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Things you can only see in the city

Uncover secret rooms, historic architecture and iconic landmarks found only in the city.

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The best free festivals in Melbourne

The best free festivals you need to visit in Melbourne this year

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What's on today

Discover free events, epic festivals and shows on in Melbourne today.

Melbourne for free

A crowded scene within the Queen Victoria Market, featuring various banners for a craft fair and market called 'CRFT*WRK'
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CRFT*WRK Market

Enjoy a monthly craft fair at Queen Victoria Market.

An arched gallery space with polished hardwood floors and First Nations artworks displayed on the walls.
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To Be Returned

Exploring the complex journey of First Peoples artworks created in prison or after release.

Exterior of The Motley Spielhaus, with people walking past on the footpath, and glass windows into the space showing an art exhibition on display inside
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Live Mural Painting at The Spielhaus

Watch live mural painting with a changing roster of street artists, plus DJ tunes.

Looking up from ground view at a person jumping off a futuristic building.
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Ayoung Kim – Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver

The Korean artist creates a multiverse that blurs boundaries between space, time and self.

What's on this week

The Town Hall at night with Melbourne International Comedy Festival banners, signage, and red and blue spotlights and people lined up in queues on the footpath.
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The festival that takes over the city celebrates 40 years of funny - come have a laugh.

Two individuals talking to each other inside Melbourne Museum at night, with blue lighting.
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Nocturnal: Museum After Dark

Experience Melbourne Museum after hours, when the doors stay open and the night belongs to adults.

A performer with a standing audience looking on in the NGV, stained glass visible and purple lighting.
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NGV Friday Nights

Experience the NGV as it comes alive after dark

A girl and a boy reaching their hands out to touch a glass wall water feature.
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School holidays

Entertain the whole family over the school holidays with these kid-friendly events and activities.

Only In The City

Only in this City of Ours
Smiling vendor selling a range of pastries, dips and spreads at Queen Victoria Market.

Queen Victoria Market

This beloved Melbourne landmark is the largest open air market in the southern hemisphere.

Multiple plates on a white table cloth.

Things you can only eat in the city

Where to find the city's most iconic dishes.

A busy laneway of restaurants at night.

9 laneways only real Melburnians know

Have you eaten your way through Melb's official Koreatown and found the secret piano bar?

What's on this month

A circus performance on a cabaret stage, featuring a skilled hand balancer defying gravity on stilts.
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Elixir Revived

A wild, post-apocalyptic circus comedy with jaw-dropping stunts and world-class acrobatics.

A camera monitor displays the silhouettes of two people against a bright purple backdrop, with a composition grid overlay.
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Funny Shorts

Catch Australia’s funniest short films at ACMI Cinemas, showcasing competition finalists.

A still image from the Disney film Beauty and the Beast showing the Beast and Belle dancing.
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Disney's Beauty and the Beast in Concert

Experience this spellbinding story backed by the full might of the MSO.

The full cast of the musical Book of Mormon on stage singing and dancing, with a painted sky coloured background and other theatre props.
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The Book of Mormon

Australia’s biggest ever musical comedy returns this February.

Family and kids

A male circus performer in a purple jacket and black pants stands on a stage in a circus tent under bright lights, holding a flaming torch, with an audience watching and a large CIRCUS sign in the background.
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Circus The Show

A family circus spectacular that families are raving about.

A family of four wearing pyjamas and sleepmasks lying on mattresses in a museum with lamps, dinosaur skeleton in the background.
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Family Museum Sleepovers

Explore the museum after dark in this unique overnight experience at Melbourne Museum.

Three children looking at colourful pamphlets while standing on the stairs inside the Old Melbourne Gaol.
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Billie B Brown and the Case of the Missing Treasure

Join Billie B and the Secret Mystery Club as they take on one of their trickiest cases yet.

A man in a dinner suit and glasses upside down against a blue and black sun ray striped background.
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The Tricky Nick Magic Show

Strap in for an unpredictable rollercoaster ride through the weird mind of Tricky Nick.

Coming soon

A group of tradtional Turkish muscians in red costumes, two with large drums.
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Turkish Pazar Festival

The Turkish Pazar Festival recreates a traditional street market at the Queen Victoria Market.

An adult and a few primary-school aged children standing at a table that holds a potted plant and a red watering can, with slightly obscured signage in the background that reads 'Little Food Festival'.
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Little Food Festival

Australia's iconic food festival created for kids is free for all to attend.

A seated audience in an auditorium, seen from above.
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Melbourne Writers Festival

A four-day celebration of more than 150 visionary writers and storytellers that shape our world.

A nighttime photo of a path in a park, illuminated by vibrant orange, green, and pink light beams and strings creating an immersive light installation; part of Lightscape at Royal Botanic Gardens.
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Lightscape

Melbourne's favourite winter tradition Lightscape returns to Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne.

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The NGV and Arts Centre lit up on a winter night.

What's on this weekend in Melbourne

Discover things to do in Melbourne this weekend, from free events to exhibitions.

The city reflecting colourful lights over the river at night.

What's on this week in Melbourne

Discover things to do in Melbourne this week, from free events to exhibitions.

A night tennis match at Rod Laver Arena.

Major events

From the Australian Open to the Melbourne Cup, major events take centre stage throughout the year.

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Melbourne for free

Discover free things to do in Melbourne, including galleries, museums, events and festivals.