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Crowds looking at a festival stage in the city.

The best free festivals in Melbourne

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

A lone person standing at the far end of a vast room dotted with lights, looking out a wide window towards an external brick facade.
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Architecture for Empowerment

Showcasing the shortlisted and winning projects from the 2023-25 Aga Khan Awards for Architecture.

A wooden sculpture with flowing stripes made from dark and light wood.
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Plant Life: The Nature of Design

Plant Life: The Nature of Design explores humanity’s evolving relationship with the plant world.

Person walking in a laneway that's painted in brightly-coloured stripes.

Flash Forward

Explore 40 city laneways that have been transformed by over 80 creatives.

A man wearing a helmet and riding a small billy cart on the street past a crowd behind a hay bale barricade.

Queensberry Cup

A vibrant community festival with billycart racing, live entertainment and family fun.

A mixed-media artwork depicting a rocky coastline with green foliage under a blue sky.
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Winsome Spiller: Seeing Place

A solo exhibition exploring the many ways a place can be experienced, remembered and reimagined.

North Melbourne streetscape in the 1980s with terrace house, station wagon and flower shop.
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On the Street Where I Live: Viva Gibb Exhibition

An exhibition of photographs capturing North and West Melbourne from the 1970s to 1990s.

People in an exhibition space looking at exhibits, one person squatting to peer at a display of artefacts on the floor.
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In Between Exhibition

In Between explores identity, coexistence, and connection through works by emerging artists.

A cello leaning against a black grand piano, and a violin resting on its side in front of the sheet music rest on the piano.
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Music Matinee

Enjoy live and free music concerts at Scots Church on select Tuesdays throughout the year.

A painting of a woman in a pink dress, against a blue background.
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Emily Dober: My World

Enjoy the world of artist Emily Dober in The Gallery at City Library.

A person looking at botanical illustrations on a desk with a brochure tucked under his arm.

Flora, Fauna and TIGRR: The Past and Future of Biology

Visit three unique School of BioSciences teaching and research spaces.

A painting of a bear's face alongside a helmeted person with a landscape painted into the rectangular eye opening.
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Ponch Hawkes and Ian Bracegirdle: Sex Death Country

Ponch Hawkes and Ian Bracegirdle explore themes of belonging in this exhibition of paintings.

Part of an oil painting showing the top half of a pear against a blue background.
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Barbara Rozenes: Courage, Colour, Finding Me

An exhibition from artist Barbara Rozenes exploring her patiently waiting inner self.

Portrait drawing of a young woman's head in soft grey textures.
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Edward Heffernan Drawing Exhibition

An exhibition of works with prizes awarded in honour of Edward Heffernan.

A stack of four vintage books.

Re-imag(in)ing History with Digital Humanities

Explore the fascinating world of Chinese–English translators in the late 18th and 19th centuries.

A couple in a gallery looking up at a sign that says count down.

The best free museums and art galleries in Melbourne

Explore world-class museums, edgy artist-run spaces and blockbuster exhibitions for free.

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Southbank and Docklands by bike

Cycle along Melbourne's iconic Yarra River to discover art installations and maritime history.

Watercolour depiction of the French flag in blue, white and red stripes.
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French Club

Immerse yourself in French culture, improve your language skills and make new friends.

A sculptural piece hanging on a white gallery wall, made from vinyl, acrylic paint, graphite, and tape.
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On Iridescence

An exhibition investigating the shifting relationships between surface, material and perception.

A black and white illustration depicting a group of men in 19th-century attire, including several top hats, gathered outdoors near a tent in front of a man standing on a log addressing the crowd.
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Hoddle Grid: The Great Land Grab

Meet the schemers, dreamers, and empire builders who were the first to purchase land in Melbourne.