Newsletter #973 What's On Melbourne |
Newsletter: What's On Melbourne | 19-25 August 2025
What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 19th August 2025 - Monday 25th August 2025
Featured This Week
Animaga Expo
Ballarat International Foto Biennale
Ballarat's Best Pie
Cirque Du Soleil | Corteo
Daffodil Day
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
Melbourne Cheese Wine and Spirits Festival
Melbourne Home Show
Melbourne International Film Festival
National 4x4 Outdoors Show
Now Or Never Festival
StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Show
Warm Up This Winter with a Cosy Cruise on the Yarra
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne
Cirque du Soleil returns with its most unique production CORTEO
Cirque Du Soleil | Corteo
Friday 22nd August 2025 - Sunday 31st August 2025 @ John Cain Arena
Corteo which means cortege in Italian is a joyous procession a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the artist with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun comedy and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth.
The largest show of its type held in Australasia
StereoNET Hi-Fi & AV Show
Friday 29th August 2025 - Sunday 31st August 2025 @ Pullman & Mercure Melbourne Albert Park
Showcasing a broad range of Consumer Electronics from the largest screens to the smallest accessories smarthome and integration products connected lifestyle tech and of course Hi-Fi Home Cinema Headphones and entertainment products.
Come and experience the world's best brands in hi-fi streaming vinyl and turntables.
Dine Sip & Soak in the views along the Yarra All Winter Long!
Warm Up This Winter with a Cosy Cruise on the Yarra
Step aboard the Spirit of Melbourne and experience the city like never before from the warmth of our heated indoor dining deck.
Whether you're planning a romantic night out a weekend catch-up or simply want to treat yourself we've got the perfect cruise for every occasion:
- Brunch Cruise
- Lunch Cruise
- Dinner Cruise
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.
11th Ballarat International Foto Biennale: Lifeforce
Ballarat International Foto Biennale
23 August - 19 October 2025 @ Ballarat
The Ballarat International Foto Biennale is an internationally significant photographic arts festival, activating the city of Ballarat and enriching the cultural landscape of Victoria and Australia, every two years.
Ballarat's Best Pie is back for round three this winter
Ballarat's Best Pie
1st - 31st August 2025
Take your pick from 36 savoury and sweet showstoppers at some of Ballarat's top bakeries, cafes, restaurants and bars. Ballarat's Best Pie is all about celebrating the brilliantly unexpected - which is how we describe Ballarat - and we encouraged our chefs to have a little fun with their creations.
Australia's longest-running home improvement expo returns
Melbourne Home Show
Friday 22nd August 2025 - Sunday 24th August 2025 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Your dream home starts here and we're here to help bring it to life. Discover hundreds of cutting-edge home products exclusive Show specials expert advice and inspiring seminars - all while connecting with some of Australia's best renovation businesses.
MIFF 2025: 275+ Films 18 Days One Epic Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
7th - 24th August 2025
Expect over 275 features shorts and immersive screenings lighting up screens across Melbourne regional Victoria and even online for the stay-at-home crowd.
Over 75 films in 31 languages - spanning powerful dramas star-studded blockbusters and bold new voices from across India's cinematic landscape
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2025
Thursday 14th August 2025 - Sunday 24th August 2025 @
Some of the biggest names in Indian cinema are set to attend the festival with several exciting premieres for audiences to delve into along with star-studded events and screenings.
Is it a utopia, a dystopia, or something entirely unexpected? Does 2025 resemble the visions imagined a century ago? And what, in turn, will 2050 look like?
Now Or Never Festival 2025
Thursday 21st August 2025 - Sunday 31st August 2025 @
Challenging conventional boundaries, Now or Never asks us to imagine new realities, prompting us to consider the real illusions that define our perceptions of what lies ahead. What do we envision when we think of the future.
