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⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 6th of March 2020 To 9th of March 2020
Moomba will burst to life this Labour Day Weekend (6 - 9 March) with free events for all ages along the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River.
2020 is Moomba's 66th year, Australia's largest free commu .. 
⊜ Royal Exhibition Building - Royal Exhibition Building - 9 Nicholson St Carlton
➲ When: 4th of September 2020 To 6th of September 2020
4-6 September 2020
Royal Exhibition Building
The new Affordable Art Fair will take place in Melbourne at the historic Royal Exhibition Building from Thursday 4 September to Sunday 6 September 20 .. 
⊜ Chadstone
All Events Victoria organise and stage hobby, collectable and memorabilia events at Malvern Town Hall, Box Hill Town Hall, Springvale Town Hall and Peninsula Community Theatre Mornington Since 1993 ..
⊜ High Street, Ashburton
➲ When: 23rd of February 2020
The Ashburton Festival for 2019 will be held on SUNDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2020.
The Beer Garden will be open until 7pm. Put the date in your diary now and come along and join in this fabulous uniquel .. 
⊜ Dandenong Park, Corner Pultney St and Foster St Dandenong
➲ When: 26th of January 2020
You're invited to an enjoyable and entertaining summer's day full of activities and entertainment at City of Greater Dandenong's Australia Day Festival at Dandenong Park on the corner of Pultney and F .. 
⊜ Kings Domain Melbourne
➲ When: 26th of January 2020
RACV AUSTRALIA DAY FESTIVAL IN KINGS DOMAIN GARDENS
Sunday 26 January 2020, 11.00am-4.00pm
Kings Domain Gardens, Melbourne
RACV's Australia Day Festival celebrates our diversity.
The RACV Au .. 
⊜ Sidney Myer Music Bowl - Melbourne
➲ When: 23rd of February 2020
Hardware present
Babylon in the Park
23 February 2020 | Sidney Myer Music Bowl
The spirit of Babylon continues in 2020 with a one day, open air event in the heart of the city.
Babylon In Th .. 
⊜ Bacchus Marsh
➲ When: 21st of November 2020 To 22nd of November 2020
A FREE fabulous fun foodie event for the whole family.
The event encompasses the farm stalls in the Avenue of Honour, The Village Green and the main shopping precinct.
The annual Strawberries & .. 
⊜ Treasury Gardens - Corner of Spring St and Wellington Parade Melbourne
➲ When: 26th of January 2020
Balit Narrun - Share the Spirit Festival is an annual outdoor concert that centres around music created by indigenous artists with a focus on showcasing the true diversity of indigenous performers acr .. 
⊜ Beechworth
➲ When: 6th of November 2020 To 8th of November 2020
6th 7th 8th November 2020
Once again the Beechworth Celtic Festival is set to attract the crowds of Celtic lovers to Beechworth with the Beechworth Old Gaol Tattoo again featuring on the Saturday .. 
⊜ Beechworth
➲ When: 10th of April 2020 To 13th of April 2020
The iconic Beechworth Golden Horseshoes Festival is a celebration of the traditions and history that formed the town.
Enjoy the Easter weekends activities including fun runs, the Grand Parade, mark .. 
⊜ Bridge St Bendigo
➲ When: 10th of April 2020 To 13th of April 2020
Commencing in 1871 the Bendigo Easter Fair is Australia's oldest ongoing cultural event which will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2020.
To recognise the significance of the 150th anniversary it .. 
⊜ Market St Box Hill
➲ When: 1st of February 2020 To 2nd of February 2020
Chinese New Year Festival
Date: Saturday 1 February 2020
Time: 11am - 11pm
Location: Whitehorse Road, Market Street and Main Street, Box Hill
Central Box Hill will be filled with food, music a .. 
⊜ Box Hill Town Hall - 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill
➲ When: 22nd of March 2020
Box Hill Record and Comic Fair is Australia's longest running fair of its kind offering 1000's of collectible records, rare cards, hard to find comics and lots, lots more.
You'll find Rare Records .. 
⊜ Abbotsford Convent - Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street Abbotsford
➲ When: 1st of February 2020 To 2nd of February 2020
Brewers Feast Festival 2020 is an annual summer showcase of the best brews, cider and food in Melbourne, whether you're a beer aficionados & Cicerone or just wanting to enjoy a great day with friends. .. 
