Moomba 2023
Melbourne's riotous community festival returns to the banks of the Yarra for five huge days of entertainment, water sports and more.
Overview
Victoria's Labour Day long weekend kicks off soon; and long-running festival Moomba is here to fill it to the brim with a jam-packed offering of entertainment, music, dancing, carnival rides, water sports and flying machines.
Moomba's newly expanded 2023 edition runs from Thursday, March 9–Monday, March 13, transforming Alexandra Gardens and Birrarung Marr into a hive of colour and activity.
Music-lovers can look forward to live tunes from acts like MzRizk, Cool Out Sun, The Mamas, Fat Picnic, Chelsea Manor and Retro Red, or hit one of the silent disco or karaoke sessions. Elsewhere, you can get your own groove on at a dance workshop, with the experts helping you perfect those hip hop, Bollywood or Latin moves.
Meanwhile, a program of water sport showcases will bring the Yarra River to life, as the world's top water ski and wakeboard athletes put on some unmissable performances. You'll enjoy classic show rides and a global array of food stalls at the Moomba Carnival, spreading out along Birrarung Marr. And don't forget the nightly fireworks displays.
On Sunday, March 12, the ever hilarious Birdman Rally sees gutsy competitors take giant leaps of faith from the banks of the Yarra in their homemade flying contraptions, raising money for charity while providing spectators plenty of laughs.
And, helping to wrap up the festivities on Monday, March 13, is the long-running Moomba Parade, which will roll along Birdwood Avenue with a colourful riot of dancers, tunes and supersized floats.
The Birdman Rally
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