The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Long Weekend

Spend your long weekend scoffing pierogis at a Polish Easter feast, giggling the night away at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival or falling into a food coma after eating an epic 29-cheese gnocchi.
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March 28, 2024
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    Wicked Little Letters

    Thursday, March 21 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    This entertaining Olivia Colman- and Jessie Buckley-starring dramedy is based on a true tale about profanity-filled mail scandalising an English town in the 1920s.

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    Ministry of Crab

    Thursday, March 28 - Saturday, April 27, 2024

    Evergreen, Southbank

    Scuttle on down to Crown Towers to try some of the world's greatest crab dishes during the month-long residency.

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    Melbourne International Comedy Festival

    Wednesday, March 27 - Sunday, April 21, 2024

    Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

    Catch Rose Matafeo, Joel Kim Booster, Hannah Gadsby, Sam Simmons and drunken Shakespeare among MICF's 600-plus 2024 shows.

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    Polish Easter Feast

    Friday, March 29 - Saturday, March 30, 2024

    Eat Pierogi Make Love, Brunswick East

    Eat pierogis and fall in love with some Polish Easter traditions up in Brunswick East.

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    Souled Out

    Friday, March 29, 2024

    Caribbean Gardens, Scoresby

    This new wave R&B festival is hitting Melbourne with Summer Walker, PartyNextDoor and Tinashe.

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    Immaculate

    Thursday, March 21 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    Sydney Sweeney turns in a stunning scream-queen performance worth worshipping in this excellent convent-set horror film.

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    Twenty-Nine Cheese Gnocchi

    Monday, April 1 - Sunday, April 14, 2024

    Cucinetta, South Yarra

    South Yarra's Cucinetta is serving up this extremely cheesy gnocchi for two weeks only.

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    Love Lies Bleeding

    Thursday, March 14 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Kristen Stewart plunges into a wild 80s-set tale of love, lust, blood and violence in the latest standout from 'Saint Maud' filmmaker Rose Glass.

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    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    Thursday, March 21 - Wednesday, April 10, 2024

    Various cinemas in Melbourne

    A return to New York helps boost this sequel to 2021's 'Ghostbusters: Afterlife', but it's still worlds away from the franchise's 80s flicks.

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    Tesselaar Kabloom: Festival of Flowers

    Saturday, March 23 - Sunday, April 21, 2024

    Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan

    Watch pixies, fairies and sprites soar above a flowerbed stage as part of a circus at this year's Tesselaar Kabloom Festival of Flowers in the Dandenong Ranges.

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    Chicago

    Saturday, March 23 - Sunday, May 19, 2024

    Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne

    The smash-hit musical is bringing its 1920s razzle dazzle — and all that jazz — back to Melbourne.

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    Free Yum Cha at David's

    Saturday, March 16, 2024, Saturday, March 23, 2024, Saturday, March 30, 2024 and Saturday, April 6, 2024 

    David's, Prahran

    Free unlimited yum cha is up for grabs every Saturday arvo in Prahran for anyone named David.

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    LUZIA — Cirque du Soleil

    Sunday, March 24 - Sunday, May 19, 2024

    Flemington Racecourse, Flemington

    This spectacular Mexican-inspired production is also Cirque du Soleil's first touring performance to feature rain in its acrobatic and artistic scenes.

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    All You Can Spritzza

    Saturday, February 24, 2024, Sunday, February 25, 2024, Saturday, March 2, 2024 and Sunday, March 3, 2024 

    400 Gradi, East Brunswick

    400 Gradi in Brunswick and Mornington Peninsula is serving up unlimited spritzes and pizza every weekend throughout summer and beyond.

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    Leonardo da Vinci: 500 Years of Genius

    Saturday, March 16 - Sunday, June 16, 2024

    THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf

    Hello 'Mona Lisa': Melbourne digital art gallery The Lume's big multi-sensory 2024 exhibition is dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci.

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    Margarita March at Mamas Dining Group

    Friday, March 1 - Sunday, March 31, 2024

    Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne

    Nab $15 margaritas all day, every day, at these four Melbourne restaurants.

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    Not Natural — Science Gallery Melbourne

    Saturday, February 17 - Saturday, June 29, 2024

    Science Gallery Melbourne, Parkville

    Explore the boundary between natural and artificial at this free exhibit in University of Melbourne's Science Gallery.

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    Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature

    Thursday, November 23, 2023 - Sunday, April 14, 2024

    ACMI, Melbourne

    This spectacular world-premiere experimental digital exhibition about nature is taking over Melbourne's ACMI.

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    Alliance Française French Film Festival

    Wednesday, March 6 - Tuesday, April 2, 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    From 'The Three Musketeers' to the latest film by Michel Gondry, this year's 41-movie lineup isn't short on highlights. 

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    Amaro Tasting Flight Experience at Navi

    Friday, March 1 - Sunday, March 31, 2024

    Navi, Yarraville

    Learn more about this Italian liqueur that's popping up all over Melbourne.

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    Wicked

    Saturday, March 2 - Sunday, May 12, 2024

    Regent Theatre, Melbourne

    Get ready to defy gravity: this 'Wizard of Oz'-inspired blockbuster musical is sweeping into Melbourne.

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    Non-Stop Noods at New Quarter

    Saturday, January 20 - Sunday, December 29, 2024

    New Quarter, Richmond

    Sip and slurp your way through bottomless margaritas and never-ending bowls of Vietnamese noodles.

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    The Greatest Rita Show

    Monday, March 18 - Sunday, April 7, 2024

    El Camino Cantina Fitzroy, Fitzroy

    Royal Easter Show time in Sydney means a new round of creative margarita flavours in Melbourne, including bubblegum, sour lemonade and chilli triple-buttered popcorn.

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    NGV Triennial 2023

    Sunday, December 3, 2023 - Sunday, April 7, 2024

    NGV International, Melbourne

    NGV International's free three-yearly showcase features robot dogs, Yoko Ono's art, a giant thumbs up and a room-sized ode to plants.

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    Groundhog Day The Musical

    Wednesday, January 24 - Sunday, April 7, 2024

    Princess Theatre, Melbourne

    Tim Minchin's stage musical version of the 90s film favourite is finally looking for a shadow in Australia.

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    (This is) Air

    Thursday, November 23, 2023 - Sunday, June 30, 2024

    NGV International, Melbourne

    Meet Australia's new big thing: a 14-metre-tall inflatable sphere that breathes air is the National Gallery of Victoria's 2023 Architecture Commission.

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    Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition

    Saturday, December 16, 2023 - Sunday, April 21, 2024

    Melbourne Museum, Carlton

    The king of all Titanic exhibitions has dropped anchor in Melbourne with 200-plus artefacts.

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    Moonlight Cinema Melbourne 2023–24

    Friday, December 1, 2023 - Saturday, March 30, 2024

    Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, South Yarra

    Grab your picnic basket and get ready for a dress-up 'Barbie' party, festive flicks, and nostalgic sessions of 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Mighty Ducks’.

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    Rain Room 2023

    Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - Sunday, March 31, 2024

    Jackalope Pavilion, St Kilda

    The immersive, Instagram-fave Rain Room returns for another season, offering a rainstorm experience that won't mess up your hair.

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