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Your Melbourne Week

26 March – 1 April 2026

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ARTS|OUT & ABOUT|FOR KIDS|SPORTS|MUSIC

ARTS: THEATRE · COMEDY · CABARET · CIRCUS & PHYSICAL THEATRE · FILM SCREENINGS · EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES · LITERARY EVENTS · MARKETS & FAIRS · SPOKEN WORD & POETRY

OUT & ABOUT: CIVIC · GAMING & TABLETOP · TALKS · KARAOKE NIGHTS · PUB QUIZZES

FOR KIDS: WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES · STORYTIME & READING · OTHER ACTIVITIES

SPORTS: AFL

MUSIC: ROCK · INDIE / ALTERNATIVE · ELECTRONIC · CLASSICAL · SINGER-SONGWRITER · PUNK · METAL · OTHER MUSIC · FOLK · R&B / SOUL · LATIN · DISCO / FUNK · HARDCORE · IMPROVISED MUSIC · JAZZ · NOISE · HIP HOP · PSYCHEDELIC

ARTS

THEATRE

Do Not Pass Go

Melbourne Theatre Company — On show until 28 March 2026.Details ›

West Gate

Melbourne Theatre Company — On show until 18 April 2026.Details ›

Some Secrets Should be Kept Secret

La Mama Theatre — On show until 29 March 2026.Details ›

Back to Te Maunga

La Mama Theatre — Wednesday 1 April.Details ›

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COMEDY

Lawrence Mooney: Full Moon Party

Athenaeum Theatre Two — Thu 26 Mar 6:30 PM · Fri 27 Mar 6:30 PM · Sat 28 Mar 5:00 PM · Sun 29 Mar 5:30 PM.Details ›

Merrick Watts — An Idiot’s Guide to Wine: Volume 3

Spiegel Haus Melbourne — Thu 26 Mar 6:30 PM · Fri 27 Mar 6:30 PM · Sat 28 Mar 2:00 PM · Sun 29 Mar 2:00 PM.Details ›

Best of the Edinburgh Fest

The Capitol, Melbourne — Thu 26 Mar 7:00 PM · Fri 27 Mar 7:00 PM · Sat 28 Mar 7:00 PM · Sun 29 Mar 3:00 PM.Details ›

Wankernomics:Show_v4.1_Final_USETHIS

Athenaeum Theatre One — Thu 26 Mar 7:00 PM · Fri 27 Mar 7:00 PM · Sat 28 Mar 7:00 PM · Sun 29 Mar 6:00 PM.Details ›

Nurse Georgie Carroll: Infectious

Athenaeum Theatre Two — Thu 26 Mar 7:45 PM · Fri 27 Mar 7:45 PM · Sat 28 Mar 7:45 PM · Sun 29 Mar 6:45 PM.Details ›

Stephen K Amos: Now We're Talking

Athenaeum Theatre One — Thu 26 Mar 8:15 PM · Fri 27 Mar 8:15 PM · Sat 28 Mar 8:15 PM · Sun 29 Mar 7:15 PM.Details ›

Akmal — My Family and Other Criminals

Athenaeum Theatre Two — Thu 26 Mar 9:00 PM · Fri 27 Mar 9:00 PM · Sat 28 Mar 9:00 PM · Sun 29 Mar 8:00 PM.Details ›

Sh!t-faced Shakespeare — Hamlet

Athenaeum Theatre One — Thu 26 Mar 9:30 PM · Fri 27 Mar 9:30 PM · Sat 28 Mar 9:30 PM · Sun 29 Mar 8:30 PM.Details ›

MICF** Trea Young '30 is the New 69'

Bar Open — Friday 27 March, 7:00 PM.Details ›

KYE — Kylie's Rant Tour

Northcote Social Club — Friday 27 March, ~ 8:00 PM.Details ›

David Quirk’s Quintessential Quomedy Quollective

Spiegel Haus, The Empire Tent — Saturday 28 March, 9:30 PM.Details ›

Marty Sheargold — The Red Card Tour

Palais Theatre — Saturday 28 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

