The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Week

This week in Melbourne, you can catch Green Day live, hit up a wine and cheese festival, and watch a 'Dune' double feature in IMAX.
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Published on February 24, 2025
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    Dr Morse's 12th Birthday Weekend

    Fri, 28 Feb - Sun, 2 Mar 2025

    Dr Morse, Abbotsford

    Celebrate Dr Morse's 12th anniversary and a revamped culinary identity with non-stop DJs and Italian-inspired cocktails.

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    Float Your Boat: Kariton x Molly Rose

    Sun, 2 Mar, 2025

    Molly Rose Brewery, Collingwood

    This one-day-only schooner and scoops session features beer and ice cream floats ready to overwhelm your tastebuds.

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    Bottomless Social at Flight Club

    Whether you bullseye or bust, this bottomless session featuring canapes, wine and cocktails is bound to get you hankering for more darts.

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    Section 8 Birthday Beach Party

    Mon, 24 Feb - Sun, 2 Mar 2025

    Section 8, Melbourne

    The return of a cult classic Melbourne laneway party to celebrate a very special occasion.

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    Focus on David Lynch

    Thu, 6 Feb - Sat, 1 Mar 2025

    ACMI, Melbourne

    BYO damn fine cup of coffee for this season of Lynch's ten features, which pays tribute to the late, great visionary.

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    Mardi Gras Film Festival Online

    Fri, 28 Feb - Tue, 11 Mar 2025

    Online

    This celebration of queer cinema doesn't just happen in-person in Sydney —it lets you stream along from home nationwide.

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    Free Weekly Wine Tastings at Bobbie Peels

    Wed, 8 Jan - Wed, 26 Feb 2025

    Bobbie Peels, North Melbourne

    This local North Melbourne pub is hosting free wine tastings every Wednesday, plus it's also slashing the cost of bottles of wine by 20% throughout the night.

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    Melbourne Marriott Docklands Rooftop Infinity Pool Pass

    Mon, 16 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025

    Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands, Docklands

    Spend your summer days sipping spritzes and paddling around this rooftop infinity pool.

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    Baby's Summer of Spritz

    Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025

    Baby Pizza, Richmond

    Baby's summertime happy hour deal includes a bunch of $9.50 spritzes, $6.5 Peroni Rossas and a $7.50 house wine.

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    NGV Friday Nights: Yayoi Kusama

    Fri, 20 Dec 2024 - Fri, 18 Apr 2025

    NGV International, Melbourne

    The NGV's big Yayoi Kusama exhibition is hosting after-hours parties so you can spend Friday evenings surrounded by dots and pumpkins.

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    Underground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto

    Sun, 17 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025

    Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick

    This is the first time the archive has been exhibited outside of Europe.

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    Van Gogh at The Lume

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025

    THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf

    Sunflowers, stars and a sublime multi-sensory experience: you'll find them all at this immersive and stunning exhibition.

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    Green Day: 'The Saviors' Tour

    Sat, 1 Mar, 2025

    Marvel Stadium, Docklands

    These 90s and 00s favourites are returning Down Under to play their iconic 'Dookie' and 'American Idiot' albums in full.

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    Europa! Europa Film Festival

    Wed, 12 Feb - Wed, 12 Mar 2025

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Celebrate European cinema with a packed film festival lineup featuring 44 movies from 26 countries.

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    Biggest Best IMAX Film Festival

    Sat, 11 Jan - Sun, 2 Mar 2025

    IMAX Melbourne, Carlton

    This IMAX Melbourne film festival is filled with the best and biggest flicks to see on its huge 32-metre-wide by 23-metre-tall screen.

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    Wine & Cheese Fest 2025

    Sat, 1 Mar, 2025

    The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne

    The best days out are ones packed with dreamy local cheese, vino and grape stomping.

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    Australian International Documentary Conference

    Sun, 2 Mar - Wed, 5 Mar 2025

    ACMI, Melbourne

    Must-see Oscar-nominees 'Black Box Diaries' and 'Sugarcane' lead the lineup at this celebration of factual filmmaking.

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    Kisume and Society's Summer Cocktail Hour

    Tue, 3 Dec 2024 - Thu, 27 Feb 2025

    Kisumé, Melbourne

    Head to Kisume's Chablis Bar and Society's The Lounge for $15 cocktails and discounted snacks throughout summer.

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    Cats & Dogs

    Fri, 1 Nov 2024 - Sun, 20 Jul 2025

    The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Melbourne

    Featuring 250-plus works, NGV Australia's adorable exhibition agrees that there's no such thing as too many pet pictures.

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    Long Live Longnecks at BANG

    Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025

    BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy

    You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.

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    Moonlight Cinema Melbourne

    Fri, 29 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025

    Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, South Yarra

    Catch 'The Fall Guy', 'Gladiator II', 'The Substance' and a heap of Christmas movies under the stars in the Royal Botanic Gardens.

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    The Future & Other Fictions

    Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025

    ACMI, Melbourne

    From 'Blade Runner 2049' to Björk, this world-premiere exhibition at ACMI explores and celebrates futuristic storytelling.

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    Mov'In Bed Beach Cinema at The District Docklands

    Fri, 6 Dec 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025

    The District Docklands, Docklands

    Watch movies on mattresses on the sand at Docklands — 'Gladiator II', 'Wicked', 'Joker: Folie à Deux' and 'Home Alone' are on the lineup.

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    Yayoi Kusama

    Sun, 15 Dec 2024 - Mon, 21 Apr 2025

    NGV International, Melbourne

    Australia's biggest-ever Yayoi Kusama retrospective is filling the NGV in Melbourne with dots, tentacles, mirrors, pumpkins and a brand-new infinity room.

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    The Fitzroy Mills Market

    Mon, 25 Nov, 2024

    The Fitzroy Mills, Fitzroy

    This much-loved Fitzroy market showcases a top selection of local food producers an makers each Saturday.

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    Home Truth

    Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025

    NGV International, Melbourne

    A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.

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    QVM's Summer Night Market

    Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

    Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

    Over 100 local traders are participating in this summer's market, including 45 street food stalls and six pop-up bars.

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    The Fans Strike Back: A Fan Exhibition

    Sat, 23 Nov 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025

    The District Docklands, Docklands

    This 'Star Wars'-worshipping showcase is bringing one of the planet's largest private collections of replica memorabilia from the franchise to Melbourne.

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