Newsletter | #965 What's On this Week |
What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 24th June 2025 - Monday 30th June 2025
Featured This Week
AC/DC - Power Up Tour
Annemieke Mein: Nature Revealed
Beetlejuice The Musical
Bottomless Dining on the Yarra
Camberwell Art Show
French Impressionism | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens
Magic Show: Impossible Occurrences
Melbourne International EV AutoShow
Melbourne Magic Festival
School Holiday Fun on the Yarra
School Holidays Guide | starts 5 July 2025
Unmarked Melbourne - Car & Bike Show
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne
PERFECT SCHOOL HOLIDAY ENTERTAINMENT
Melbourne Magic Festival
Monday 7th July 2025 - Saturday 19th July 2025
Now recognised as the largest festival of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. Over 200 shows for kids families and adults and magic classes for all ages!
Enjoy Bottomless Brunch Lunch or Dinner as you cruise through the heart of the city
Bottomless Dining on the Yarra
Step aboard the Spirit of Melbourne the city's iconic cruising restaurant and experience a unique dining journey along the Yarra River
Indulge in a multi-course menu paired with free-flowing drinks including premium wines beer spirits and soft drinks.
Witness Mein's intricate and mesmerising works this winter
Annemieke Mein: Nature Revealed
11th July 2025 - 30th August 2025 @ Whitehorse Artspace
Annemieke Mein OAM is one of Australia's most popular artists known for her exquisitely-made and incredibly detailed textile art that represents local fauna and flora.
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Experience Sleeping Beauty like never before in this dazzling dance and light show
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty
Next: Friday 4th July 2025 @ The Capitol
Classical ballet and modern technology come together to create an artistic masterpiece where exquisite dancers light up the stage with glittering routines and glow-in-the-dark costumes.
Cruises Departing Daily
School Holiday Fun on the Yarra
Make the most of the winter school holidays with a unique adventure on the Yarra River
Whether you're cruising towards historic Williamstown or taking in the sights of the city skyline there's something for everyone.
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show
Impossible Occurrences
Mind-blowing magic right before your eyes. Every Friday night witness miracles up close with award-winning magician Luke Hocking at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.
Step into a world of wonder as the all-new Lightscape returns to Royal Botanic Gardens
Lightscape 2025
20th June - 10th August 2025 @ Royal Botanic Gardens
New sights. New sounds. A whole new journey. Whether it's your first visit or a returning tradition Lightscape promises an unforgettable night out.
Don't miss AC/DC as they bring their world-conquering POWER UP tour home
AC/DC - Power Up Tour
Wednesday 12th November 2025 @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
AC/DC - the world's greatest rock'n'roll band returns home to Melbourne for the first time in a decade!
Sadly, scammers are already out there! Don't get scammed.. Official Tickets On Sale @ Ticketek: Thursday 26 June 2025 - 11am
The largest display of electric SUVs BEVs Plug-In Hybrids Utes and People Movers in Australia
International EV AutoShow
Friday 27th June 2025 - Sunday 29th June 2025 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Over 3 days, explore the latest unique offerings with the best financial and charging experts from across the country.
Celebrating Automotive Craftsmanship. Classics. Collectibles. Speed. Stance.
Unmarked Melbourne
Saturday 28th June 2025 - Sunday 29th June 2025 @ Seaworks | Williamstown
Set over two days, each day will present a unique set of cars, bikes and vendor offerings. Curating only the finest, our selection process upholds a standard of excellence, ensuring an unparalleled and immersive experience for discerning automotive enthusiasts.
Now in its 60th year has art for every taste and budget
Camberwell Art Show 2025
Saturday 28th June 2025 - Sunday 6th July 2025 @ Swinburne University - Hawthorn
The Rotary Camberwell Art Show is one of Australia's largest with 1200 paintings by 500 of Australia's leading artists. Tickets are now online for day sessions and evening sessions.
With FREE entry you're only required to come hungry and ready for a good time
Winter Night Market
Wednesday nights until 27 August 2025 @ Queen Victoria Market
Wrap up warm and embrace the winter chill as the Market's sheds and laneways come alive with the inviting aromas of delicious food; the sounds of live local musicians; and the vivid spectacle of quirky roving performers promising a fun and not-to-be-missed night for all.
Winter Masterpieces
French Impressionism
From the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Daily until 5th October 2025 @ National Gallery of Victoria (NGV)
Drawn from Boston Museum of Fine Arts' rich collection of Impressionist masterworks French Impressionism presents more than 100 paintings by key figures including Claude Monet Pierre-Auguste Renoir Edgar Degas Camille Pissarro Edouard Manet Mary Cassatt Berthe Morisot Paul Signac and Alfred Sisley. Audiences will have the opportunity to experience the hallmarks of Impressionism: distinctive brushwork vivid use of colour innovative viewpoints and depictions of subjects and places dear to the artists.
NGV Friday Nights: French Impressionism
Every Friday night until 3 October 2025 - 6-10pm
Your Friday Nights ticket includes unlimited entry to the French Impressionism exhibition from 6-10pm as well as live music performances.
Crafted to perfection and made fresh by our very talented Pastry Chefs
Brownie Festival 2025
11th - 29th June 2025 @ Yarra Valley Chocolaterie Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie and Mornington Peninsula Chocolaterie
A 18-day festival serving up 16 limited-edition brownie varieties alongside a range of brownie-inspired desserts and drinks.
Cozy up at the Winter Arts Festival and get to know the talented local artists who make our community shine
City of Casey Winter Arts Festival
20th June - 20th July 2025 @
Whether it's exploring exhibitions and demonstrations enjoying a live show or participating in hands-on workshops this festival invites you to experience the rich variety of artistic expressions that make our local arts scene so unique.
