
Following a massive tour across Australia ELVIS is rocking and rollin' back to Melbourne's Athenaeum Theatre by popular demand
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show
Impossible Occurrences
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.
RE/DISCOVER your City
Open House Melbourne 2024
Saturday 27th July 2024 + Sunday 28th July 2024
Last year, almost 60,000 people engaged with more than 710 opening buildings, tours of places and spaces, exhibitions and were inspired by conversations about the future of our city. This year, new innovations ensure the festival continues to grow and be sustainable into the future.
Get closer to dinosaurs than ever before
Jurassic World: The Exhibition
Friday 2nd August 2024 - Sunday 22nd September 2024 @ Fever Exhibition and Experience Centre - Brunswick
Walk through the Jurassic World iconic gates as an honoured guest and gaze in wonder at a towering Brachiosaurus; come face-to-face with a Velociraptor; and get a rare up-close look at the most vicious dinosaur of them all, Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Craft & Quilt Fair 2024
24th - 27th July 2024 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Australia's favourite craft event that showcases all that is new in craft and provides learning opportunities as well as great shopping - and a magnificent quilt show.
A venue-focused live music festival
Leaps and Bounds Music Festival
Thursday 25th July 2024 - Sunday 28th July 2024 @ City of Yarra
Spanning genres from electronic to hip hop, jazz to rock, and inclusive of all age groups, Leaps and Bounds proudly promotes an environment of equality, sustainability and diversity.
Bendigo Winter Food Festival
Ignite 2024
Delight your senses with Ignite Bendigo's ultimate winter food and drink program celebrating our delegation as Australia's first UNESCO City and Region of Gastronomy.
For the love of books
Melbourne Rare Book Week
18th - 27th July 2024
MRBW is a major attraction for book collectors librarians and all who have a love of words, print on paper and literary heritage.
The most comprehensive and exciting careers event in Australia
Melbourne Career Expo
26th - 28th July 2024 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
This expo encompasses all career opportunities from employment to education and training in the trades corporate and professional sectors
Celebrating its 25th year
Echuca-Moama Winter Blues Festival
25th July 2024 - Sunday 28th July 2024 @ Echuca-Moama
The Winter Blues is perhaps Australia's most affordable festival weekend, with free entry to all venues across the four days, plus accommodation and restaurants to suit any budget.
Free AI art exhibition
Memo Akten: Distributed Consciousness
Open daily @ ACMI
See glowing art generated by AI in this unsettling yet beautiful exhibition. Marvel at the colourful octopus-like critters on the massive screens.
State-of-the-art exhibition + real fossils + film + holography
Victoria The T. Rex
Until 20th October 2024 @ Melbourne Museum
Victoria the T. rex is a world-class interactive exhibition starring the real fossil skeleton of a 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria.
+ T. REX 3D @ IMAX
Digital Light Experience
Lightscape
Until 4th August 2024 @ Royal Botanic Gardens
See the Royal Botanic Gardens transform into a glowing wonderland when this magical experience returns.
Melbourne Winter Masterpieces
PHARAOH
Until 6th October 2024 @ NGV
Through more than 500 works including monumental sculpture architecture temple statuary exquisite jewellery papyri coffins and a rich array of funerary objects the exhibition unpacks the phenomenon of pharaoh those all-powerful kings claiming a divine origin.
Foodies delight
Winter Night Market
Wednesday nights 5-10pm @ Queen Victoria Market
Look forward to The Cypriot Kitchen That's Amore Cheese The Black Sheep Casa Nata 400 Gradi and The Soup Factory all there to satisfy your cravings.
Experience
Skyline Melbourne Ferris Wheel
Open seven days a week outside Melbourne Exhibition Centre
Breathtaking views of Melbourne's cityscape in fully enclosed cabins. The wheel is located in a precinct which includes a mini golf course and a dining space.
Light Show Art Experience
Beings by Universal Everything
Daily until 29th September 2024 @ ACMI
Move dance and play in this interactive exhibition that will surprise and delight all ages. Projected larger than life Universal Everything's parade of fantastic beings hypnotically morphs between forms and textures from kaleidoscopic fur to molten lava water molecules and more.
Free Immersive Light Exhibition
Kayley Martinez: Light Play
Wednesday 17th July 2024 - Friday 26th July 2024 @ George Paton Gallery | University of Melbourne
Light Play explores the world of light and colour through interactive, immersive installations. Artist Kayley Martinez creates playful experiences that rekindle the inner child, evoking joy and wonder.
LEGO Exhibition
Art of the Brick - Immersive Experience
Daily @ Melbourne Showgrounds
Explore ten expansive themed rooms filled with original collections + 100+ artworks by artist Nathan Sawaya.
Creative Fun Exhibition
Joy @ Immigration Museum
Get nostalgic at a retro video store replica. Play with a gigantic bunny. Check out massive glowing sculptures. And yep kids go free!
Joy brings the Immigration Museum to life with an emotive adventure where creativity colour and storytelling join forces to take you on a transformative journey.
Live Music
Candlelight Concerts
Enjoy a musical experience illuminated by candlelight and performed by live musicians in some of Melbourne's most iconic venues.
Shows plays and musicals
Theatre
Check out these world-class shows playing now and coming soon..
Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
9th July - 17th August 2024 @ Playhouse Theatre
Set against the backdrop of a 1940s New Orleans, yet pulsing with contemporary energy, A Streetcar Named Desire's timeless exploration of aggression, desire and deception is testament to theatre's enduring power to hold up a mirror and ask us what we see.
A much-loved classic that will fill the hearts of a new generation
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Until 24th November 2024 @ Her Majesty's Theatre
This timeless tale has been brought to life on stage like never before in a breathtaking reimagined production.
The Untold Story of the Witches of Oz
WICKED | The Musical
Until 25th August 2024 @ Regent Theatre
WICKED has won over 100 major awards including the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards. The Broadway sensation WICKED looks at what happened in the Land of Oz... but from a different angle.
Basketball Exhibition
The NBA Exhibition @ The District Docklands
Until 28 July 2024 @ The District Docklands
Explore Experience and Play the amazing universe of the NBA in 20 sections including authentic and autographed items NBA themed "fun action" games and digital experiences.
EXPERIENCES...
Experience by RedBalloon
Boeing 737-800 Flight Simulator
Flight Experience - Docklands
Take command of the world's most popular jet airliner the Boeing 737! Sit in the Captains seat and take-off cruise and land your Boeing plane at one of thousands of airports to choose from including Rome Paris and New York.
Experience by LuxuryEscapes
Axe Throwing Session @ Lumber Punks
Discover the art of axe throwing at Lumber Punks thanks to the expert coaches on hand to give you all the tips and skills needed to aim and hit the bullseye.
FREE $$$ Saver
Powerpal | Free Electricity Monitor
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.
Weekend Markets
Just announced..
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