- Sandringham Rotunda is turning 100 and celebrating in style with a month of brass-filled afternoons with a series of free concerts every Saturday throughout November.
- This year, celebrate the Festival of Lights at Collins Square with an uplifting Bollywood-style dance experience on 10 November.
- Discover Melbourne’s amazing wildlife at Royal Park Nature Playground, featuring a special Park Ranger Pop-Up experience on 10 November.
- Opera lovers can enjoy a free taste of one of the world’s most beloved operas when Opera Australia brings its Principal Artists to Emporium Melbourne on Tuesday 10 November.
- The 2026 Victorian State Remembrance Day Service will be held at the Shrine of Remembrance on 11 November.
- A Day in Carlton – the vibrant 24 hour library and cultural festival organised by Readings Books is back from 12-14 November.
- Courtney Barnett, Party Dozen and KAIIT will headline a free outdoor concert at Fed Square on 12 November as Melbourne independent radio station Triple R celebrates 50 years on air.
- Silvers Circus is at Nunawading from 12-29 November.
- CraftAlive Gippsland is on at Lardner Park on 12-14 November.
- The Ballarat Show is on 13-15 November.
- The 2026 North Bellarine Film Festival will be held on 13-14 November at Parks Hall in Portarlington.
- The Bendigo Blues and Roots Weekend is back from 13-15 November.
- The Omeo and District Show is on 13-14 November.
- Escape to the mountains for a weekend of live music, local food, community spirit and unforgettable moments at the Marysville Music Weekend on 13-15 November.
- Australasia’s premier bluegrass and old time music festival, the Mountaingrass Festival, is on in Bright from 13-15 November.
- The Melbourne Queer Film Festival is back from 13-22 November.
- Step into a world of wonder as Colours of Asia: Garden of Wonders transforms Melbourne’s Alexandra Gardens across two magical weekends from 13-22 November.
- The MindBodySpirit Festival returns to MCEC on 13-15 November.
- The Melbourne Pinball Expo is on at the Matthew Flinders Hotel in Chadstone from 13-15 November.
- The Bacchus Marsh Strawberry and Cherry Festival is on 13-15 November.
- That’s Amore Cheese has teamed up with Prahran Market for three delicious days of burrata, live music, tastings and hands-on cheese-making with a Burrata Festival from 13-15 November.
- Step into a world of blooming wonder, colourful creativity and springtime magic at the Whimsical Spring Festival in Essendon on 14 November, presented by Valley Youth and Avenue Productions.
- Djerring Flemington Hub is hosting a Community Diwali Celebration on 14 November
- The Reborn and Collector Doll Show is on at the Coburg Town Hall on 14 November.
- Bundoora Beats is back on 14 November with a twilight concert headlined by Ben Lee – celebrating live music, great food and community connection – all completely free.
- The Dandenong Show is on 14-15 November.
- The Rotary Eltham Festival is on 14 November.
- Moorabbin Air Museum’s Open Cockpit Weekend is on 14-15 November.
- Melbourne’s largest whisky festival, Whisky Abbey, takes over the Timber Yard at Port Melbourne on 14-15 November.
- Garage Sale Trail – Australia’s biggest secondhand treasure hunt, is back for 2026 on 14-15 November.
- The Bendigo National Swap Meet is on 14-15 November.
- The Gem and Mineral Market is on in Warragul on 14 November.
- The Geelong Baby and Children’s Market is on 14 November.
- Discover the Flavours of Sri Lanka in Bendigo with Lankan Bites at Huntly Memorial Hall on 14 November.
- Budburst returns on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November 2026 with a glorious weekend championing the exceptional cool climate wines of the Macedon Ranges.
- The Alexandra Show is on 14 November.
- The Mansfield Holistic and Psychic Expo is on 15 November.
- From gripping dramas and powerful documentaries to fresh new voices shaping Irish cinema, the Irish Film Festival Australia returns to ACMI until 15 November
- The Mildura Fringe Festival is on until 15 November.
