Newsletter: What's On | 21 - 27 January 2025
What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 21st January 2025 - Monday 27th January 2025
Featured This Week
Australia Day
Australia v England | Women's Ashes Test
Australian Open
Herring Island Summer Arts Festival
Magic Show: Impossible Occurrences
Midsumma Festival
Ocean Photographer of the Year Exhibition
Open Air at the Square
Rye Summer Carnival
Silvers Circus Spectacular - Mornington
Spotswood Summer Sessions
THE BIG CAMP COUNTDOWN Dance Party!
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne!
Week #2 of the Australian Open
Australian Open
Now until Sunday 26th January 2025 @ Melbourne Park
The world's top tennis players fighting it out for the first Grand Slam title of the year. Who will reign supreme in 2025?
Official Tickets: ticketmaster.com.au
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THE Countdown Eleganza Extravaganza... feat. The Top 50 Queer Anthems of All Time
THE BIG CAMP COUNTDOWN Dance Party
Friday 24th January 2025 @ Victorian Pride Centre
From disco classics to modern pop bangers these anthems have shaped queer culture turned every night into a celebration of love freedom and community.
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.
Australia Day - Sunday 26th January 2025
The national public holiday will be marked on Monday 27 January 2025
Australia Day is the official national day of Australia, marks the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet at Port Jackson in New South Wales, and the raising of the British flag at Sydney Cove by Arthur Phillip.
Australia's premier LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural experience
Midsumma Festival
Sunday 19th January 2025 - Sunday 9th February 2025
THE BIG CAMP COUNTDOWN Dance Party - Friday 24th January 2025
Experience the beauty, wonder, and urgency of ocean conservation
Ocean Photographer of the Year Exhibition
29th January 2025 - 6th July 2025 @ Seaworks
Featuring 118 extraordinary images by world-renowned photographers, this exhibition celebrates the wonders of our oceans and highlights the urgent need for their protection.
Official Tickets: Fever
Featuring local musicians, bands and DJ's
Spotswood Summer Sessions
This summer, Spotswood is set to come alive with a pop-up series of live music events designed to bring the community together in the heart of our vibrant neighbourhood at 'The Village Spot'.
Saturday January 18th | 12-4pm
Thursday January 30th | 4-8pm
Saturday February 8th | 12-4pm
Saturday March 1st | 12-4pm
Since 2006 - Arts groups Parks Victoria and Friends of Herring Island
Herring Island Summer Arts Festival
Weekends: 11th January - 21st April 2025
Three arts groups participating are the Association of Sculptors of Victoria Contemporary Art Society of Victoria and A4 Art Australia.
See Australia and England make history in the first day-night test match at the MCG
Australia v England | Women's Ashes Test
30th January 2025 - Sunday 2nd February 2025 @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
Don't miss first Women's Test Match at the MCG in more than 75 years with the Day-Night Test between Australia and England
Head to the Square to enjoy free accessible all-ages live music and outdoor cinema
Open Air at the Square
Until 22 March 2025 @ Fed Square
Open Air at the Square is a mammoth free summer program of live events - with outdoor concerts gigs community festivals film screenings and arts and cultural events on and open to all.
Live Music Outdoor Cinema Asia TOPA Community Shop or Dine - $10 Parking
Celebrate 70 Years of Wittingslow Carnivals
Rye Summer Carnival
Until 26th January 2025 @ Rye foreshore
This is more than just a carnival-it's a memory-making thrill-taking laugh-out-loud tradition you won't want to miss!
See how Italian design became admired throughout the world
Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design
Until 23rd March 2025 @ Heide | Museum of Modern Art
Molto Bello: Icons of Modern Italian Design showcases some of the most significant achievements in the history of twentieth-century Italian design spanning the sixty year period from the first Milan Design Triennale in the 1930s to the Memphis Group of the 1980s.
Live musical experience by candlelight
Candlelight Concerts
This ART blockbuster returns for a limited summer season
Van Gogh: The Lume Melbourne
Daily @ THE LUME
Immerse in the vivid emotional brilliance of one of the world's most influential artists.
A world of fantastic family entertainment
Silvers Circus Spectacular
Until 2nd February 2025 @ Mornington
Prepare to enter a world of entertainment where your imagination will soar like never before in this completely re-imagined modern circus spectacular.
With laughs and surprises this is interactive theatre at its best
The Wind in the Willows
Until 25th January 2025 @ Royal Botanic Gardens
Celebrating over 35 years Australia's best-loved affordable family entertainment with plenty of songs laughs and surprises for the whole family to enjoy.
34th much-loved annual highlight of Linden's exhibition program
Linden Postcard Show
Until Sunday 2nd February 2025 @ Linden New Art - St Kilda
Free entry to view over 1000 Australian postcard-sized (aprox) master-pieces.
