The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend

This weekend in Melbourne, you can immerse yourself in light shows, eat your way through a cheese festival and relive your childhood at Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast' musical.
Andrew Zuccala and Concrete Playground
Published on June 27, 2024
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    Palace Cinemas' $8 Movie Weekend

    Saturday, June 29 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

    Palace Cinemas Melbourne, Melbourne

    This cinema chain is treating cinephiles to two days of super-cheap tickets, including sessions of 'Furiosa', 'A Quiet Place: Day One' and 'Inside Out 2'.

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    The Promised Land

    Thursday, June 20 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    More than a decade after 'A Royal Affair', Mads Mikkelsen and filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel have made another grand and gripping drama set in Denmark's past.

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    Builders Arms Hotel Sausage Festival

    Friday, June 21 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

    Builders Arms Hotel, Fitzroy

    Snag some not-so-classic bangers at this week-long sausage fest.

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    Inside Out 2

    Thursday, June 13 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    Amy Poehler still brings joy in this nine-years-later sequel to one of Pixar's best films, which proves as emotionally intelligent as its predecessor.

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    A Trilogy of Takeovers at Lumen People

    Friday, June 14, 2024, Sunday, June 23, 2024 and Friday, June 28, 2024 

    Lumen People, North Melbourne

    Think of this series like a back-to-back DJ set, where a chef and wine pro team up to create one-off food and vino pairings.

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    Disaronno at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne

    Monday, May 27 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024

    Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

    Where to taste an authentic amaretto sour across Melbourne.

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    Scone Festival at Mary Eats Cake

    Saturday, June 1 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

    Mary Eats Cake Montrose, Montrose

    Indulge in different iterations of scones each week for the whole month of June.

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    East Gippsland Winter Festival

    Friday, June 21 - Sunday, July 21, 2024

    Various venues around East Gippsland

    Bring your appetite. East Gippsland Winter Festival is back for 2024 with produce, platters and parties galore.

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    Firelight Festival

    Friday, June 28 - Sunday, July 14, 2024

    Docklands Harbour Esplanade, Docklands

    Melbourne's after-dark arts festival is back for a fiery time at Docklands, complete with an underground light show and labyrinth beneath Marvel Stadium.

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    Victoria the T. Rex

    Friday, June 28 - Sunday, October 20, 2024

    Melbourne Museum, Carlton

    One of the biggest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossils in the world is making Melbourne Museum its temporary home.

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    Mould — A Cheese Festival

    Friday, June 28 - Saturday, June 29, 2024

    Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton

    Try more than 100 of Australia's best cheeses at this big two-day dairy festival — with wine, beer and whisky, of course.

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    Disney's Beauty and the Beast: The Musical

    Thursday, June 27 - Sunday, November 24, 2024

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne

    You'll want to be this delightful Disney musical's guest at Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre from late June.

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    Winter Aperitivo at Baby Pizza

    Saturday, June 1 - Saturday, August 31, 2024

    Baby Pizza, Richmond

    Richmond's Baby Pizza is serving up spritz, wine and cocktail specials from 4–6pm daily throughout winter.

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    Free to Feed Winter Feasts

    Friday, June 7 - Saturday, August 31, 2024

    Free to Feed Fitzroy North, Fitzroy North

    Some of the social enterprise's culinarily gifted participants are sharing the flavours and stories of their cultures via an immersive dinner series this winter.

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    Rockpool Bar & Grill's Degustation Dinners

    Saturday, June 1 - Saturday, July 20, 2024

    Rockpool Bar & Grill Melbourne, Southbank

    Rockpool chefs are showing off their creativity with this limited-time degustation that's packed with top-quality meat and seafood.

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    Spanish Film Festival

    Friday, June 14 - Wednesday, July 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Say hola to Melbourne's annual showcase of Spanish and Latin American movies — including a celebration of Salvador Dalí in cinema.

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    The same crowd never gathers twice — Buxton Contemporary Gallery

    Friday, May 10 - Sunday, October 13, 2024

    Buxton Contemporary, Southbank

    This six month exhibition is taking over University of Melbourne's dedicated gallery space with an examination of how we each participate in public life.

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    The Woman in Black

    Thursday, June 13 - Saturday, July 6, 2024

    Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne

    This spooky page-to-stage ghost story is back to haunt Melbourne, as starring Australian actors John Waters and Daniel MacPherson.

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    Pharaoh

    Friday, June 14 - Sunday, October 6, 2024

    NGV International, Melbourne

    This blockbuster NGV exhibition is bringing 500-plus ancient Egyptian items to Melbourne in 2024.

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    $10 Sunday Morning Movie Tickets at Hoyts

    Sunday, June 9, 2024, Sunday, June 16, 2024 and Sunday, June 23, 2024 

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Spend Sunday mornings in June at the flicks for a tenner — as long as your session starts before 12.01pm.

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    Japanese Film Festival Online

    Wednesday, June 5 - Wednesday, July 3, 2024

    Online

    This virtual-only film festival is back for 2024 with 23 films, two TV dramas and four horror shorts, all of which you can watch for free.

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    Sunset Boulevard

    Tuesday, May 21 - Sunday, August 11, 2024

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne

    Starring Sarah Brightman as Norma Desmond, this Tony-winning musical based on the film of the same name is playing Melbourne.

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    Bottomless Dumplings at Dimmy Su

    Friday, May 10 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024

    Welcome to Brunswick, Brunswick

    Close out the work day with all-you-can-eat dumplings for less than $30.

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    ALUMNI at Crown Melbourne

    Thursday, May 16 - Sunday, August 4, 2024

    Evergreen, Southbank

    This pop-up restaurant will feature residencies from four former 'MasterChef Australia' contestants.

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    Universal Everything: Beings

    Wednesday, May 22 - Sunday, September 29, 2024

    ACMI, Melbourne

    This world-premiere exhibition at ACMI features installations that respond differently to every visitor.

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    Mud Crab Special at Spice Temple

    Wednesday, May 1 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

    Spice Temple, Southbank

    This coveted mud crab special is making its long-awaited seasonal return to the Southbank restaurant's menu — but only for a limited time.

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    Winter Warmer Events at Navi

    Wednesday, May 1 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024

    Navi, Yarraville

    The intimate fine diner will collaborate with boutique drinks producers for speciality cocktails and bites this winter.

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    Raclette Supper at Handpicked Wines

    Wednesday, April 10 - Saturday, August 31, 2024

    Handpicked Wines Cellar Door, Melbourne

    Cosy up with some melted cheese and bold wines this winter.

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    Pasta Bambino

    Monday, April 22 - Saturday, August 31, 2024

    Pasta Bambino, Brunswick East

    Bouvier Bar has launched a new pasta pop-up serving comforting classics just in time for winter.

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    Harry Potter — A Forbidden Forest Experience

    Saturday, April 6 - Sunday, July 14, 2024

    The Briars Community Forest, Mount Martha

    This magical experience will get you spotting fantastic beasts at The Briars Community Forest on the Mornington Peninsula.

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    Wicked

    Saturday, March 2 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

    Regent Theatre, Melbourne

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

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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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    All-You-Can-Eat Charcoal Chicken

    Saturday, April 13 - Sunday, December 29, 2024

    Henrietta Windsor, Windsor

    Featuring hot chicks, crispy chips, creamy toum, fattoush salad, Henrietta’s signature hummus, and pickles.

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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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    (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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    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.

The best things to do in Melbourne this weekend — spend each day discovering bars, absorbing art and feasting your way through food markets.

Top image: Sausage Festival at Builders Arms Hotel.

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