- Circus Royale is in Pakenham until 15 November.
- The 2026 Victorian Interfaith Festival is on at St Kilda Town Hall on 15 November.
- Explore epic cruises, tours, and rail adventures all under one roof at Travelrite’s Cruise, Tour & Rail Expo 2026 in Doncaster on 15 November,
- The 22nd Polish Festival is on at Fed Square on 15 November.
- The Wyndham Christmas Carnival is on at the Werribee Racecourse on 15 November.
- The Punjabi Spring Festival is on in Plumpton on 15 November.
- The 2026 Diamond Creek Fire Station Open Day is on 15 November.
- PetFest – an indoor community market for pet lovers – is coming to the Morris Moor Event Centre located in Moorabbin on Sunday 15 November 2026.
- The Frankston Running Festival is on 15 November.
- The Philhellenika Greek Festival 2026 is on at Fairfield Village on 15 November.
- The Persian Fair is on at the Box Hill Town Hall on 15 November to provide a day of fun and entertainment for all as well as promoting Iranian culture and tradition
- The Wyndham Retro Motor Show is on at Williams Landing on 15 November.
- Stock Up Vintage Market is a curated, culture-led vintage market at Queen Victoria Market on 15 November.
- The Eltham Fun Run and Walk is on 15 November.
- The XChange vintage fashion market is on in Kensington on 15 November.
- The Japanese Film Festival is on until 17 November.
- The Jewish International Film Festival runs until 26 November.
- The 2026 British Film Festival runs until 29 November at Palace Cinemas.
- A thought-provoking new exhibition EMERGENCE[Y] at Science Gallery Melbournebrings together artists, researchers, and designers to examine how humanity might adapt to a rapidly changing planet until 5 December 2026.
- Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the Toy Story gang are bringing a little Disney magic to Melbourne this Christmas, with the Myer Christmas Windows returning for their 71st year, running daily until the evening of 5 January 2027.
- Step inside Melbourne’s iconic Como House in South Yarra, and experience the glamour and warmth of a 1950s Christmas Celebration until 10 January.
- Colour at Scienceworks in Spotswood is a vibrant, hands-on exhibition exploring the surprising science behind how we see the world, running until 26 January 2027.
- Home is Football: Belonging in Australian Soccer at the Immigration Museum until 27 January 2027 explores how the world game has shaped identity, migration and community across Australia. Featuring stories from Ange Postecoglou, Lydia Williams and grassroots players, the exhibition celebrates football’s power to connect people both on and off the pitch.
- Plant Life: The Nature of Design explores how plant-based materials could offer alternatives to plastics, synthetic products and other non-renewable materials, bringing together more than 60 works from Australian and international designers at NGV until 7 February 2027.
- Shane Warne’s legacy will take centre stage at a major exhibition presented by the Melbourne Cricket Club of the late cricket icon’s most prized personal items at the Australian Sports Museum until March 2027. WARNE: Treasures of a Legend will feature 48 pieces from his career, offering rare access to objects that shaped one of Australia’s most celebrated sporting stories.
- Discover 50 fascinating objects from five decades of the Australian Performing Arts Collection in AMPA’s second major exhibition, ENCORE! 50 Objects. 50 Years. One Collection – running until 9 May 2027.
- World of the Book returns until 17 May 2027 – State Library Victoria’s largest ever tribute to women writers, alongside hundreds of extraordinary Australian and international works from the State Collection. Now in its 21st year, this beloved exhibition brings together more than 400 rare, remarkable and historically significant items from c. 2000 BCE to today, many on public display for the first time.
- What if the things we remember most aren’t necessarily the things we expect to find in a history book? That is the idea behind You Have a New Memory, a fascinating exhibition at State Library Victoria that digs into the ways we preserve the stories, objects and everyday moments that make up our collective memory open daily until 27 June 2027.
What’s on in Melbourne and regional Victoria this week: 9-15 November 2026
By Melbourning
