The Best Free Things to Do in Melbourne This Week

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Concrete Playground
August 23, 2017
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    Radiant Pavilion 2017

    Saturday, August 26 - Sunday, September 3, 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

    Saturday, August 26, 2017

    Patient Wolf Distilling Co., Southbank

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

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    Brinner Festival

    Friday, August 25, 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

    Friday, August 25 - Sunday, August 27, 2017

    Driver Lane, Melbourne

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

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    West Projections Festival 2017

    Friday, August 11 - Sunday, August 27, 2017

    Various Footscray venues, Footscray

    Footscray's own three-week projection fest.

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    Border Lines

    Friday, August 18 - Thursday, August 24, 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

    Saturday, August 26 - Sunday, August 27, 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

    Friday, August 25 - Sunday, September 3, 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

    Saturday, August 19 - Saturday, August 26, 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

    Monday, August 7 - Saturday, September 2, 2017

    Metro Gallery, Armadale

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

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    Future Eaters

    Saturday, July 22 - Saturday, September 23, 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

    Tuesday, August 1 - Sunday, November 5, 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

    Saturday, July 8 - Sunday, September 17, 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

    Friday, August 4, 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

    Thursday, August 10 - Sunday, August 27, 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

    Friday, July 28 - Saturday, September 23, 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

    Friday, July 28 - Saturday, September 9, 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

    Friday, August 18, 2017 - Thursday, February 1, 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

    Friday, May 26 - Sunday, September 10, 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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    Code Breakers: Women in Games

    Tuesday, July 25 - Sunday, November 5, 2017

    ACMI, Melbourne

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

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    Every Brilliant Eye: Australian Art of the 1990s

    Friday, June 2 - Sunday, October 1, 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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    The Creators Market

    Saturday, February 25, 2017, Saturday, May 27, 2017, Saturday, August 26, 2017 and Saturday, November 18, 2017 

    Prahran Town Hall, Prahran

    A quarterly market selling artisan wares from local creatives.

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