⊜ Bright
➲ When: 24th of April 2020 To 3rd of May 2020
The Bright Autumn Festival is a ten day celebration of the wonderful autumn colours and autumn produce of the valleys of Victoria's Alpine High Country.
Bright and the surrounding districts are bl .. 
⊜ Bruthen
➲ When: 14th of February 2020 To 16th of February 2020
It's Australia's biggest little blues festival held on the 14th, 15th and 16th of February 2020.
The Bruthen Blues & Arts Festival is again going big for a small town. 3 days of music filling the .. 
⊜ Melbourne Central Shopping Centre - Cnr Swanston and La Trobe Street Melbourne
➲ When: 24th of January 2020 To 27th of January 2020
Australia's first Bubble Tea Festival at Melbourne Central this Chinese New Year
In celebration of the Lunar New Year, Melbourne Central is hosting Australia's first Bubble Tea Festival!
As t .. 
⊜ Mooroolbark Community Centre - 125 Brice Ave Mooroolbark
➲ When: 21st of March 2020
Celebrate Mooroolbark is an annual community festival held in March at Red Earth Park and Mooroolbark Community Centre for all ages.
The festival includes a street parade, live music, roving perfor .. 
⊜ Daylesford
➲ When: 5th of March 2020 To 9th of March 2020
COME CELEBRATE CHILLOUT FESTIVAL'S 22ND BIRTHDAY WITH US
5TH-9TH MARCH 2020
Australia's longest-running and biggest rural LGBT pride festival, held every March in beautiful Daylesford, Victori .. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 22nd of January 2020 To 5th of February 2020
Welcome the Year of the Rat with 15 days of celebration
22 January - 5 February 2020.
Saturday, 25th January 2020 is Chinese New Year's Day
Melbourne hosts many Chinese new year festivals. .. 
⊜ Victoria Harbour, Docklands
➲ When: 8th of February 2020 To 9th of February 2020
Round 7 of series: Lunar New Year Dragon Boat Festival 2020
Sat 08 Feb 2020 09:00 - Sun 09 Feb 2020 17:00
Victoria Harbour, Docklands
Dragon Boat Victoria in association with CNY United (C .. 
⊜ Cooke Street Clayton
➲ When: 23rd of February 2020
Sunday 23 February 2020 - 12 - 6pm
Clayton Community Centre and Cooke Street, Clayton
This year celebrates the 17th Clayton Festival and is a City of Monash free community festival reflecting the .. 
⊜ Fraser St, Clunes
➲ When: 2nd of May 2020 To 3rd of May 2020
The 14th annual Clunes Booktown Festival is back on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May 2020, with 20,000 people expected to join the most amazing whole town bookshop experience in Australia.
Wth auth .. 
⊜ Cooktown
➲ When: 17th of June 2020 To 4th of August 2020
A Shared History
17 June - 4 August, 2020 | 7 weeks of history
Cooktown 2020 is a visionary 48-day festival celebrating the arrival of James Cook 250 years ago, the scientific discoveries that .. 
⊜ Crown Entertainment Complex - Crown Melbourne Southbank
➲ When: 22nd of January 2020 To 11th of February 2020
Whether you call it Chinese New Year, Chúc Mừng Năm Mới, or simply Happy New Year, Crown Melbourne is hosting an abundance of Lunar New Year festivities to celebrate the Year of the Rat.
Welc .. 
⊜ Dandenong Showgrounds - Dandenong Showground in Greaves Reserve Dandenong
⊜ Melbourne Showgrounds - 428-550 Epsom Road Flemington
➲ When: 20th of March 2020
SAVE THE DATE
Download Melbourne is back 2020!
Gather your heavy music mates and get ready.....
Download will return to Melbourne (new home at Melbourne
Showgrounds)
Melbourne Friday Ma .. 
⊜ Little Bourke Street Melbourne
➲ When: 2nd of February 2020
Parade & Festival
Chinese New Year
China Town | Little Bourke Street
Date Sunday 2nd February 2020
11.30 a.m. to 1.00 p.m
Celebrate the Year of the RAT at Melbourne Chinatown's 2020 Chinese .. 
⊜ Young St, Drouin
➲ When: 15th of February 2020 To 16th of February 2020
2020 is the 32nd annual Ficifolia Festival for the township of Drouin.
The festival celebrates the flowering gums that line the streets of our beautiful town as well as the vast array of community .. 