Multi-Sensory Experiences
Darkfield: SEANCE + FLIGHT
Until 16 February | Arts Centre Melbourne - Theatres Forecourt
Each experience combines binaural (3D) sound and sensory stimuli in complete and utter darkness. DARKFIELD is returning to Melbourne with SEANCE and FLIGHT taking up residency at the Arts Centre Melbourne forecourt.
Amazing photography and immersive moments
Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition
Until 31 January 2025 @ 360 Bourke St Melbourne
A journey through more than 200 of the most beautiful idiosyncratic and interesting places on Earth - all seemingly plucked from the whimsical world of Wes Anderson.
Free street art exhibition
The Outsiders Melbourne
Until 31st May 2025 @ Flinders Lane Melbourne
A ground-breaking exhibition of street art by Sandrew celebrates artists defying the art establishment. Over 100 works by street artists including locals Rone Adnate Vexta Kaff-eine Fintan Magee Sofles and MEGGS + Banksy Barry McGee Vhils Invader Swoon Hush Shepard Fairey Ron English and ELLE.
Movies under the stars
Outdoor Cinema Guide
Summer is back and so is one of Melbourne's most beloved traditions-outdoor cinema! Enjoy a season of films beneath the open sky.
Relax in a deckchair sink into a beanbag or have a picnic on the grass as you soak in the fresh night air and the magic of the big screen.
Unforgettable summer evenings
Summer Night Market
Wednesday nights @ Queen Victoria Market
Explore the sheds that will transform into a vibrant hub of flavourful street food refreshing drinks unique shopping and captivating entertainment.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
TNMT: Heroes in a Half Shell Exhibition
January 2024 @ The District Docklands
The exhibition is an immersive experience that boasts five individual galleries that take visitors on a journey through the rich history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. This limited time offering includes a projection and art gallery Vintage Memorabilia Gallery an Arcade Zone and a Pizza-rama Gift Shop!
Get closer to dinosaurs than ever before
Jurassic World: The Exhibition
Until 10th February 2025 @ Fever Exhibition Centre - Brunswick
Walk through the Jurassic World iconic gates as an honoured guest and gaze in wonder at a towering Brachiosaurus; come face-to-face with a Velociraptor; and get a rare up-close look at the most vicious dinosaur of them all Tyrannosaurus Rex.
A view not seen in 100 years!
Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade Tour
Daily @ Royal Exhibition Building
Discover the history of this extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage listed building before making their way to the Dome Promenade to experience views over Carlton Gardens the city and greater Melbourne.
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The Art of Banksy: Without Limits
Until 2nd February 2025 @ The District Docklands
A stunning street art exhibition of museum quality featuring over 150 artworks such as certified art prints on different kinds of materials photos sculptures installations digital installations murals mapping shows and more. Experience by Fever
Dive into the cheeky world of the iconic slapstick videogame with playable displays and behind-the-scenes insights.
Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition
Until 16 February 2025 @ ACMI Fed Square
In 2019 Melbourne game developers House House shot to international success and acclaim with their hilariously naughty videogame which captured the hearts minds and humour of children and adults alike. Now ACMI's interactive exhibition gives you new insight into the creative development of this viral sensation through displays of previously unseen concept art sketches and design material.
Theatre
Called a "breathtaking knockout of a musical" by The New York Times
Dear Evan Hansen
Until 16th February 2025 @ Playhouse Theatre
The raw and exhilarating story of a boy who through a brazen deception weaves his way into the fabric of a grief-stricken family and invents an important role for himself in tragic circumstances.
A much-loved classic that will fill the hearts of a new generation
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Until 16th February 2025 @ Her Majesty's Theatre
This timeless tale has been brought to life on stage like never before in a breathtaking reimagined production. 4-ticket offer available.
Experience the inspiring life story of the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Tina the Musical
Until 26th January 2025 @ Princess Theatre
Featuring more than 20 of her iconic songs including "Simply the Best" "River Deep - Mountain High" and "Proud Mary" this smash-hit musical is bringing Australian audiences to their feet night after night. With critics calling it "a rock music spectacular" (Limelight) and "breathtakingly exciting" (ArtsHub) this heart-pumping production is guaranteed to raise the roof!
Don't miss this musical comedy sensation
Sister Act The Musical
Until 26th January 2025 @ Regent Theatre
Based on the iconic film starring Whoopi Goldberg and featuring original music and songs this heavenly musical is joyous and uplifting in equal measures.
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Multi-Sensory Journey
SENSAS
Until 31st March 2025 @ 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.
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Seal Rocks is one of the largest seal colonies in Australia!
Phillip Island Seal Watching Cruise
Your boat tour will take you straight to the home of more than 5,000 resident Australian fur seals at the far south-western tip of Phillip Island.
Tickets - feverup.com
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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.
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