The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend
This weekend in Melbourne, you can sip and snack at a wine and cheese festival, catch a movie under the stars and explore futuristic stories.
Weekends are precious — which is why we've curated a special selection of the best things to do in Melbourne for this weekend. We want to make sure no one spends their precious days off doing something dull or unnecessarily expensive.
Luckily, Melbourne's got plenty happening for those looking to have a damn good time — whether that includes discovering new bars, absorbing art or feasting your way through food markets. Here are our picks for what's on in Melbourne this weekend.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.