• Skip to content
  • City of Melbourne
  • Create a listing
  • Subscribe
  • Favourites
  • What's on homepage
  • Favourites
    • Home
    • Explore things to do
      • Free things to do
      • Family and kids
      • Theatre and shows
      • Music, concerts, and gigs
      • Entertainment
      • Comedy
      • Film
      • Sport
      • Attractions and sights
      • Major events
      • Exhibitions
      • Festivals
      • Aboriginal Melbourne
      • Walks and itineraries
      • Explore all things to do
      What's on
      • Today
      • This weekend
      • This week
      • This month
      Guides
      • What's free in Melbourne this month
      • Things to do in Melbourne at night
      • Melbourne's best blockbuster events
      • Read more things to do guides
    • Eat and Drink
      • Restaurants
      • Cafes
      • Takeaway
      • Bars and pubs
      • Dining events
      • Dining deals
      • Explore all eat and drink
      Guides
      • Melbourne's best new restaurants you might have missed
      • Melbourne's best cheap eats
      • The ultimate guide to Melbourne's hidden bars
      • Read more eat and drink guides
    • Shopping
      • Fashion
      • Accessories
      • Specialty food
      • Gifts and homewares
      • Technology and entertainment
      • Sport and outdoor
      • Explore all shopping
      Guides
      • Melbourne's most iconic shops
      • Melbourne's most instagrammable shops
      • Rare shops you can only find in Melbourne
      • Read more shopping guides
    • Planning your visit
      • Visiting Melbourne
      • Where to stay
      • Accessible Melbourne
      • Visitor Centres
      • Travel essentials
      Getting around Melbourne
      • Public transport
      • Cycling
      • Driving and parking
      • Taxis and rideshares
      • Maps
      • Walks and itineraries
      Guides
      • How to spend 24 hours in Melbourne
      • The best new hotels in Melbourne
      • Melbourne's accessible and wheelchair-friendly attractions
      • Read more visitor info guides
    • Create a listing
    • Contact us
    • Subscribe

What are you looking for?

Primary category
Secondary categories for primary category Anything
Secondary categories for primary category Things to do
Secondary categories for primary category Eat and drink
Secondary categories for primary category Shopping
Secondary categories for primary category Hotels
Secondary categories for primary category Guides
List of Accessibility Features

When are you visiting?

Date shortcuts
Calendar

Where do you want to look?

Locations
What are you looking for?
Anything
Anytime Anywhere
Huge Comedy Festival microphone prop in a paved courtyard with seating.
Until 16 Apr

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Busking Program

  • Free
  • Family and kids

Proudly presented by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the City of Melbourne’s Busking Program, this first‑ever festival initiative brings 20 live performances from magicians, acrobats, comedians and street artists to the heart of the city.

Top‑tier buskers will deliver a rotating lineup of high‑energy shows in City Square during the festival.

Featured acts include circus chaos from Abso‑LUTH‑ly, high‑skill juggling and stunts from Kozo Kaos, fast and funny magic from Mika Harris, seasoned street magic from Street Magician Dude, a family-friendly slapstick clown show with Piip and Tuut, creative juggling feats from Juggling Dom, and a unique blend of circus magic comedy from Chris Morant.

This special busking program transforms Melbourne’s public spaces into vibrant hubs of laughter, skill and surprise.

Hours

Date Times
Wed 15 Apr
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm
Thu 16 Apr
  • 11am - 3pm 11:00am - 3:00pm

Location

City Square
Melbourne
Victoria 3000

Open in maps location for City Square

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • Visit website for Melbourne International Comedy Festival Busking Program

Also part of Melbourne International Comedy Festival

An illustration of a tan coloured deer with antlers and a grey kola, with the human faces of Kirsty Webeck and Ivan Aristeguieta superimposed on the animal's heads.
Until 19 Apr

The Big Animal Quiz with Kirsty Webeck and Ivan Aristeguieta

A family-friendly live show is an hour of laughs, education and banter about animals.

  • Family and kids
  • Comedy
A man in a dinner suit and glasses upside down against a blue and black sun ray striped background.
Until 19 Apr

The Tricky Nick Magic Show

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

  • Family and kids
  • Comedy
A person with long blonde hair and gold star stickers on their face, posing in front of a pink background with a surprised expression.
Until 19 Apr

Rachel Tunaley: Recovering Eldest Daughter

When Rachel was born, her identity was clear – over achieving eldest daughter.

  • Comedy
  • Entertainment
Comedian Annie Boyle wearing a denim shirt and holding white roses in her hand, reclining and with a neutral expression on her face.
Until 19 Apr

Annie Boyle: To All The Boys I've Loved Before

Annie Boyle presents an hour of comedy as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

  • Comedy
  • Entertainment

Only In The City

Only in this City of Ours
A crowd of people sitting on picnic blankets at an outdoor cinema at sunset.

The best pop-up and outdoor cinemas in Melbourne

Find the best outdoor cinema, pop-up theatres and free movies.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
People milling around Fed Square at night.

Melbourne's essential night-time events

From hidden laneway markets to epic pop-ups, Melbourne gets lit once the lights go out.

  • Comedy
  • Theatre
A family of four standing in a grand library with antique desks, large white walls and a dome ceiling.

Things you can only do in the city

There's only one place to find these rare Melbourne experiences and secret spots.

  • Tour
  • Entertainment

Discover more

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.
Until 19 Apr

Circus The Show

A family circus spectacular that families are raving about.

  • Family and kids
  • Comedy
A male performer dressed in a red ringmaster-style jacket and black trousers on a stage with blue and red lighting, holding a stick and gesturing with his other hand during a circus and magic show.
Until 19 Apr

The Greatest Magic Show!

The Greatest Magic Show is a spectacular packed with magic, comedy and larger-than-life fun.

  • Family and kids
  • Comedy
A male performer operates a large, yellow, barrel-shaped smoke cannon, which fires a large, blue-lit smoke vortex across a dark stage during a live science show.
Until 19 Apr

Kaboom!

See Australia’s favourite family science show.

  • Family and kids
  • Comedy
People dressed up as comic book characters in a bookshop setting.
2 May

Free Comic Book Day

Free comics and entertainment in the heart of Melbourne CBD.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
Envelope Icon

Subscribe to What’s On Melbourne

Sign up to receive updates on what to see and do in Melbourne.

Subscribe now
Australian Aboriginal Flag Torres Strait Islander Flag

The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

Create a listing
Contact What's On Melbourne
  • What's On Facebook page
  • What's On Instagram page
  • What's On TikTok page
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
© 2026 City of Melbourne
City of Melbourne home page