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What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 24th September 2024 - Monday 30th September 2024
Featured This Week
AFL Grand Final: Sydney Swans -v- Brisbane Lions
Bendigo Bloom
Blossom by Light
Disney's My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto's Musical Tale
Listen Out
Melbourne Royal Show
NRL Preliminary Final: Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters
Police Blue Ribbon Day
School Holiday Guide
Stadium Golf
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne!
Boasting hours of world-class entertainment and performances
Melbourne Royal Show
26th September - 6th October 2024 @ Melbourne Showgrounds
This year the Melbourne Royal Show will be like no other with great family fun and farm experiences by day and a feast of fabulous food and entertainment by night. Open daily the show offers a huge variety of unique memorable agricultural experiences that are entertaining interactive educational and fun for young and old alike.
Spring School Holidays guide.
School Holiday Guide
Saturday, 21 September 2024 - Sunday, 6 October 2024
One-stop guide to keep the kids entertained during the Spring School Holidays.
Experience the Magic of "My Son Pinocchio" - A Timeless Tale Reimagined
Disney's My Son Pinocchio: Geppetto's Musical Tale
Saturday 28th September - Thursday 3rd October 2024 @ The Round, Nunawading
Your Show is bringing the timeless tale of Pinocchio to life starring renowned Australian actress and singer Rachael Beck.
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.
the BIG dance
AFL Grand Final 2024: Sydney Swans -v- Brisbane Lions
Saturday 28th September 2024 @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
There is no bigger day on Australia's sporting calendar! One grand final game to determine the premier team for the 2024 season. There can be only one winner! Who will it be?
Experience the thrill of the 2024 NRL Premiership Finals
NRL Preliminary Final 2024: Melbourne Storm vs Sydney Roosters
Friday September 27 @ AAMI Park
The Storm will host the Roosters with the winner going into the grand final the following Sunday.
Geat big 11th birthday celebration
Listen Out
Friday 27th September 2024 @ Caribbean Park
This massive over-18s festival spotlighting dance R'n'B hip hop electronic and house music has just dropped its stacked line-up and it's safe to say we're pretty damn impressed.
Tee Off from Level 3 @ Marvel Stadium
Stadium Golf
9th - 26th September 2024 @ Marvel Stadium
Marvel Stadium's iconic pitch is transformed into an interactive 12-hole golf course giving everyone the chance to show off their skills by driving golf balls onto the very pitch where sporting heroes have made history.
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.
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.
Plus as night falls transformed into Bloom After Dark
Bendigo Bloom
Until 30 November 2024
Bendigo is celebrating the 21st year of its famous Tulip display with over 53,000 tulips blooming along Pall Mall the Conservatory and various gardens.
Dive into the cheeky world of the iconic slapstick videogame with playable displays and behind-the-scenes insights.
Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition
Until 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.
Blossom by Light will reveal the breathtaking transformation of the orchard into a spectacle unlike any other
Blossom by Light
20th - 29th September 2024 @ CherryHill Orchards
CherryHill Orchards is set to unveil its inaugural evening event Blossom by Light at its scenic Wandin East Orchard as part of its iconic Blossom Festival.
#BlueRibbonDay2024
Police Blue Ribbon Day
Sunday 29th September 2024
Blue Ribbon Day is a chance for the community to say thank you to those who protect and serve our community and ensure that those who have fallen are never forgotten.
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
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.
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..
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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