East Gippsland comes alive in a festival of light food music art & culture
East Gippsland Winter Festival
20th June - 20th July 2025 @
Experience HOW WE WINTER in East Gippsland as the region comes alive in a month-long festival of luminous art epic winter feasts trestle bridge soirees lively music dark skies roaring fires and cold plunges.
Dive into an immersive hands-on journey through the galaxy's first LEGO Star Wars exhibition
LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition
Daily @ Melbourne Museum
Over eight million LEGO bricks will transform Melbourne Museum into a tribute to George Lucas's beloved space saga.
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An extraordinary virtual reality (VR) journey into history's most famous ship
Titanic: A Voyage Through Time
Wed - Mon until 30th August 2025 @ 206 Bourke Street
This breathtaking VR exhibition enables a dive to the wreckage as it rests today nearly 3.8km deep in the ocean before stepping back in time to experience what life was like aboard one of history's most legendary vessels.
Get up close to authentic props and costumes this unforgettable experience.
Harry Potter: The Exhibition
Daily until 17th August 2025 @ Fever Exhibition and Experience Centre
Harry Potter: The Exhibition celebrates all things Harry Potter by bringing to life some of your favourite moments characters locations and beasts from the film series as well as the extended Harry Potter universe.
An exhibition of paintings by Australian artist Sidney Nolan
Aftershocks: Nolan and the Holocaust
Daily until 29th June 2025 @ Melbourne Holocaust Museum - Elsternwick
The collection includes 56 works of Nolan's 1961 paintings of Auschwitz victims and exhibited for the first time his later works depicting the Ravensbruck women's Holocaust camp.
Sponsored Partner
Escape-Room Style Experience
Prison Island
Wed-Sun @ The District Docklands
Team up and take on a series of high-stakes challenges across 34 prison cells in this action-packed adventure.
Fever Experience
Immersive Team Challenge
123Boom!
Wed-Mon until 31 August 2025 @ 551 Little Collins St Melbourne
Tackle a series of adrenaline-pumping challenges in 6 game rooms. Experience immersive arcade-style challenges that blend mental and physical tasks.
Experience the beauty wonder and urgency of ocean conservation
Ocean Photographer of the Year Exhibition
Daily until 6th July 2025 @ Seaworks | Last days
Featuring 118 extraordinary images by world-renowned photographers this exhibition celebrates the wonders of our oceans and highlights the urgent need for their protection.
Live musical experience by candlelight
Candlelight Concerts
Our Picks
Candlelight Concert A Tribute To Coldplay
Candlelight Concert A Tribute To Metallica
Candlelight Concert A Tribute To Taylor Swift
Candlelight Concert Coldplay Vs. Ed Sheeran
Candlelight Concert Timeless Composers
Candlelight Concert Tribute To QUEEN vs ABBA
Candlelight Concert Vivaldi Four Seasons
Candlelight Concert We call it Jazz: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans
Theatre
Shows plays and musicals
Theatre
Check out these world-class shows playing now and coming soon..
The eight-time Tony Award-nominated musical will play a limited season exclusively in Melbourne
Beetlejuice The Musical
Until 31st August 2025 @ Regent Theatre
BEETLEJUICE is funnier more irreverent more reckless and frankly more repellent than ever in this original musical based on Tim Burton's dearly beloved film.
The acclaimed musical phenomenon HADESTOWN
HADESTOWN
Shows until Sunday 6th July 2025 @ Her Majesty's Theatre
HADESTOWN is a defiantly hopeful theatrical experience that will take you on a journey to the underworld and back intertwining two mythic love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. HADESTOWN invites you to imagine how the world could be.
Sponsored Partner
Multi-Sensory Journey
SENSAS
Daily until Sunday 31st August 2025 @ 6 Garden Street South Yarra
For two hours switch between pitch-black challenges and vibrant sensory workshops taking on fun wacky tasks that push the limits of your five senses.
Sponsored Partner
Kings of Comedy's Melbourne Showcase Special with Dinner and Drink
Kings of Comedy | Dinner and Show
Saturday nights @ The Colonial Hotel
Your evening will begin with a delicious meal and a complimentary drink then a 90-minute show of Australia's best new talent supported by celebrity headline acts.
Make the most of Melbourne
Even more things to see hear and do this week
So many we can't fit them all into the newsletter so check out More on this week..
Heads Up.. coming soon!
Coming in July
Begin planning now for the Winter school holidays
Winter School Holiday Guide
Saturday 5th July 2025 - Sunday 20th July 2025 @
Melbourne's best guide to keep the kids entertained during the Winter School Holidays.
Coming in July
Melbourne's epic FREE winter festival lights up Docklands for three fiery nights.
Firelight Festival
Friday 4th July 2025 - Sunday 6th July 2025 @ Docklands
Featuring dazzling fire performers illuminated sculptures fire pits and flame jets live music and roving entertainers every moment at Firelight Festival is a celebration of fire and light.
Coming in October
An Epic Cinematic Journey with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
MSO: Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga Concert Experience
Thursday 16th October 2025 - Saturday 18th October 2025 @ Hamer Hall
It's time for fans - new and old - to assemble and relive every iconic moment from this defining canon of films all accompanied by the MSO.
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Weekend Markets
Featured Markets
Cheeky Monkey Market | Wendoree
I Wore It Once: Preloved Fashion Market - Mornington
Lardner Park Craft & Food Market
Myrtleford Farmers' Market
Psychic & Lifestyle Market @ Warragul
Regular Weekend Markets - Saturday, Sunday, 4th Saturday, 5th Sunday
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