Shaun Micallef: De'Ath Takes a Holiday

Wheeler Centre — Tuesday 31 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

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CABARET

Blanc de Blanc Encore

Spiegel Haus, The Spiegeltent — Thu 26 Mar 7:30 PM · Fri 27 Mar 7:30 PM · Sat 28 Mar 7:30 PM · Sun 29 Mar 5:00 PM.Details ›

The Fun Haus

Spiegel Haus, The Empire Tent — Thursday 26 March, 9:30 PM.Details ›

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CIRCUS & PHYSICAL THEATRE

Briefs: The Works

Spiegel Haus, The Spiegeltent — Thu 26 Mar 10:00 PM · Fri 27 Mar 10:00 PM · Sat 28 Mar 10:00 PM · Sun 29 Mar 8:00 PM.Details ›

Elixir Revived

Spiegel Haus, The Empire Tent — Fri 27 Mar 8:15 PM · Sat 28 Mar 8:15 PM · Sun 29 Mar 4:00 PM.Details ›

Dr Hubble's Brilliant Bubbles

Spiegel Haus, The Empire Tent — Sat 28 Mar · Sun 29 Mar 12:00 PM.Details ›

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FILM SCREENINGS

Focus on Wim Wenders

ACMI — Thursday 26 March.Details ›

Funny Shorts

ACMI — Sunday 29 March.Details ›

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EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES

Familial

Centre for Contemporary Photography — On show until 25 April 2026.Details ›

Auto-Photo: A Life in Portraits

Centre for Contemporary Photography — On show until 2 May 2026.Details ›

A Library of Libraries

Blindside — On show until 28 March 2026.Details ›

Arixchange 2.0

Blindside — On show until 18 June 2026.Details ›

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LITERARY EVENTS

Maria van Neerven: Two Tongues

Wheeler Centre — Monday 30 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

Book Launch: Henry Neilsen'S "The Savage Aether"

Brunswick Ballroom — Wednesday 1 April, 7:30 PM.Details ›

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MARKETS & FAIRS

District Makers Market

Rose Street Artists' Market — Sunday 29 March, ~ 7:30 PM. FreeDetails ›

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SPOKEN WORD & POETRY

This Is Why I'm Single

State Library Victoria — Thursday 26 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

OutLoud Slam! 2026 Heats

Wheeler Centre — Monday 30 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

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OUT & ABOUT

CIVIC

Melbourne International Coffee Expo

Melbourne — Thursday 26 March, 1:00 AM.Details ›

Warrandyte Festival

Melbourne — Friday 27 March, 1:00 AM.Details ›

Dandenong Ranges Emergency Relief Centre Fundraiser — Live Music For A Cause

Sooki Lounge — Sunday 29 March.Details ›

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GAMING & TABLETOP

Meet & Geek Thursday

Pixel Bar & Cafe — Thursday 26 March, 7:00 PM.Details ›

Social Chess Meetup Mar 28th

Prince Alfred Hotel — Saturday 28 March, 12:30 PM.Details ›

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TALKS

Queer Theory Reading Group

Blindside — On show until 17 December 2026.Details ›

Human Rights in Victoria: Past, Present, Future

Wheeler Centre — Thursday 26 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

The Next Big Thing: Footscray West Writers Fest Edition

Wheeler Centre — Saturday 28 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

Who's Afraid of a Joke

Wheeler Centre — Saturday 28 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

