The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend
Pair a pasta lunch with bottomless prosecco, wander through a free after-dark festival of lights, or see Hilltop Hoods and Sampa the Great hit the stage for Ability Fest.
The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend
Weekends are precious. You want to make the most of those glorious days devoid of responsibility and overflowing with possibility. Luckily, Melbourne's got plenty happening to make sure you don't spend your weekend indoors binge-watching Netflix; instead, fill your time off discovering new bars, absorbing art and feasting your way through food markets. Here's our pick of good stuff happening this weekend.
Top image: Ability Fest, by Jayden Ostwald
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Arts & EntertainmentOf an Age
Australian cinema gains a new queer classic with this tender Melbourne-set romance from 'You Won't Be Alone' writer/director Goran Stolevski.
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Food & DrinkGrazeland's Second Birthday Weekend
Spotswood's permanent food festival is celebrating turning two with three big days of cheap eats and entertainment.
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Design & StyleNational Trust of Victoria's Vintage Clothing Sale 2023
Score discount Armani, Chanel, Alexander McQueen and more at this mammoth vintage sale at Abbotsford Convent.
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Arts & EntertainmentWomin Djeka Balnarring Ngargee
This annual celebration of First Nations culture serves up a big day of live tunes, market stalls, workshops, performances and more.
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Design & StyleMelbourne Fashion Hub Pop-Up Store 2023
Here's your chance to shop threads from Melbourne's next generation of rising fashion stars.
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Arts & EntertainmentFed Live
Catch King Stingray, Vera Blue, Masked Wolf and more playing free gigs under the stars at Fed Square.
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Arts & Entertainment& Juliet
This Olivier Award-winning Shakespeare-meets-pop musical is coming to Australia in 2023.
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Food & DrinkNGV Friday Nights Summer 2022
The gallery's tune-filled after-hours parties are back for summer — this time inspired by the great Alexander McQueen.
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Food & DrinkSecco Sessions
Spend your Saturday sipping bottomless prosecco and revelling in disco tunes.
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Food & DrinkThe Convenient Store 2023
This pop-up 7-Eleven is stocked with specialty snacks from the likes of Tom Sarafian, Shannon Martinez and Piccolina — plus, Slurpee-inspired cocktails.
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Food & DrinkA Hundred-Mile Fish Tale
Dive into a four-course feast heroing wild-caught Victorian seafood — and paired with live funk and soul.
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Arts & EntertainmentJohn Wick: Chapter 4
The 'John Wick' films keep getting bigger and better, with Keanu Reeves joined by martial-arts icon Donnie Yen in this globe-hopping action epic.
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Food & DrinkAll-You-Can-Eat Monday–Friday at The Bavarian
Every weekday for two weeks only, The Bavarian is serving up all-you-can-eat deals.
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Arts & EntertainmentAbility Fest 2023
Dylan Alcott's fully accessible music festival is back, this year headlined by Hilltop Hoods, Mashd N Kutcher and Sampa the Great.
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Arts & EntertainmentBirrarangga Film Festival 2023
Celebrating Indigenous filmmakers from around the globe, this six-day film fest is headlined by six stunning 360-degree screen works.
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Arts & EntertainmentPearl
Mia Goth is magnetic again in this gem of a prequel to Ti West's 2022 slasher standout 'X'.
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Food & DrinkTea Thyme
This Mornington Peninsula bathing destination is doing a monthly high tea starring native ingredients and signature gin cocktails.
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Arts & EntertainmentShazam! Fury of the Gods
Apart from casting Helen Mirren, Lucy Liu and 'West Side Story' star Rachel Zegler, this sequel to 2019’s 'Shazam' is hardly magical.
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Food & DrinkThe Peninsula Picnic 2023
Feast on the Mornington Peninsula's best produce while grooving to live tunes at one helluva picnic.
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Arts & EntertainmentRamesh Mario Nithiyendran: Undergod
This renowned Sydney-based Sri Lankan-born artist brings his colourful mythological sculptures south for his first Melbourne solo show in seven years.