Enjoy tastings, live music, and DJ sets while exploring food trucks
Melbourne Cheese Wine and Spirits Festival
Saturday 23rd August 2025 @ Seaworks - Williamstown
Indulge in a celebration of regional wines, cheeses, and spirits as we showcase the best local producers.
Explore 200+ top outdoor brands
National 4x4 Outdoors Show
Friday 22nd August 2025 - Sunday 24th August 2025 @ Melbourne Showgrounds
See epic rigs at the Show N Shine, Catch live demos at Mount Maxxis, Meet 4WD legends like Jocko, Graham from 4WD 24/7, Win the Ultimate $10K Adventure Pack, Experience wild stunts, wildlife encounters & more!
Australia's leading celebrations of anime manga and Japanese pop culture
Animaga Expo
Saturday 23rd August 2025 - Sunday 24th August 2025 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Vibrant cosplay showcases, engaging panel discussions, special guest appearances, a bustling artist alley and a treasure trove of trader booths.
Fundraise at home, at your workplace or community to give hope this Daffodil Day.
Daffodil Day
Thursday 21st August 2025
Give hope to people affected by all types of cancer this Daffodil Day Appeal. Join the thousands of Australians spreading their Flower Power throughout August to fund life-saving cancer research.
Fundraise at home, at your workplace or community to give hope this Daffodil Day.
A showcase of human potential
Australian Strength Sports Expo
Friday 22nd August 2025 - Sunday 24th August 2025 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
The APL National Championships is the premier event on the Australian powerlifting calendar. Bringing together elite lifters and enthusiastic supporters this event is a must-see for any strength sports fan.
Step right up and experience the magic of Elmo's Circus Dream
Elmo's Circus Dream Under the Big Top
8th - 31st August 2025 @ Watergardens Shopping Centre - Taylors Lakes
Experience thrilling daredevil acts dazzling clowns and incredible circus artistry alongside your favourite Sesame Street characters including Abby Cookie Monster Grover as well as Bert & Ernie!
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.
She Matters Mural
Hosier Lane, Melbourne
The She Matters Mural features the names and faces of women killed since January 1, 2024.
Read their stories on the Memorial to Women and Children Lost to Violence.
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.
Chocolate lovers the Hot Chocolate Festival is turning winter into one giant gooey chocolate-fueled adventure
Hot Chocolate Festival 2025
1st - 31st August 2025
Across the Mornington Peninsula Great Ocean Road and Yarra Valley Chocolateries August is all about steaming mugs wild flavours and sugar-fuelled happiness.
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
The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans
The Jazz Room: A Journey to the Heart of New Orleans
Witness Mein's intricate and mesmerising works this winter
Annemieke Mein: Nature Revealed
Until 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.
Performing Arts
A queer black comedy and drag extravaganza about power privilege and high school debating
Trophy Boys
12th - 24th August 2025 @ Fairfax Studio
It is the biggest night of Melbourne's academic calendar the Grand Finale of the Year 12 Interschool Debating Tournament and the all-boys team from the elite St Imperium College are ready to totally annihilate their sister school - until..
The new girl in town is making heads spin. You've got to move fast when you're 16 going on 70.
Kimberly Akimbo: A Musical
Shows until 30th August 2025 @ Playhouse Theatre
Kimberly Akimbo is the musical that took Broadway by storm. It won countless hearts and raked in five Tony awards including Best Musical with music by Jeanine Tesori the brilliant mind behind the critically acclaimed Fun Home. This Australian premiere directed by four-time Helpmann Award-winner Mitchell Butel and starring Marina Prior Casey Donovan and Christie Whelan Browne brims with infectious energy and tunes that soar.
With its high-energy dance numbers soulful storytelling and unforgettable music In The Heights is a must-see theatrical event.
In The Heights | The Musical
Shows until Saturday 6th September 2025 - extended @ Comedy Theatre
In The Heights tells the story of a tight-knit community on the cusp of significant change. Full of hopes and aspirations some are about to embark on an incredible journey of love and ambition while others are faced with some of the biggest challenges of their lives including what it means to be "home".