2026 Foxcroft Lecture: Professor Danielle Clarke

State Library Victoria — Tuesday 31 March, ~ 10:00 AM.Details ›

Kate Legge In Conversation

Readings — Tuesday 31 March, 6:30 PM.Details ›

Modern Love: Love outside the algorithm

State Library Victoria — Wednesday 1 April, ~ 10:00 AM.Details ›

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KARAOKE NIGHTS

KARAOKE w/ JOE STEELE

The Old Bar — Wednesday 1 April, 9:00 PM. FreeDetails ›

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PUB QUIZZES

Front Bar: Workers Pub Quiz

The Workers Club — Tuesday 31 March.Details ›

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FOR KIDS

WORKSHOPS & ACTIVITIES

Create a Kite Craft Activity

State Library Victoria — Saturday 28 March, ~ 10:00 AM.Details ›

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STORYTIME & READING

Toddler Tales

State Library Victoria — Monday 30 March, ~ 10:30 AM.Details ›

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OTHER ACTIVITIES

Herald Sun / Transurban Run For The Kids

Melbourne — Sunday 29 March, 1:00 AM.Details ›

Ethereal Gone Kids / Reverie / Slow Exposure

Brunswick Ballroom — Sunday 29 March, 5:30 PM.Details ›

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SPORTS

AFL

Geelong Cats v Adelaide Crows – Round 3

GMHBA Stadium — Thursday 26 March, 7:30 PM.Details ›

Collingwood v GWS GIANTS – Round 3

Marvel Stadium — Friday 27 March, 7:40 PM.Details ›

St Kilda v Brisbane Lions – Round 3

Marvel Stadium — Saturday 28 March, 12:35 PM.Details ›

Essendon v North Melbourne – Round 3

Marvel Stadium — Saturday 28 March, 7:35 PM.Details ›

Carlton v Melbourne – Round 3

MCG — Sunday 29 March, 3:15 PM.Details ›

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MUSIC

ROCK

Bernard Fanning

alternative rock / indie

The Forum — Thursday 26 March.Details ›

Gareth

The Night Cat — Thursday 26 March.Details ›

Pinky Beecroft

Northcote Social Club — Thursday 26 March.Details ›

Disorder

The Night Cat — Friday 27 March.Details ›

The Gems w/ Jiminy’s Cricket Band + Chief Executive Officer

Bar Open — Friday 27 March.Details ›

Heaps Normal Bar Shout

The Old Bar — Friday 27 March.Details ›

Steve Lane And The Autocrats / Dj Josh Meadows

surf rock / garage

Brunswick Ballroom — Friday 27 March, 8:30 PM.Details ›

Smoking Vinyl (Front Bar)

Bar Open — Friday 27 March, 11:30 PM. FreeDetails ›

Trash

Cherry Bar — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

The Heart Shaped Aces at The Night Cat

The Night Cat — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

Nick Barker and the Reptiles (EP Launch)

Northcote Social Club — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

BROKEN SILENCE, THE UPRISING, Featuring Wake Up Solution and The Defibs

Sooki Lounge — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

Dune Rats

rock / grunge

The Corner Hotel — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

Starfest

rock

The Tote — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

Capitol Theatre Orchestra

Brunswick Ballroom — Saturday 28 March, 2:30 PM.Details ›

FEELDS — 'Mayhem' Single Launch

The Gem — Saturday 28 March, 3:30 PM.Details ›

Doc Halibut

Brunswick Ballroom — Saturday 28 March, 8:30 PM.Details ›

The Pogues

Celtic punk / folk punk

The Forum — Sun 29 Mar · Tue 31 Mar.Details ›

Damn Williams + Dippers + Tom Lyngcoln

The Old Bar — Sunday 29 March.Details ›

Matilda Sutherland & Flesh Cherub, Live at The Tote Front Bar March 29

rock and roll

The Tote — Sunday 29 March. FreeDetails ›

April Gallo

Brunswick Ballroom — Sunday 29 March, 8:00 PM.Details ›

Soap Opera Tonight

Brunswick Ballroom — Monday 30 March, 7:30 PM.Details ›

BIZARRGO Residency + RHYS RENWICK + THE SECRET MIGRAINES

The Old Bar — Tuesday 31 March.Details ›

Jerry Harrison & Adrian Belew Performing The Music of Talking Heads "Remain in Light"

post-punk / art rock

The Forum — Wednesday 1 April.Details ›

St Mary's Fluro Yellow

The Workers Club — Wednesday 1 April.Details ›

Counting Crows: The Complete Sweets! Tour

alternative rock / pop rock

Palais Theatre — Wednesday 1 April, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