⊜ Melbourne
Melbourne is proudly the ethnic capital of Australia (probably the world) and ex-pats celebrate their national cultures with festivals every year. Just about every nationality is represented showin ..
⊜ 1030 Kilmore-Lancefield Rd Lancefield
➲ When: 7th of February 2020 To 9th of February 2020
Festival No.23 is a new, boutique electronic music and arts festival in the Macedon Ranges.
Only an hour from Melbourne in a unique setting where camping festival meets luxury resort and a curated .. 
⊜ 40 Collins St Drysdale
➲ When: 16th of February 2020
The 10th annual Festival of Glass in 2020 adds a shimmer to summer in the north Bellarine, with Festival favourites and fresh features.
FESTIVAL ‘EXPO'
SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY
10am - 4pm
Christian .. 
⊜ Osborne Park, Swinburne Street, North Geelong
➲ When: 15th of March 2020
The 2020 Geelong Highland Gathering will be held at Osborne Park, North Geelong on Sunday 15th March 2020*.
The 2020 gathering will mark 163 years since the first Geelong Highland Gathering was he .. 
⊜ Kingsway Glen Waverley
➲ When: 9th of February 2020
Sunday 9 February 2020
11am-9pm
Kingsway, Glen Waverley
*The spectacular lion and dragon dance performances will be at 12pm and 5pm*
The annual Chinese New Year celebration is the most importa .. 
⊜ Glenferrie Road Hawthorn
➲ When: 1st of March 2020
Sunday 1st March 2020
Glenferrie Road Between Burwood & Barkers Road, Hawthorn
The Glenferrie Festival is now one of Melbourne's Largest Community Festivals, attracting over 100,000 people ann .. 
⊜ Meredith
➲ When: 7th of March 2020 To 9th of March 2020
Two days and two nights in the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, in glorious Autumn. The sun like honey on the trees, afternoon goes on all day. Giant spikes of excitement at any time; an overnight .. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 15th of May 2020 To 24th of May 2020
MAY 15 -24, 2020 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
GOOD BEER WEEK IS "THE BEST BEER WEEK IN THE WORLD", ACCORDING TO MANY OF THE WORLD'S LEADING CRAFT BREWERS.
Good Beer Week has grown from the spark of an .. 
⊜ The Ascot Lot | Food Truck Park - The Ascot Lot 448-462 Mt Alexander Rd Ascot Vale
➲ When: 25th of January 2020
Caustic Content & The Ascot Lot presents:
GOON & NUGZ FESTIVAL
Chilled from the cask and hot of the grill, that's the way you'll find the wine and chicken nuggets at Goon & Nugz Festival.
.. 
⊜ Grampians Road Halls Gap
➲ When: 2nd of May 2020 To 3rd of May 2020
2 - 3 MAY 2020
HALLS GAP
WINE, FOOD & MUSIC FESTIVAL IN THE GRAMPIANS, VICTORIA
Rediscover the majesty of the Grampians and make the journey to the heart of Halls Gap for a festival of regio .. 
⊜ Herring Island - Alexandra Ave South Yarra
➲ Every Saturday, Sunday
Weekends: 18 January 2020 - 13 April 2020
Gallery Open 11:30am to 4:30pm
Weekends, Australia Day, Labour Day, Good Friday and the Monday after Easter
Proudly supported by Parks Victoria
In 202 .. 
⊜ Main Road Hurstbridge
➲ When: 30th of August 2020
Hurstbridge Wattle Festival - Sunday 30th August, 2020
The Hurstbridge Wattle Festival, is a significant cultural event for Melburnians that has its roots firmly planted in our early rail history. .. 
⊜ Corner Mount Dandenong Tourist Rd and Grange Road, Kalorama
➲ When: 3rd of May 2020
Celebrating autumn at the Kalorama Chestnut Festival
When: Sunday, May 3
Time: 10am - 4pm
Where: Kalorama Reserve, cnr Mt Dandenong Tourist and Grange Roads, Kalorama (Melways R .. 
⊜ Wally Tew Reserve Ferntree Gully
➲ When: 29th of February 2020 To 1st of March 2020
Knox Festival is back with a jam-packed schedule on Saturday February 29th (10am - 9pm) & Sunday March 1st (10am - 5pm) at Wally Tew Reserve, Ferntree Gully!
We are Celebrating Community Life at it .. 
