The Best Free Things to Do in Melbourne This Week

Zero dollar shenanigans await.

Concrete Playground
Published on August 23, 2017

Melbourne may be one of the most expensive cities in the world, but that doesn't mean folks don't put things on for free. If you know where to look (i.e. right here), you'll find free art, free classes. free parties — and sometimes even free wine. So swallow your disdain for crowds and curb your complaints about people who only go to exhibition openings for the complimentary drinks and get amongst these events, which you can attend gloriously cash-free.

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Event
Radiant Pavilion 2017

Sat, 26 Aug - Sun, 3 Sep 2017
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne

So much more than a jewellery market, this biannual event covers object installations, exhibitions, workshops and performances.

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Patient Wolf Open Day

Sat, 26 Aug, 2017
Patient Wolf Distilling Co., Southbank

Try the locally hand-crafted, small batch gin, straight from the source.

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Brinner Festival

Fri, 25 Aug, 2017
206 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Eat cheese toasties, egg and bacon tacos and deep-fried avocado rolls for dinner.

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Rutherglen in the City

Fri, 25 Aug - Sun, 27 Aug 2017
Driver Lane, Melbourne

A pop-up CBD cellar door offering free tastings of Victorian wines.

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West Projections Festival 2017

Fri, 11 Aug - Sun, 27 Aug 2017
Various Footscray venues, Footscray

Footscray's own three-week projection fest.

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Border Lines

Fri, 18 Aug - Thu, 24 Aug 2017
Domain House, Melbourne

An exhibition of works from painters and artists from three different Indigenous art communities.

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Hot Sauce and Chilli Festival

Sat, 26 Aug - Sun, 27 Aug 2017
Welcome to Thornbury, Northcote

Two days of hot sauce, chilli shots and Melbourne's spiciest foods.

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Melbourne Writers Festival 2017

Fri, 25 Aug - Sun, 3 Sep 2017
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne

This year's fest will be filled with award-winning authors, published politicians, noted journalists and Harry Potter.

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Live N Local Festival 2017

Sat, 19 Aug - Sat, 26 Aug 2017
Various locations across the City of Port Phillip, St Kilda

The City of Port Phillip's free winter festival is back.

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Joshua Miels: Inner Thoughts

Mon, 7 Aug - Sat, 2 Sep 2017
Metro Gallery, Armadale

Large-scale portraits with great depth — literally and figuratively.

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Future Eaters

Sat, 22 Jul - Sat, 23 Sep 2017
Monash University Museum of Art, Caulfield East

A group exhibition exploring how technology is impacting and informing sculptural art practice.

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The Score

Tue, 1 Aug - Sun, 5 Nov 2017
Ian Potter Museum of Art, Carlton

This cross-disciplinary exhibition explores how sound might might be represented visually.

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Greater Together

Sat, 8 Jul - Sun, 17 Sep 2017
ACCA, Melbourne

A utopian exhibition looking at how we might find solidarity in both the art world and broader society (and how to survive if disaster strikes).

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Madame Brussels Lane European Night Market 2017

Fri, 4 Aug, 2017
Madame Brussels Lane, Melbourne

Embrace winter with European comfort food and mugs of warm mulled wine.

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Due West Immersive Arts Festival

Thu, 10 Aug - Sun, 27 Aug 2017
Various venues across Melbourne's west, Melbourne

18 days of immersive performances, music and parties across Melbourne's western suburbs.

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David Thomas: Colouring Impermanence

Fri, 28 Jul - Sat, 23 Sep 2017
RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne

Experience Thomas' paintings and practice with a collection of his works and a free micro-course on teaching fine art.

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Octopus 17: Forever Transformed

Fri, 28 Jul - Sat, 9 Sep 2017
Gertrude Contemporary, Preston South

Gertrude Contemporary's first show in their new Preston home explores resilience, optimism and perseverance.

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The Pool: Architecture, Culture and Identity

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 - Thu, 1 Feb 2018
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne

A new exhibition exploring the pool's cultural significance in Australia.

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Defying Empire: NGA's 3rd National Indigenous Art Triennial

Fri, 26 May - Sun, 10 Sep 2017
National Gallery of Australia, Parkes

Road trip to NGA for this major exhibition featuring 30 established, mid-career and emerging Indigenous artists exploring themes of identity, racism, displacement and country.

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Event
Code Breakers: Women in Games

Tue, 25 Jul - Sun, 5 Nov 2017
ACMI, Melbourne

Experience the games created by top local game designers (who all happen to be female).

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Event
Every Brilliant Eye: Australian Art of the 1990s

Fri, 2 Jun - Sun, 1 Oct 2017
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne

Celebrate Australia in the '90s thanks to a room dedicated to club culture and a showcase of grunge.

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Event
The Creators Market

Multiple single dates
Prahran Town Hall, Prahran

A quarterly market selling artisan wares from local creatives.

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