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INDIE / ALTERNATIVE

Cetano w/ Velvet Blur + Mystery Band

Bar Open — Thursday 26 March.Details ›

Irish Mythen (IRE/CAN)

indie rock / alternative

The Corner Hotel — Thursday 26 March.Details ›

GOOD MUSIC THURSDAYS w/ CHUCK sICS + THE PEARLIES + CAMOMILE

The Old Bar — Thursday 26 March, 7:30 PM.Details ›

Sands / Stigg

Brunswick Ballroom — Thursday 26 March, 8:00 PM.Details ›

CWA Residency week #3 — Meow Meow and the Smackouts (NSW), Dolls and Equestrian Fields

indie rock / alternative

Nighthawks — Thursday 26 March, 8:15 PM.Details ›

Bernard Fanning: Tea & Sympathy 20th Anniversary Tour

alternative rock / indie

Palais Theatre — Friday 27 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

Town Ace — 'Cartwheels' Single Launch with Carpal Tunnel Band and The Nova Fiends

indie rock

Nighthawks — Friday 27 March, 8:00 PM.Details ›

The Four Scoops (Front Bar)

Bar Open — Friday 27 March, 8:30 PM. FreeDetails ›

DALLAS CRANE at SOOKI LOUNGE

Sooki Lounge — Friday 27 March, 9:15 PM.Details ›

THE BARTONS — launch + THE VORS + CRANES AGAINST CLOUSDS

The Old Bar — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

Green Blanket + De Porsal in The Tote Front Bar

indie rock / alternative

The Tote — Saturday 28 March. FreeDetails ›

Pseudo Echo

synth-pop / new wave

170 Russell — Saturday 28 March, 7:00 PM.Details ›

Rosco Mule "Too Late" Single Launch w/ Immortal Fish + Tasty Daze

indie rock

Nighthawks — Saturday 28 March, 3:00 PM.Details ›

ARVO SHOW w/ CAM BUTLER x 2 Sets

indie rock/alternative

The Old Bar — Saturday 28 March, ~ 4:00 PM. FreeDetails ›

Minibus / Fire By The River

Brunswick Ballroom — Saturday 28 March, 4:30 PM.Details ›

ARCHIE presents ‘Together Apart’

indie rock

Nighthawks — Saturday 28 March, 8:00 PM.Details ›

Munroe

The Gem — Saturday 28 March, 8:30 PM.Details ›

Tullara + Tessa Devine Double Single Launch

The Workers Club — Sunday 29 March.Details ›

Johnny Zephyr w/ Samarah on Skin + The Hollows

Bar Open — Sunday 29 March.Details ›

half request & Our Mutual Friend w/ Lover

indie rock

Nighthawks — Sunday 29 March, 3:00 PM.Details ›

ARVO SHOW w/ THE MAGIC MILE + THE BLOWN CONES

indie rock/alternative

The Old Bar — Sunday 29 March, ~ 4:00 PM. FreeDetails ›

Hear The Machine

indie rock

Nighthawks — Sunday 29 March, 7:00 PM.Details ›

‘Social Sanctuary’ with My Chérie, Ruby Dattner + NoTurns

indie pop / alternative

Northcote Social Club — Monday 30 March.Details ›

Human Love Quest

Brunswick Ballroom — Tuesday 31 March, 7:30 PM.Details ›

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ELECTRONIC

Dj Badger

The Old Bar — Thu 26 Mar · Mon 30 Mar 10:30 PM.Details ›

Dose

house / techno

Cherry Bar — Friday 27 March.Details ›

Dj Mikey

The Old Bar — Friday 27 March.Details ›

Dj Ben Emes

The Old Bar — Friday 27 March, 11:30 PM.Details ›

Electrik

electro / synth-pop

Cherry Bar — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

Presenting ? Hdc #105 — Ft. Annie Kez

hip-hop / electronic

Sooki Lounge — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

The Magic Garden Vol.9 — Community Connection Portal

electronic/dance

Sooki Lounge — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

Dj Gracie

The Old Bar — Saturday 28 March, 11:30 PM.Details ›

Dj Hot Wheels

The Old Bar — Sunday 29 March, 10:30 PM.Details ›

Nieuw Mondays

house / electronic

The Workers Club — Monday 30 March.Details ›

Dj Asio

techno / house

The Old Bar — Tuesday 31 March, 10:30 PM.Details ›

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CLASSICAL

Listening to the Elements – Relaxed Performance

contemporary classical

Melbourne Recital Centre — Thursday 26 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