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Arts & EntertainmentMeet Me in the Bathroom
The Strokes, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and NYC’s early-00s indie-rock scene get the in-the-moment documentary treatment by the directors of 'Shut Up and Play the Hits'.
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Arts & EntertainmentLit at Wyndham Park 2023
This Werribee park is being transformed into an immersive outdoor gallery, lighting up nightly with a series of colourful glowing artworks.
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Arts & EntertainmentFRAME: A Biennial of Dance
This new month-long festival of dance celebrates talent both renowned and emerging.
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Arts & EntertainmentTo Leslie
Forget the controversy surrounding Andrea Riseborough's Oscar nomination — she’s remarkable in this powerful character study.
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Food & DrinkCafé del Mar Sunday Sessions
Transport yourself to Ibiza at this seaside pop-up series.
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Arts & EntertainmentFUSE Autumn 2023
Darebin's multi-arts festival is back, bringing a program of music, performance and art to venues and spaces across the inner-north locale.
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Arts & EntertainmentAll the Beauty and the Bloodshed
In this piercingly empathetic documentary, 'Citizenfour' Oscar-winner Laura Poitras turns her attention to photographer Nan Goldin and her fight against the family behind OxyContin.
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Arts & EntertainmentAlliance Francaise French Film Festival 2023
Melbourne's annual French cinema showcase is back with a 39-movie lineup spanning zombies, comedies, thrillers, tender dramas and more.
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Food & DrinkTwenty-Nine Cheese Gnocchi 2023
South Yarra's Cucinetta is kicking off autumn in the best possible way: with extremely cheesy gnocchi.
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Arts & Entertainment65
Watching Adam Driver fight dinosaurs isn’t as spectacular as it should be, but this average flick isn’t an extinction-level event either.
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Travel & LeisureW Melbourne's WET Sessions 2023
Enjoy drinks, snacks and beats while you party poolside — 14 storeys up.
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Travel & LeisureSubmerged
This dazzling exhibition at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium dives into the mysteries of the bioluminescent underwater world.
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Arts & EntertainmentRivermouth
This captivating exhibition explores the deep connection water has with the land and the sky.
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Arts & EntertainmentScream VI
The slasher franchise’s sixth instalment unleashes Ghostface upon a new city, but happily keeps stabbing its way through familiar territory.
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Food & DrinkBottomless Gnocchi and Cocktails 2023
Brunswick's free-flowing carb and cocktail feasts are back, complete with vegan and gluten-free options galore.
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Food & DrinkCasa Aperol x Petanque Social
Aperol’s Rivieran Summer has arrived. Make the most of Melbourne’s warmer weather with an Aperol Spritz at Petanque Social, tickets to a live music festival or a self-skippered boat session on the Yarra.
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Food & DrinkSummer Sunday Sessions
Wrap up your week with bottomless gin cocktails and produce-driven eats overlooking the Yarra.
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Design & StyleAlexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse
This blockbuster NGV International exhibition features more than 120 garments designed by the late, great fashion icon.
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Arts & EntertainmentPentridge Openair Cinema 2022–23
Pentridge's outdoor cinema is back for another season of new and classic flicks under the stars.
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Design & StyleMPavilion 2022
This year's vibrant MPavilion architecture commission will feature 250-plus free talks, workshops, performances and installations over four months.
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Food & DrinkYum Cha 3183
Moonhouse's modern take on yum cha doesn't involve trolleys — but it does feature bottomless drinks.
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Arts & EntertainmentMoonlight Cinema Melbourne 2022–23
Moonlight Cinema is back for another huge summer of cinema under the stars.
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Food & DrinkBar Botanique
A little slice of New Orleans has landed in the Southbank Theatre Forecourt for summer.
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Arts & EntertainmentMy Working Life: Stories From the Collection
Discover the cultural and social diversity of working life over the years at the Immigration Museum's latest exhibition.
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Travel & Leisure
W Melbourne's Swim Club
Now, you don't even need to book a hotel room to spend a weekday living it up by W Melbourne's glam 14th-floor pool.
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Food & DrinkThe Fitzroy Mills
A new Fitzroy market showcase a top selection of local food producers each Saturday.
