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Ballarat’s search for the best pie returns with 30 venues and bold new flavours

MelbourningJuly 28, 2026

Marvellous Melbourne

Melbourne Star lights up again this week as restoration reaches major milestone

MelbourningJuly 27, 2026

Uncategorized

What’s on in Melbourne and regional Victoria this week: 27 July to 2 August 2026

MelbourningJuly 27, 2026

Gigs

Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues reveals 2026 lineup

MelbourningJuly 27, 2026

Featured

Sport

These are the official Socceroos World Cup Live sites in Melbourne and regional Victoria

MelbourningJune 3, 2026

Life

K Mart announces Box Hill South location for the trial of its K Home concept store

MelbourningJune 3, 2026

Things to do

Massive list of what’s on in Melbourne and regional Victoria in June 2026 (180+ activities and events)

MelbourningMay 31, 2026

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Travel

System of a Down and Faith No More announce massive Melbourne stadium show

By MelbourningJuly 27, 20260

Rock fans are in for one of the biggest live music events of 2027, with…

Massive list of what’s on in Melbourne and regional Victoria in August 2026 (170+ activities and events)

By MelbourningJuly 26, 20260

This list is updated regularly, so be sure to check back. What’s on throughout August…

Spilt Milk reveals its 2026 lineup headlined by Lewis Capaldi

July 25, 2026

ST. ALi Italian Film Festival returns to Melbourne with first 2026 lineup revealed

July 24, 2026

Dandee Donuts is celebrating 50 years of sweet memories at Dandenong Market with a week of giveaways

July 24, 2026

Melbourne named Australia’s best student city in new global rankings

July 24, 2026

Queenscliff’s Blues Train is heading off the tracks with a new winter event

July 24, 2026

Blak & Bright Writers Festival returns with four days celebrating First Nations storytelling

July 24, 2026

Shane Warne exhibition at Australian Sports Museum extended for seven more months

July 24, 2026

Ember at The Continental Sorrento is firing up new winemaker dinners and special food events

July 24, 2026

Beyond The Valley returns for its 11th year with a new era and plenty of surprises

July 23, 2026

First look: plans revealed for the revitalisation of Footscray’s cultural heart

July 23, 2026

Kensington locals team up for a whisky dinner celebrating food, craft spirits and local hospitality

July 23, 2026

The San Remo Bridge is getting a major upgrade

July 23, 2026

Love Athletica is opening a new flagship studio in Brighton this spring

July 23, 2026

Squeeze announce first Australian tour in almost a decade

July 23, 2026

The Corner Hotel celebrates 30 years with six weeks of live music, parties and special events

July 22, 2026

Mya Tiger at The Espy is bringing late-night Cantonese dining and disco vibes every Friday

July 22, 2026

Spilt Milk festival finds a new Victorian home in Geelong through to 2030

July 22, 2026

Groundbreaking orchestral performance Across Silence brings music to life through Auslan and haptic technology

July 22, 2026

Japanese literary icon Books Kinokuniya announces Melbourne debut at $170 million Melbourne Central expansion

July 21, 2026

NFL Kickoff Festival to transform Melbourne Park ahead of Australia’s first regular season NFL game

July 21, 2026

Cult hit American Psycho The Musical heads back to Melbourne

July 21, 2026

Clutch to return to Melbourne as part of their first Australian headline tour in a decade

July 21, 2026

Melbourne leads the country as late-night dining and entertainment continue to surge

July 21, 2026

Indian Film Festival of Melbourne unveils 130-film program across 38 languages

July 21, 2026

Things to do

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Travel

The State Library’s World of the Book exhibition is back – and this one is its biggest-ever celebration of women writers

By MelbourningJuly 7, 20260

The latest incarnation of State Library Victoria’s landmark rare book exhibition World of the Book…

Step into a whimsical world of costumes, theatre and cake at NGV’s new family exhibition

By MelbourningJuly 7, 20260

A playful world of imagination has opened at NGV International marking Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson’s…

Review: Smithsonian Starstruck immersive VR experience in Melbourne

By Eloise DuncanJuly 7, 20260

This winter Fever presents Starstruck in Melbourne, in association with the Smithsonian Institute – the…

What’s on in Melbourne and regional Victoria this week: 6 to 12 July 2026

By MelbourningJuly 6, 20260

Kids can become part of a giant evolving artwork at Chadstone these school holidays

By MelbourningJuly 1, 20260

Chadstone has a hands-on school holiday offering designed to get kids creating, building and imagining…

What’s on in Melbourne and regional Victoria this week: 29 June to 5 July 2026

By MelbourningJune 29, 20260

Eat + drink

Mya Tiger at The Espy is bringing late-night Cantonese dining and disco vibes every Friday

July 22, 2026

The Builders Arms in Fitzroy has been named Best Gastropub in Australia for 2026

July 20, 2026

Peninsula VineHop Festival returns for its ninth year this November

July 20, 2026

Brooki Bakehouse’s famous cookies are headed to Geelong for four days only

July 17, 2026

Preston Market’s Italian Day returns with food, music and family fun

July 17, 2026

Experience four of Edgar Allan Poe’s most iconic tales at an immersive Gothic speakeasy coming to Melbourne

