The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Week

This week, you can get dancing in a warehouse, catch a 'Twilight' marathon and hit up an after-work happy hour.
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Published on April 22, 2025
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    Australian Heritage Festival Victoria

    Fri, 18 Apr - Sun, 18 May 2025

    Various locations around Victoria, Melbourne

    Choose from 300 free and ticketed events that reveal the people, places and cultures that have shaped present-day Victoria.

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    Moon Dog Wild West's Rootin' Tootin' First Birthday

    Sat, 26 Apr, 2025

    Moon Dog Wild West, Footscray

    This day-long shindig is packed with free drinks, live music and food specials.

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    Peaches and Prints at Mill Place Merchants

    Thu, 17 Apr, 2025

    Mill Place Merchants, Melbourne

    Every Thursday in April, this speakeasy is travelling back in time with classic bellinis, polaroid cameras and vintage glamour.

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    Saturday Brunch at Cuff

    Sat, 19 Apr, 2025

    Cuff, Melbourne

    One of the CBD's favourite working-week cafes is now dishing up brunch on Saturdays, with optional bottomless spritzes for $35.

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    Bangin' Brunch at BANG

    Sat, 12 Apr, 2025

    BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy

    Eat your way through three courses of Thai delights while sipping on Chandon Garden Spritz.

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    Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett

    Thu, 3 Apr - Sun, 11 May 2025

    Meat Market, Melbourne

    Come for the no-holds-barred kabarett, then stay for the astonishing circus, gender-bending aerials and fire-breathing sideshow.

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    Aperol Hour at Baby Pizza

    Mon, 3 Mar - Sat, 31 May 2025

    Baby Pizza, Richmond

    From 4–6pm every day, you can treat yourself to $9.50 cocktails, $7.50 wines and $6.50 beers for two heavenly hours.

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    29-Cheese Gnocchi at Cucinetta

    Tue, 1 Apr - Wed, 30 Apr 2025

    Cucinetta, South Yarra

    Melbourne just can't get enough of this special — this is the dish's eighth appearance, driven by insanely high popular demand. 

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    Hawker 88 Night Market

    Wed, 9 Apr, 2025

    Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne

    Spanning five weeks of incredible food, dance and music, this eclectic night market is a bustling affair.

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    Cheese Wheel Pasta at Vaporetto

    Tue, 1 Apr - Wed, 30 Apr 2025

    Vaporetto Bar & Eatery, Hawthorn

    Warm up with a giant plate of pasta cooked just right and finished before your eyes in a giant cheese wheel.

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    'Twilight' Saga Overnight Marathon

    Sat, 26 Apr, 2025

    Cinema Nova, Carlton

    Relive the entire vampire romance saga over one epic night, featuring all five films — and a complimentary cereal bar breakfast.

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    Van Gogh High Tea

    Sat, 1 Mar - Sun, 1 Jun 2025

    TWR, Southbank

    The Crown's cocktail bar has joined forces with THE LUME art gallery to transform the Dutch painters' works into a dreamy feast.

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    $50 Date Nights at Marameo

    Wed, 5 Mar, 2025

    Marameo, Melbourne

    This midweek special is perfect for you and your other half — or round up some mates for a table of four or six.

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    Langlands' Bottomless Brunch

    Sat, 1 Mar, 2025

    Langlands Restaurant and Bar, Melbourne

    Relish a different kind of bottomless brunch, with this high-end feast served 25 floors above the CBD with panoramic views.

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    Tesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers

    Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025

    Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan

    Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.

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    What's on in Frankston: 2025 Events

    Multiple single dates

    Various Frankston venues

    From European beach clubs to street art and sand sculpting, here's everything hitting Frankston in early 2025.

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    The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale

    Sat, 26 Apr - Fri, 30 May 2025

    Comedy Theatre, Melbourne

    The musical version of JRR Tolkien's classic is taking the hobbits to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre.

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    Van Gogh at The Lume

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 - Sun, 1 Jun 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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    Frida Kahlo: In Her Own Image

    Sat, 15 Mar - Sun, 13 Jul 2025

    Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo

    This Frida Kahlo exhibition features items and artworks never seen before in Australia — and you can only catch it at the Bendigo Art Gallery.

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    The Warehouse Project

    Fri, 25 Apr, 2025

    PICA (Port Melbourne Industrial Centre for the Arts), Port Melbourne

    Manchester's rave scene is heading to Melbourne for a second year, this time with Partiboi69, Hector Oaks, X-Coast and more on the decks.

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    Fantastic Film Festival Australia

    Thu, 24 Apr - Thu, 15 May 2025

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Finn Wolfhard's new slasher flick, nude 'Austin Powers', a Lynne Ramsay retrospective: 2025's FFFA has them all.

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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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    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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