The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend

This weekend, you can pair pickleball games with sushi platters and cocktails, watch films under the stars, and head up to the Macedon Ranges for a huge festival.
Andrew Zuccala and Concrete Playground
Published on January 16, 2025
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    Pickleball Pop-Up at Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya

    Thu, 9 Jan - Thu, 6 Feb 2025

    Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya, Fitzroy

    Drop by this Japanese restaurant to pair your sushi and cocktails with a few rounds of pickleball.

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    $15 Cacio e Pepe at Marameo

    Tue, 7 Jan - Fri, 31 Jan 2025

    Marameo, Melbourne

    The team is slashing the price of its most-popular pasta to celebrate its fifth birthday — but only until the end of January.

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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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    Terasu Japanese Dining Pop-Up at Portsea Hotel

    Fri, 3 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan 2025

    Portsea Hotel, Portsea

    Chef Yukio Ozeki is serving up a a luxe six-course Japanese feed at Mornington Peninsula's beloved Portsea Hotel for only a few weeks in January.

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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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    Yayoi Kusama

    Sun, 15 Dec 2024 - Mon, 21 Apr 2025

    NGV International, Melbourne

    Australia's biggest-ever Yayoi Kusama retrospective is coming to the NGV in Melbourne with a brand-new infinity mirror room.

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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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    Free to Feed's Summer Feasts

    Mon, 6 Jan - Fri, 21 Feb 2025

    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 a pop-up dinner series.

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    Summertime Fling Festival

    Fri, 3 Jan - Mon, 27 Jan 2025

    Various Locations across Macedon Ranges, Victoria

    Unearth the best of the Macedon Ranges' vinous delights, with a three-week program of wine, food and music.

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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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    Sun Chasers Sunday Sessions

    Sun, 10 Nov 2024 - Sun, 2 Feb 2025

    W Melbourne, Melbourne

    Pair your sky-high swim sesh with bottomless wine and snacks at W Melbourne.

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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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    VAN GOGH, MONET & DEGAS 3D: LASTING IMPRESSIONS at IMAX Melbourne

    Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025

    IMAX Melbourne, Carlton

    See some of history's most iconic artworks come alive like never before.

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    Long Live Longnecks at BANG

    Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025

    BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy

    You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.

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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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    Bottomless Brunch at Ming Dining

    Fri, 4 Oct 2024 - Sun, 23 Feb 2025

    Ming Dining, Melbourne

    This CBD fine-diner is pairing a seven-course Asian-fusion feed with bottomless cocktails, beer and wine for only $69 per person.

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    Apéritif v Aperitivo Arvos at Molly Rose Brewery

    Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025

    Molly Rose Brewery, Collingwood

    Sample Molly Rose's new small-batch gins, pastis, vodkas and vermouths at its aperitivo sessions and masterclasses.

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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.

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    Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition

    Tue, 17 Sep 2024 - Sun, 16 Feb 2025

    ACMI, Melbourne

    Start honking: this free world-premiere 'Untitled Goose Game' celebration at ACMI showcases everyone's favourite horrible goose.

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: Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya.

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