July 14, 2026

FAMILY ACTIVITIES

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Family activities

Kids can become part of a giant evolving artwork at Chadstone these school holidays

By MelbourningJuly 1, 20260

Chadstone has a hands-on school holiday offering designed to get kids creating, building and imagining together as part of its inaugural Light to Night festival. At the centre of…

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Free Aurora After Dark festival to light up Epping with art, music and the launch of a new outdoor gallery

June 30, 2026

Free ice skating and winter street food take over Dandenong Market for one day only

June 29, 2026

Beloved picture book Where is the Green Sheep? is headed for the stage in Melbourne

June 26, 2026

Step inside the universe at Smithsonian Starstruck: Melbourne’s new immersive space experience

June 25, 2026

GIGS

Gigs

Wangaratta Festival of Jazz & Blues reveals 2026 lineup

By MelbourningJuly 27, 2026

Gigs

System of a Down and Faith No More announce massive Melbourne stadium show

By MelbourningJuly 27, 2026

Gigs

Spilt Milk reveals its 2026 lineup headlined by Lewis Capaldi

By MelbourningJuly 25, 2026

Gigs

Queenscliff’s Blues Train is heading off the tracks with a new winter event

By MelbourningJuly 24, 2026

Beyond The Valley returns for its 11th year with a new era and plenty of surprises

By MelbourningJuly 23, 20260

Squeeze announce first Australian tour in almost a decade

By MelbourningJuly 23, 20260

The Corner Hotel celebrates 30 years with six weeks of live music, parties and special events

By MelbourningJuly 22, 20260

Spilt Milk festival finds a new Victorian home in Geelong through to 2030

By MelbourningJuly 22, 20260

Groundbreaking orchestral performance Across Silence brings music to life through Auslan and haptic technology

By MelbourningJuly 22, 20260

Clutch to return to Melbourne as part of their first Australian headline tour in a decade

By MelbourningJuly 21, 20260

Queenscliff Music Festival 2026 second artist lineup announcement drops

By MelbourningJuly 17, 20260

Jimmy Barnes to headline MotoGP farewell celebration at Phillip Island

By MelbourningJuly 16, 20260

STAGE

Stage

Cult hit American Psycho The Musical heads back to Melbourne

July 21, 2026

Elf The Musical to open Melbourne’s new CROWN LIVE theatre this Christmas

July 21, 2026

Patricia Cornelius’ Savages returns to Theatre Works with a confronting look at masculinity and power

July 21, 2026

Anonymous midnight phone messages become immersive theatre in Malthouse’s The Nightline

July 17, 2026

Review: Heartbreak Hotel at Arts Centre Melbourne

July 16, 2026

Ian Potter State Theatre to reopen with First Nations-led world premiere concert

July 16, 2026

A stage adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption is coming to Melbourne in 2027

July 16, 2026

ART + EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions

Shane Warne exhibition at Australian Sports Museum extended for seven more months

MelbourningJuly 24, 2026

Exhibitions

Generations of Cats supporters celebrated in new Geelong Sports Museum exhibition

MelbourningJuly 14, 2026

Exhibitions

An exhibition of acclaimed photographers Max Dupain and Ansel Adams is showing in Brighton

MelbourningJuly 8, 2026

Exhibitions

The State Library’s World of the Book exhibition is back – and this one is its biggest-ever celebration of women writers

MelbourningJuly 7, 2026

Exhibitions

Step into a whimsical world of costumes, theatre and cake at NGV’s new family exhibition

MelbourningJuly 7, 2026

More Melbourning

Literature

Blak & Bright Writers Festival returns with four days celebrating First Nations storytelling

By MelbourningJuly 24, 20260

Australia’s largest and only gathering dedicated to First Nations writers…

Shane Warne exhibition at Australian Sports Museum extended for seven more months

July 24, 2026

First look: plans revealed for the revitalisation of Footscray’s cultural heart

July 23, 2026

The San Remo Bridge is getting a major upgrade

July 23, 2026

Love Athletica is opening a new flagship studio in Brighton this spring

July 23, 2026

Marvellous Melbourne

Marvellous Melbourne

Melbourne Star lights up again this week as restoration reaches major milestone

By MelbourningJuly 27, 20260

The Melbourne Star will light up Melbourne’s skyline for the…

Melbourne named Australia’s best student city in new global rankings

July 24, 2026

Melbourne leads the country as late-night dining and entertainment continue to surge

July 21, 2026

Melbourne has just been ranked as the third most liveable city in the world

July 7, 2026

A century-old voice returns: Eliza the organ to complete RMIT’s Capitol Theatre restoration

July 7, 2026

Film

Film

ST. ALi Italian Film Festival returns to Melbourne with first 2026 lineup revealed

By MelbourningJuly 24, 20260

The largest celebration of Italian culture and cinema outside Italy…

Indian Film Festival of Melbourne unveils 130-film program across 38 languages

July 21, 2026

The only cinema in the Southern Hemisphere showing The Odyssey as Christopher Nolan intended is right here in Melbourne

July 17, 2026

Melbourne International Film Festival unveils massive 2026 program with more than 300 films and events

July 10, 2026

Aamir Khan to launch Indian Film Festival of Melbourne celebrations with Lagaan anniversary screening

July 2, 2026