Newsletter | #925 What's On this Week |
What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 17th September 2024 - Monday 23rd September 2024
Featured This Week
Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition
AFL Premiership: Week #3 - Preliminary Finals
Air Playground | Science is in the Air
Africa Fashion Exhibition
Beauty and the Beast | The Musical
CherryHill Orchard Blossom Festival
Chinese Traditional Cultural Festival
Festival of Cake
Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition
Le Grape Escape | Wine & Food Festival
Let's Make It Exhibition
ST ALi Italian Film Festival
The Australian Ballet: OSCAR
Victorian Opera: Sweeney Todd
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne!
Amazing photography and immersive moments
Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition
From 18th September 2024 @ 360 Bourke St Melbourne
A journey through more than 200 of the most beautiful idiosyncratic and interesting places on Earth - all seemingly plucked from the whimsical world of Wes Anderson.
A much-loved classic that will fill the hearts of a new generation
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Until February 2025 @ Her Majesty's Theatre
This timeless tale has been brought to life on stage like never before in a breathtaking reimagined production. 4-ticket offer available.
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.
Explore African fashion, see over 200 works, and discover new designers.
Africa Fashion Exhibition
Until 6th October 2024 @ NGV International
A landmark exhibition Africa Fashion celebrates the creativity ingenuity and global impact of contemporary African fashions from the mid-twentieth century to the present day.
Melbourne's newest museum opens Saturday 21 September 2024
National Communication Museum
Exploring the past present and future technologies that connect us.
By engaging in conversation risk taking and experimentation NCM provides a welcoming space for addressing challenging questions in an ever-evolving landscape of technological disruption and change.
A spectacular celebration of Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival culture
Chinese Traditional Cultural Festival
21st and 22nd September @ Fed Square
Enjoy a range of Chinese dance and music performances lion and dragon dance and various displays of Chinese musical instruments.
rekindle an interest in making things again
Let's Make It Exhibition
Saturday 21st September 2024 @ South Oakleigh College
Exhibition of model steam engines, clock making displays, 3D printing and CNC machining.
Best lineup of cake & cookie decorators
Festival of Cake
21+22 September, 2024 @ The Timber Yard - Port Melbourne
Indulge in a day of delights with top vendors displaying cake decorating essentials, live tunes, gourmet food trucks, and more!
A Tour De France of Wines
Le Grape Escape | Wine & Food Festival
20th - 21st September 2024 @ St Kilda Town Hall
We have partnered with Australia's leading French wine importers to give you the chance to taste more than 110 wines from France's most famous regions: including Alsace Chablis Beaujolais Burgundy Bordeaux Champagne Jura Languedoc-Roussillon Loire Valley Provence Rhone Savoie and South West.
Review: ***** Triumphantly Wildean: Oscar is a daring experiment in ballet storytelling
The Australian Ballet: OSCAR
13th - 24th September 2024 @ Regent Theatre
A new ballet based on the life and writings of Oscar Wilde. Two monumental creative forces collide in the world premiere of Christopher Wheeldon's OSCAR a full-length production commissioned exclusively for The Australian Ballet.
The Legends Together Again
Jose Carreras & Placido Domingo
Wednesday 27th November 2024 @ John Cain Arena
After their incredible solo careers and captivating audiences around the globe as members of the unforgettable Three Tenors Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo are reuniting for a very special tour of Australia.
Learn about the science of aerodynamics through experimentation and play
Air Playground | Science is in the Air
Until 6 October 2024 @ Scienceworks
Play with air the amazing invisible elemental force and experience hands-on the science of aerodynamics.
Witness the beauty of over a million spring flowers in bloom.
Tesselaar Tulip Festival
Until 13th October 2024 @ Tesselaar Tulip Farm
Live entertainment on stage every day for you to enjoy including music and performances. You can wander through the gardens enjoy the sculptures indulge in traditional Dutch foods and other treats.
Dive into the cheeky world of the iconic slapstick videogame with playable displays and behind-the-scenes insights.
Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition
17 September - 16 February 2025 @ ACMI Fed Square
In 2019 Melbourne game developers House House shot to international success and acclaim with their hilariously naughty videogame which captured the hearts minds and humour of children and adults alike. Now ACMI's interactive exhibition gives you new insight into the creative development of this viral sensation through displays of previously unseen concept art sketches and design material.
Witness stunning cherry blossom flowers in bloom
CherryHill Orchard Blossom Festival
Until 6 October 2024 @ CherryHill Orchards 739 Maroondah Hwy Coldstream
The Blossom Festival gives visitors the unique chance to wander through the cherry blossoms in full bloom and enjoy a plethora of on-site activations including live music workshops and of course enjoy an array of cherry themed food and drink offerings.
8 Stories 1 Ending
AFL Premiership: Week #3 PreLim Finals
First Preliminary Final: Sydney Swans vs Port Adelaide
Friday 20 September @ SCG*
Second Preliminary Final: Geelong vs Brisbane Lions
Saturday 21 September @ MCG*
*Seven/Fox/Kayo
Italian Film Festival Presented by Palace
ST ALi Italian Film Festival
Friday 20th September 2024 - Thursday 17th October 2024
This year's diverse program includes award-winning drama, documentary, laugh-out-loud comedy and historical epics starring an array of iconic talent.
A view not seen in 100 years!
Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade Tour
Daily @ Royal Exhibition Building
Discover the history of this extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage listed building before making their way to the Dome Promenade to experience views over Carlton Gardens the city and greater Melbourne.
Get closer to dinosaurs than ever before
Jurassic World: The Exhibition
Until October 2024 @ Fever Exhibition 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.
* New Works Added *
The Art of Banksy: Without Limits
Extended (popular demand): Sunday 3rd November 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. Experience by Fever
State-of-the-art exhibition + real fossils + film + holography
Victoria The T. Rex
Until 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
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.
Light Show Art Experience
Beings by Universal Everything
Daily until Sunday 6th October 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.
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..
Once there was a barber who had it all - a happy life a beautiful wife. But it all ended in a savage act of betrayal. Enter Sweeney Todd.
Victorian Opera: Sweeney Todd
14th - 21st September 2024 @ Playhouse Theatre
From the haunting melodies of Stephen Sondheim to the chilling narrative crafted by Hugh Wheeler this production transports you to the dark heart of London's Fleet Street.
THE TRIUMPHANT RETURN OF THE RECORD-BREAKING QUEENS
SIX The Musical
Until 20 October 2024 @ Comedy Theatre
Following sensational sell-out seasons across Australia the six wives of Henry VIII are back to remix history in this high-octane fun 80-minute musical sensation. Join the Tudor Queens-turned-Pop-Princesses as they re-write and re-tell five hundred years of history like you've never seen before.
Basketball Exhibition
The NBA Exhibition @ The District Docklands
Until October 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.
Featuring The Chainsmokers Alesso Gryffin Austin Millz Daya and more.
Palm Tree Music Festival
Sunday 8th December 2024 @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Bringing the vibrant energy of tropical getaways to stunning locations around the world Palm Tree has become a haven for global partygoers.
EXPERIENCES...
Solve clues that'll take you on a self-guided journey around Melbourne city's iconic laneways
Mystery Picnic | Melbourne Laneways
Starting with an empty picnic basket collect your gourmet picnic food as you get closer to your picturesque picnic location with every clue solved.
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