Newsletter | #966 What's On this Week |
What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Monday 8th July 2025
Featured This Week
Annemieke Mein: Nature Revealed
Australian Sake Festival
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty
Bottomless Dining on the Yarra
Camberwell Art Show
Coffee Tasting Festival
CollectFest Expo
Firelight Festival
French Impressionism
GermanFest
Grazeland's Winter Wonderland
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton Musical Comedy
Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens
Magic Show: Impossible Occurrences
Melbourne Magic Festival
Mould x Pinot Palooza
Prison Island | Competition
Replay Festival
School Holiday Fun on the Yarra
The Australian Chocolate Festival
Weekend Market Guide
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.
Ticket Give-Away
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.
Ticket Give-Away - Answer a question about Prison Island for a chance to WIN two tickets.
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.
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
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.
Experience how they create chocolate from bean to bar
The Australian Chocolate Festival 2025
Saturday 5th July 2025 - Sunday 6th July 2025 @ Seaworks
The only chocolate festival in Australia celebrating cacao growers and chocolate makers with 30+ exhibitors who will offer tastings and sales of their products.
In brie-lliant news for Australian fromage freaks, the country's most popular cheese event is BACK
Mould x Pinot Palooza 2025
Friday 4th July 2025 - Saturday 5th July 2025 @ Royal Exhibition Building
Get ready, vino-lovers and curd-nerds alike, MOULD - Australia's biggest cheese festival is joining forces with Australia's biggest Pinot Noir party PINOT PALOOZA to return to MELBOURNE in 2025 for another epic double-header.
A rollicking, joyous new musical comedy featuring all of Dolly Parton's biggest hits
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton Musical Comedy
12th - 20th July 2025 @ Comedy Theatre
Here You Come Again is a musical comedy full to the brim with Dolly Parton's hits, telling the story of a fan's journey, guided by Dolly teaching life lessons.
Melbourne's largest annual filter coffee tasting festival
Coffee Tasting Festival
Saturday 5th July 2025 - Sunday 6th July 2025 @ Meat Market
This two-day event features an exceptional lineup of over 30 coffee roasters and try over 100 kinds of speciality coffees from international and interstate roasters.
Enjoy the energy of a festive Japanese-style celebration
Australian Sake Festival
Saturday 5th July 2025 - Sunday 6th July 2025 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Meet sake brewers visiting from Japan taste an extensive range of sake spirits and fruit liqueurs and enjoy Japanese food from local restaurants.
Missed the Comedy Festival Here's Your Encore
Replay Festival
1-31 July 2025 @ Comedy Republic
For four weeks straight, the venue lights up again with a stacked roster of over 40 comedians, reprising some of the most talked-about acts from the MICF.
A celebration of German, Austrian & Swiss culture!
GermanFest
Saturday 5th July 2025 @ German Club Tivoli
Big Biers, schnaps, Hearty food from all 3 regions, Bands, Games, Dancing, Fun, Prizes
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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.
Australia's first and only festival for all things collectable!
CollectFest Expo
Saturday 5th July 2025 - Sunday 6th July 2025 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Bringing passionate hobbyists all together under one roof, you'll find everything from sneakers and trading cards to coins, comics and more.
Grazeland's much-loved Winter Wonderland is back for the school holidays
Grazeland's Winter Wonderland
Friday - Sunday until 20 July 2025 @ Grazeland - Festival of Food
Serving up a sizzling mix of food fiery entertainment and festive displays to warm the winter nights! No bookings required.
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.
Melbourne 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.
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.
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: A Tribute To Coldplay
Candlelight: A Tribute To Metallica
Candlelight: A Tribute To Taylor Swift
Candlelight: Coldplay Vs. Ed Sheeran
Candlelight: Timeless Composers
Candlelight: Tribute To QUEEN vs ABBA
Candlelight: Vivaldi Four Seasons
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
Final 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.
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..
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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 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
Arts and Crafts Clearance Market - East Melbourne
Cheeky Monkey Market | Keysborough
Cheeky Monkey Market | Sanctuary Lakes
Darley / Bacchus Marsh Market | 1st Saturday
Moama Market
Psychic & Lifestyle Market @ Ferntree Gully
Seaford North Primary School Community Market
The Corner Market: Christmas in July - FedSquare
Regular Weekend Markets - Saturday, Sunday, 1st Saturday, 1st Sunday
One simple page showing every market on this weekend.
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