• 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
  • Two women wearing pink singlets with racing numbers and elaborate headdresses.
  • A team of people at a challenge checkpoint, completing a large puzzle on a table, as part of a race though the city of Melbourne.
  • A person being piggybacked by another at a small finish line with red flags.
  • People in pairs participating in an indoor competition.
17 May

Public Great Pursuit Race

  • Family and kids
  • Fitness

Due to popular demand, the Public Great Pursuit Race is back for 2026.

The race will have all the thrills and spills of the previous public events that have attracted thousands of participants over the years. Teams will need to plan, strategise and race all over the Melbourne CBD completing a wide variety of checkpoints.

Gather your best team of competitors and rock your finest race-day activewear or costumes for an afternoon of laughs, competition and racing to win the coveted title of the Great Pursuit winners.

Tickets will sell out quick with only a limited number of spots available.

Hours

Date Times
Sun 17 May
  • 1pm - 4pm 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Location

Fed Square
Swanston St & Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

Open in maps location for Fed Square

Price and bookings

From $90

Adult / general $89
Book online for Public Great Pursuit Race

Contact details

  • telephone number: 1300 875 438
  • email address: enquiries@upliftevents.com.au
  • Visit website for Public Great Pursuit Race
Facebook page for Public Great Pursuit Race Instagram page for Public Great Pursuit Race

Only In The City

Only in this City of Ours
The best pop-up and outdoor cinemas in Melbourne

The best pop-up and outdoor cinemas in Melbourne

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

  • Free
  • Family and kids
Queen Victoria Market

Queen Victoria Market

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

  • Heritage listed
  • Community
Fed Square

Fed Square

Melbourne's public square and meeting place, opposite Flinders Street Station.

  • Community
  • Landmark

Discover more

The Rialto Run-Up
22 Mar

The Rialto Run-Up

Melbournians are invited to join this iconic stair-climbing event.

  • Family and kids
  • Fitness
Mother's Day Classic
10 May

Mother's Day Classic

Join the Mother’s Day Classic to raise awareness and funds for breast and ovarian cancer.

  • Family and kids
  • Fitness
Multisport Come and Try Day
22 Mar

Multisport Come and Try Day

Come and have a go at a variety of exciting sports in a supportive and welcoming environment.

  • Free
  • Family and kids
Herald Sun / Transurban Run for the Kids
29 Mar

Herald Sun / Transurban Run for the Kids

A fundraiser supporting the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

  • Family and kids
  • Fitness
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