⊜ Preston Market - Preston
➲ When: 25th of January 2020 To 26th of January 2020
The Year Of The Rat
In partnership with Preston Central, we'll have a jam packed weekend of celebrations planned for you to celebrate the opening of the new year!
Preston Central (High Street, .. 
⊜ Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium - SEA LIFE Melbourne, corner King and Flinders Street Melbourne
➲ When: 25th of January 2020 To 2nd of February 2020
SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium is celebrating Lunar New Year and welcoming the Year of the Rat with spectacular underwater dragon dances and other festive activities from 25 January - 2 February.
Wat .. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 22nd of January 2020 To 5th of February 2020
Saturday, 25th January 2020 is New Year's Day
Melbourne hosts Chinese and Lunar New Year festivals in the CBD and suburbs.
Year of the RAT
Annual Festivals
Each festival offers its own uniq .. 
⊜ Macedon
➲ When: 7th of March 2020 To 9th of March 2020
Autumn is a wonderful time of the year to visit Mount Macedon and surrounding areas.
Taste, sight, sound, touch and breathe in our dramatic undulating landscapes.
Welcome to the Macedon Ranges, .. 
⊜ Francis St Maldon
➲ When: 15th of February 2020 To 16th of February 2020
The Maldon Antique Fair has become a must attend event for both buyers and sellers with the football ground full of rare and valuable treasures.
With one and a half kilometres of stalls it is a hu .. 
⊜ 35-37 High St Maldon
➲ When: 9th of April 2020 To 13th of April 2020
The Maldon Easter Fair is one of the oldest in Australia, it was started in 1878.
The Easter Parade is on Easter Monday and is a wide ranging collection of things Maldonian, from fire trucks to the .. 
⊜ Maldon
➲ When: 30th of October 2020 To 2nd of November 2020
Maldon Folk Festival, located in Central Victoria, has been held annually for more than four decades.
Each year we provide a long weekend of quality entertainment at affordable prices, to suit all .. 
⊜ Mission to Seafarers - Mission To Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street Melbourne
➲ When: 17th of March 2020
Gather your clan and join us to celebrate all things Celtic on St Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at a brand new festival for Melbourne..
4 Unique Spaces and a few secret nooks in the histor .. 
⊜ Kerrisdale Mountain Railway & Museum - 7523 Goulburn Valley Highway Kerrisdale
➲ When: 1st of November 2020
On Sunday 1st November we shall be having our Melbourne Cup Weekend (Sunday Only) STEAMFEST.
Trains run hourly at 11, 12, 1, 2 & 3 pm followed by a demonstration of all the steam engines and the .. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 19th of March 2020 To 29th of March 2020
19 March to 29 March 2020
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival presented by Bank of Melbourne celebrates its 28th anniversary in 2020.
The festival is a showcase of Australian food and wine that .. 
⊜ Melbourne
⊜ Melbourne
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 25th of March 2020 To 19th of April 2020
25 March - 19 April 2020
Melbourne becomes comedy capital of the UNIVERSE each April, as we take over the city with an enormous program of stand-up comedy, cabaret, theatre, street performance, f .. 
⊜ Melbourne
Now established as a leading event in the Melbourne cultural calendar, the Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival will again make the ears prick up, the heart soar, and let the mind be gloriously surprised. ..
⊜ Circus Oz - Collingwood
➲ When: 24th of September 2020 To 27th of September 2020
Melbourne Juggling Convention
24th - 27th September, 2020.
More information will be shared over the coming months. .. 
⊜ Royal Exhibition Building - Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Gardens 9 Nicholson St Carlton
➲ When: 23rd of September 2020 To 24th of September 2020
Melbourne Retail Festival (Trade Only)
23-24 September 2020
Royal Exhibition Building
250+ EXHIBITING BRANDS · DESIGNER RUNWAY · SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
Melbourne Retail Festival is a premiu .. ⊜ Seaworks - Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place Williamstown
➲ When: 22nd of February 2020
Are you ready for the biggest festival coming to the west this February?
Melbourne Splash Festival 2020
With an EPIC stage lineup that covers Reggae, Dance Hall, Afrobeats, Jazz and Hip Hop!
.. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 11th of June 2021 To 14th of June 2021
Queen's Birthday long weekend
Friday June 11th - Monday June 14th 2021.
It's time again for those 4 days and nights of sheer joy and dancing bliss to take over Melbourne!
We'll swing the inne .. 
⊜ Melbourne
We always get excited when we think we have found a new festival in Melbourne and delighted when we found Melbourne Walking Festival. Before you read on, this Melbourne Walking Festival was held in ..