A grown-up musical for the whole family
Annie
Shows until 8th November 2025 @ Princess Theatre
It's one of the most awarded and loved musicals of all time. With its iconic score featuring classics like: It's the Hard-Knock Life Easy Street and Tomorrow Annie is truly a timeless musical masterpiece.
The eight-time Tony Award-nominated musical will play a limited season exclusively in Melbourne
Beetlejuice The Musical
Shows until Thursday 11th September 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.
Performing Arts
Shows & Musicals
Check out the rest of the shows plays and musicals playing now and coming soon to Melbourne..
Make the most of Melbourne
Even more things to see hear and do this week
There's just too much happening to squeeze it all into this week's newsletter! Make sure to check out the full lineup of events online so you don't miss out on anything exciting. Check out More on this week..
Heads Up.. coming soon!
Coming in September
The most Tony Award-winning new musical of the season
MJ - The Michael Jackson Musical
9th September 2025 - 14th December 2025 @ Her Majesty's Theatre
He is one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Now Michael Jackson's unique and unparalleled artistry is startin' somethin' in Melbourne in the multiple Tony Award-winning MJ the Musical.
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.
Heads Up..
AFLW: Round #2 Fixture
Australian Cat Club Cat Show
Birrarung Riverfest
CherryHill Orchard Blossom Festival
Dining In The Dark
Geelong Gallery : After Image
High Cheese Experience at Westin Melbourne
Jest Genes Comedy
Kevin Hart | Acting My Age Tour
Konstantinos Argiros
Lainey Wilson | Whirlwind World Tour
Light The Way | Fundraiser for Women In Africa
Lizzy Hoo - DEJA HOO
Mega Cars & Coffee x Distinguished Gentleman's Drive
Melbourne International Games Week
Michael Flatley's Lord Of The Dance
National Education Summit
Onebed: Sale up to 60% off Mattresses
Panathinaikos B.C. v KK Partizan | Basketball
Peninsula VineHop Festival
Prison Island | Escape-Room Style Experience
Reset: FedSquare Sustainability Festival
SABATON | Australian Tour
Soulara - Plant-Based & Vegan Meals
Start Your Own Business Expo
The Heidelberg of the Heidelberg Artists
The Wiggles | Tree Of Wisdom Big Show Arena Spectacular
The World's Coolest Readathon
Walking Thomastown
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11th + 12th October 2025 @ Sandown
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A highly skilled instructor will be seated beside you giving you live tuition through a headset as you tackle the circuit reaching speeds of up to 200km/h.
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Street Art of Melbourne Exploration Game
Learn about well-known and underground artists as you walk the streets from Melbourne (CBD) to Fitzroy and Collingwood.
Explore Hosier Lane ~ Melbourne's most iconic street art lane and the backstreets of other popular areas.
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Onsale until 23rd September 2025 @ T2 Tea
Reading and sipping is a magical combination so T2 Tea has partnered with Penguin Books to pair teas with iconic stories. Inside you'll find The Wonderful Wizard of Oz printed with an exclusive T2 cover a tea set for one and four teas representing the book's famous characters: Dorothy the Cowardly Lion the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow.
Weekend Markets
Melbourne's biggest list of weekend markets.
Akoonah Park Market
Bayswater Makers' Market
Bentleigh Rotary Sunday Market
Camberwell Sunday Market
CERES Makers & Flea Market
CRFT* WRK | Craft Market @ Queen Victoria Market
Essendon North Craft Market
Kinglake Produce & Artisan Market
Makers Market at The District
Monthly Maker's Market - East Brunswick Village
Nunawading Market
Oakleigh Rotary Sunday Market
Pipeworks Market
St Andrews Market
Tunstall Square Community Market
Wyndham Harbour Craft Market
Regular Weekend Markets - Saturday, Sunday, 4th Saturday, 4th Sunday of the month
- Showing every market on this weekend.
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