The Best Things to Do In Melbourne This April

Here's your guide to filling this month with all the best food, drink, films, live music, pop-ups and activations Melbourne has to offer.
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    Scrub Hill's Sunday Lunch Series: Autumn Edition

    Sunday, April 14, 2024

    Scrub Hill, Newlyn

    Indulge in a long boozy lunch that champions local autumnal produce out in regional Victoria.

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    Melbourne Quarter Eats and Beats

    Tuesday, April 2 - Tuesday, April 30, 2024

    Melbourne Quarter, Docklands

    Catch $10 eats, pop-up live beats and a sweet getaway giveaway at the inner city precinct this April.

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    Toki Tuesdays at Yakimono

    Tuesday, April 23 and Tuesday, April 30, 2024 

    Yakimono, Melbourne

    Enjoy the art of the Japanese whisky highball and crafting timeless beats with special guest producer Cyrus Villanueva.

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    Flickerfest 2024 — Best of Melbourne Shorts

    Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Kino Cinema, Melbourne

    Spend an evening watching a stellar lineup of short films from local creative talents.

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    Melbourne International Comedy Festival

    Wednesday, March 27 - Sunday, April 21, 2024

    Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

    Catch Rose Matafeo, Joel Kim Booster, Hannah Gadsby, Sam Simmons and drunken Shakespeare among MICF's 600-plus 2024 shows.

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    Ministry of Crab

    Thursday, March 28 - Saturday, April 27, 2024

    Evergreen, Southbank

    Scuttle on down to Crown Towers to try some of the world's greatest crab dishes during the month-long residency.

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    Wicked Little Letters

    Thursday, March 21 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    This entertaining Olivia Colman- and Jessie Buckley-starring dramedy is based on a true tale about profanity-filled mail scandalising an English town in the 1920s.

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    Immaculate

    Thursday, March 21 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    Sydney Sweeney turns in a stunning scream-queen performance worth worshipping in this excellent convent-set horror film.

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    Lunch & Linger at NOMAD

    Saturday, April 6, 2024, Sunday, April 7, 2024, Saturday, April 13, 2024 and Sunday, April 14, 2024 

    Nomad Melbourne, Melbourne

    Share a mezze platter full of NOMAD favourites, plus unlimited beer, wine and spritzes for 90 minutes.

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    QVM Hawker 88 Night Market

    Wednesday, April 10, 2024, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 and Wednesday, May 1, 2024 

    Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

    Each week of this year's night market celebrates a different Asian region — with food stalls, live entertainment and eating competitions.

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    Sorrento Writers Festival

    Thursday, April 25 - Sunday, April 28, 2024

    various venues in Sorrento, Sorrento

    Catch names like Peter Singer, Grace Tame, Magda Szubanski, Alex Miller and more at the beachside literary festival.

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    Pandemonium Rocks

    Saturday, April 20, 2024

    Caribbean Gardens, Scoresby

    This eclectic new music festival is hitting Melbourne with Placebo, Blondie and Alice Cooper headlining.

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    Sri Lankan Festival at QVM

    Sunday, April 28, 2024

    Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

    Celebrate Sinhala and Tamil New Year at Queen Vic Market's food- and music-filled festival.

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    Fantastic Film Festival Australia

    Thursday, April 18 - Thursday, May 9, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    As well as a nude screening of 'The Naked Gun', this year's festival includes a Ryan Corr-starring monster movie and a 15th-anniversary session of 'Enter the Void'.

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    Love Lies Bleeding

    Thursday, March 14 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Kristen Stewart plunges into a wild 80s-set tale of love, lust, blood and violence in the latest standout from 'Saint Maud' filmmaker Rose Glass.

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    Free Yum Cha at David's

    Saturday, March 16, 2024, Saturday, March 23, 2024, Saturday, March 30, 2024 and Saturday, April 6, 2024 

    David's, Prahran

    Free unlimited yum cha is up for grabs every Saturday arvo in Prahran for anyone named David.

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    Kubrick: A Complete Retrospective

    Thursday, April 25, 2024, Thursday, May 2, 2024 and Thursday, May 9, 2024 

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    This cinematic celebration of a movie master is screening all 13 of the filmmaker's features, starting with 'Fear and Desire' and ending with 'Eyes Wide Shut'.

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    Monster Fest Weekender: Slasher Edition

    Friday, April 26 - Sunday, April 28, 2024

    Cinema Nova, Carlton

    Of course this three-day festival at Cinema Nova includes 'Nightmare on Elm Street' and 'Friday the 13th' flicks — and a 'Sleepaway Camp' marathon.

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    Josh Thomas — 'Let's Tidy Up' Tour

    Tuesday, April 9 - Sunday, April 21, 2024

    Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne

    The star of 'Please Like Me' is returning to stages across Australia on his latest standup tour — and we have an exclusive discount.

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    Wild Harvest Seafood Festival

    Friday, April 26 - Sunday, April 28, 2024

    Muddie (Mudbrick Hall), Mallacoota

    Take a road trip down the coast for ocean-fresh hauls, live music, bush food walks and a booze- and seafood-filled sunset cruise.