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 19th of January 2020 To 9th of February 2020
Midsumma Festival kicks off with Midsumma Carnival on Sunday 19 January in Alexandra Gardens and Pride March returning to St Kilda on Sunday 2 February 2020.
Midsumma Festival has been held annuall .. 
⊜ Myrtleford
➲ When: 5th of March 2020 To 9th of March 2020
March 5 to 9 | The Myrtleford Festival happens every March, during Victoria's Labour Day weekend.
A huge program of activities aimed at absolutely everybody makes the Myrtleford Festival a wonderfu .. 
⊜ Portarlington
➲ When: 5th of June 2020 To 8th of June 2020
This winter festival is regarded as Australia's premier Celtic Festival and attracts over 15,000 people to the region over the three day long weekend event each June.
The Festival uses a range of v .. 
⊜ Melbourne
➲ When: 1st of February 2020 To 29th of February 2020
The iconic annual National Sustainable Living Festival returns 1-29 February 2020.
The largest and longest-running Festival of its kind aims to inspire and provide solutions to the sustainability a .. 
⊜ Johnstone Park Geelong
➲ When: 7th of February 2020 To 28th of February 2020
The Nightjar Festival is a unique fusion of a music festival food extravaganza and night market which celebrates the arts food and entertainment within the beautiful natural park settings of Torquay .. 
⊜ Corner of Bell St and Surf Beach Drive Torquay
⊜ Royal Exhibition Building - Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Gardens 9 Nicholson St Carlton
➲ When: 12th of September 2020 To 13th of September 2020
12-13 September 2020
Royal Exhibition Building
One Fine Baby brings together 100+ must-have brands & services. Choose from fashion designer baby goods interiors stationery photographers health .. 
⊜ Royal Exhibition Building - Carlton
➲ When: 30th of May 2020 To 31st of May 2020
30-31 May 2020
Royal Exhibition Building
One Fine Day is so far from any bridal expo you've seen before. It's next-level wedding planning that everyone will ~actually~ enjoy. We bring Instagram .. 
⊜ Melbourne
Ok, this is way, way overdue. In the absence of a published program, clearly the 2012 Overload Poetry Festival is not happening in September 2012. Festival director (and founder).. this is totally ..
⊜ 153 Pakington Street, Geelong
➲ When: 29th of February 2020
Pako Festa is the largest free celebration of cultural diversity in Australia!
Every year, since 1983, it attracts scores of people from our local and cultural communities, professional performers .. 
⊜ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre - Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre South Wharf
➲ When: 5th of February 2020 To 7th of February 2020
Pause Fest is the world's leading creativity-infused event; an independent, industry-driven movement with a mission to bring diverse intelligence together to fuel the next generation forward.
We've .. 
⊜ Flinders Foreshore Flinders
➲ When: 8th of March 2020
Labor Day Weekend Sunday annually in March at Flinders Foreshore
Peninsula Piers and Pinots will be held on 8 March 2020 at Flinders Foreshore from 12pm-3pm.
Around twenty Mornington Peninsul .. 
⊜ Main Street, Point Cook
➲ When: 8th of February 2020
The Point Cook Cultural Community are excited to announce that Wyndham's Biggest Multi-Cultural Festival is back in 2020!
This will be our 4th Annual Luna New Year Festival and this time we're tran .. 
⊜ Southcombe Park Port Fairy
➲ When: 6th of March 2020 To 9th of March 2020
The 44th annual Port Fairy Folk Festival will be one to remember presenting 120 acts from Australia and overseas over four days of music by the sea!
The Port Fairy Folk Festival is a popular annual .. 
⊜ Newcombe St Portarlington
➲ When: 13th of January 2021
The Portarlington Mussel Festival is held in the picturesque village of Portarlington on the Bellarine Peninsula.
The 14th annual Portarlington Mussel Festival is on Saturday January 13th 2021.
.. ⊜ Lot 41, Pyramid Rock Rd, Phillip Island
2013 Pyramid Rock Festival Cancelled Inversion Productions, the promoter of the Pyramid Rock Festival has regretfully advised they will not be proceeding with the event in 2013. First held in 20 ..
⊜ Rochford Winery - Corner Maroondah Hwy and Hill Rd, Coldstream
The Rhythm & Vines Festival is taking a holiday in 2013... check back for 2014 ..
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