T3Ho

Melbourne Recital Centre — Friday 27 March, 6:00 PM.Details ›

Five Pathways to Love

chamber music / classical

Melbourne Recital Centre — Friday 27 March, 7:30 PM.Details ›

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – From Silence & Snow

chamber music

Montsalvat — Sunday 29 March, 2:30 PM.Details ›

Eternal Dreams

Melbourne Recital Centre — Sunday 29 March, 5:30 PM.Details ›

Top Class Music and Sound 2026

Melbourne Recital Centre — Monday 30 March, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›

Flinders Quartet – From Silence & Snow

chamber music

Melbourne Recital Centre — Tuesday 31 March, 7:00 PM.Details ›

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SINGER-SONGWRITER

Oi Oi Aussie Rock'n'Roll

The Tote — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

Edward York (Front Bar)

Bar Open — Sunday 29 March. FreeDetails ›

Emily Lubitz (late matinee)

Northcote Social Club — Sunday 29 March, ~ 2:00 PM.Details ›

Mark William LewisSold Out

The Night Cat — Tuesday 31 March.Details ›

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PUNK

Skabhangers (Front Bar)

ska / punk

Bar Open — Thursday 26 March, 8:30 PM. FreeDetails ›

Pinch Points + Equestrian Fields + Trap Card

The Old Bar — Friday 27 March.Details ›

GUITAR WOLF (Japan), Alien Nosejob, Elvis 2 & Cujo

punk rock / garage rock

The Tote — Friday 27 March.Details ›

Scuzzface. Last gig. Last drinks.

punk rock / noise

The Tote — Friday 27 March.Details ›

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METAL

‘FOREVER MOURNING’ East Coast Tour + special guests

heavy metal / thrash metal

The Tote — Thursday 26 March.Details ›

Headbangers

heavy metal / hard rock

Cherry Bar — Friday 27 March.Details ›

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OTHER MUSIC

Melbourne Ukulele Festival

Melbourne — Friday 27 March, 1:00 AM.Details ›

Slow Grind Fever #117

funk / soul / groove

Bar Open — Saturday 28 March.Details ›

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FOLK

Strum

folk / singer-songwriter

Melbourne Recital Centre — Saturday 28 March, 5:00 PM.Details ›

Natalie and Brittany Haas

folk / Americana

Melbourne Recital Centre — Saturday 28 March, 7:00 PM.Details ›

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R&B / SOUL

We May Never Meet Again: The Music of Amy Winehouse

soul / neo-soul

Athenaeum Theatre One — Sunday 29 March, 6:00 PM.Details ›

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LATIN

Domingo Latino with La 45

salsa / cumbia

The Night Cat — Sunday 29 March.Details ›

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DISCO / FUNK

Love Hangover: A Very Fruity Ball

funk / soul / disco

Brunswick Ballroom — Saturday 28 March, 9:30 PM.Details ›

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HARDCORE

All Regards “Discontent // Resist” Release Show

hardcore / punk

The Workers Club — Friday 27 March.Details ›

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IMPROVISED MUSIC

Make It Up Club

free improvisation / experimental

Bar Open — Tuesday 31 March, 7:30 PM.Details ›

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JAZZ

Dave Kelly (Uk) & Nick Charles

jazz / soul

Sooki Lounge — Thursday 26 March.Details ›

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NOISE

MORBID MONDAYS w/ USER + NOTHINGE

noise/industrial/hardcore

The Old Bar — Monday 30 March. FreeDetails ›

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HIP HOP

Shing02

hip-hop / alternative hip-hop

The Corner Hotel — Sun 29 Mar · Mon 30 Mar.Details ›

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PSYCHEDELIC

THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE (USA) — Australia and New Zealand 2026

psychedelic rock

Northcote Theatre — Fri 27 Mar · Sat 28 Mar.Details ›

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