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    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    Thursday, March 21 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    A return to New York helps boost this sequel to 2021's 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', but it's still worlds away from the franchise's 80s flicks.

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    Leonardo da Vinci: 500 Years of Genius

    Saturday, March 16 - Sunday, June 16, 2024

    THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf

    Hello 'Mona Lisa': Melbourne digital art gallery The Lume's big multi-sensory 2024 exhibition is dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci.

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    Twenty-Nine Cheese Gnocchi

    Monday, April 1 - Sunday, April 14, 2024

    Cucinetta, South Yarra

    South Yarra's Cucinetta is serving up this extremely cheesy gnocchi for two weeks only.

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    LUZIA — Cirque du Soleil

    Sunday, March 24 - Sunday, May 19, 2024

    Flemington Racecourse, Flemington

    This spectacular Mexican-inspired production is also Cirque du Soleil's first touring performance to feature rain in its acrobatic and artistic scenes.

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    Autumn Gin Market

    Friday, April 12 - Saturday, April 13, 2024

    The Craft & Co, Collingwood

    Taste and buy some of Australia's best gins when hitting up this two-day market at Smith Street's The Craft & Co.

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    Not on Your Rider: Melbourne International Comedy Festival

    Thursday, April 18, 2024

    Brunswick Ballroom, Brunswick

    This music game show takes place live, featuring different musicians each time — and you can play along.

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    Not Natural — Science Gallery Melbourne

    Saturday, February 17 - Saturday, June 29, 2024

    Science Gallery Melbourne, Parkville

    Explore the boundary between natural and artificial at this free exhibit in University of Melbourne's Science Gallery.

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    Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival

    Friday, April 5 - Sunday, April 28, 2024

    Various Locations across Macedon Ranges, Victoria

    As the leaves turn golden, this much-loved region is showing off its seasonal charm with a month of food, drink, music, art and more.

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    All You Can Spritzza

    Saturday, February 24, 2024, Sunday, February 25, 2024, Saturday, March 2, 2024 and Sunday, March 3, 2024 

    400 Gradi, East Brunswick

    400 Gradi in Brunswick and Mornington Peninsula is serving up unlimited spritzes and pizza every weekend throughout summer and beyond.

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    Alliance Française French Film Festival

    Wednesday, March 6 - Tuesday, April 2, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    From 'The Three Musketeers' to the latest film by Michel Gondry, this year's 41-movie lineup isn't short on highlights. 

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    Wicked

    Saturday, March 2 - Sunday, May 12, 2024

    Regent Theatre, Melbourne

    Get ready to defy gravity: this 'Wizard of Oz'-inspired blockbuster musical is sweeping into Melbourne.

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    Marvel Universe LIVE!

    Friday, April 12 - Monday, April 15, 2024

    Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

    Marvel's live arena show featuring 20-plus heroes and villains is swinging into Melbourne.

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    The Greatest Rita Show

    Monday, March 18 - Sunday, April 7, 2024

    El Camino Cantina Fitzroy, Fitzroy

    Royal Easter Show time in Sydney means a new round of creative margarita flavours in Melbourne, including bubblegum, sour lemonade and chilli triple-buttered popcorn.

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    Chicago

    Saturday, March 23 - Sunday, May 19, 2024

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne

    The smash-hit musical is bringing its 1920s razzle dazzle — and all that jazz — back to Melbourne.

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    Tesselaar Kabloom: Festival of Flowers

    Saturday, March 23 - Sunday, April 21, 2024

    Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan

    Watch pixies, fairies and sprites soar above a flowerbed stage as part of a circus at this year's Tesselaar Kabloom Festival of Flowers in the Dandenong Ranges.

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    The Bubbles Festival

    Saturday, April 20, 2024

    Bells Hotel, South Melbourne

    Say cheers to two hours of sipping sparkling at this ode to bubbly sips.

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    NGV Triennial 2023

    Sunday, December 3, 2023 - Sunday, April 7, 2024

    NGV International, Melbourne

    NGV International's free three-yearly showcase features robot dogs, Yoko Ono's art, a giant thumbs up and a room-sized ode to plants.

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    Non-Stop Noods at New Quarter

    Saturday, January 20 - Sunday, December 29, 2024

    New Quarter, Richmond

    Sip and slurp your way through bottomless margaritas and never-ending bowls of Vietnamese noodles.

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    Groundhog Day The Musical

    Wednesday, January 24 - Sunday, April 7, 2024

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne

    Tim Minchin's stage musical version of the 90s film favourite is finally looking for a shadow in Australia.

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    Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition

    Saturday, December 16, 2023 - Sunday, April 21, 2024

    Melbourne Museum, Carlton

    The king of all Titanic exhibitions has dropped anchor in Melbourne with 200-plus artefacts.

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    Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature

    Thursday, November 23, 2023 - Sunday, April 14, 2024

    ACMI, Melbourne

    This spectacular world-premiere experimental digital exhibition about nature is taking over Melbourne's ACMI.

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    (This is) Air

    Thursday, November 23, 2023 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

    NGV International, Melbourne

    Meet Australia's new big thing: a 14-metre-tall inflatable sphere that breathes air is the National Gallery of Victoria's 2023 Architecture Commission.

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