Melbourne Digest
14 May – 20 May 2026
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ARTS|OUT & ABOUT|FOR KIDS|SPORTS|MUSIC
ARTS: THEATRE · BALLET & DANCE · MUSICAL THEATRE · COMEDY · CABARET · CIRCUS & PHYSICAL THEATRE · FILM SCREENINGS · EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES · MARKETS & FAIRS · SPOKEN WORD & POETRY · OTHER ARTS
OUT & ABOUT: CIVIC · COMMUNITY · GAMING & TABLETOP · SOCIAL SPORTS · TALKS · FOOD · KARAOKE NIGHTS · ARTS
FOR KIDS: OTHER ACTIVITIES
SPORTS: AFL
MUSIC: INDIE / ALTERNATIVE · ROCK · JAZZ · PUNK · ELECTRONIC · FOLK · CLASSICAL · COUNTRY · SINGER-SONGWRITER · LATIN · WORLD MUSIC · OTHER MUSIC · POP · BLUES · R&B / SOUL · EXPERIMENTAL · REGGAE / DUB / SKA · DISCO / FUNK · IMPROVISED MUSIC · NOISE · METAL · HIP HOP
THEATRE
The Glass Menagerie
Melbourne Theatre Company — On show until 5 June 2026.Details ›
Stuck
La Mama Theatre — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Gag Reflex
La Mama Theatre — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Retrograde
Melbourne Theatre Company — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
BALLET & DANCE
Ama Dance Academy presents Swetha Padma: The White Lotus
classical Indian dance / Bharatanatyam
Clocktower Centre — Saturday 16 May. $45Details ›
MUSICAL THEATRE
ABBA: Thank You For The Music
Athenaeum Theatre One — Friday 15 May, 7:30 PM.Details ›
COMEDY
Eddie Izzard: The Remix Tour Live
Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne) — Thursday 14 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $90Details ›
Project Mayhem
Espy Basement — Friday 15 May, ~ 8:00 PM.Details ›
Lara Buchanan — Gold Tour
Espy Basement — Saturday 16 May, ~ 8:00 PM.Details ›
Sunday Night Comedy
Club Voltaire — Sunday 17 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $10Details ›
CABARET
Blanc de Blanc Encore
Spiegel Haus, The Spiegeltent — Thu 14 May 7:30 PM · Fri 15 May 7:30 PM · Sat 16 May 7:30 PM · Sun 17 May 5:00 PM · Wed 20 May 7:30 PM.Details ›
Late Night Vice
Spiegel Haus, The Spiegeltent — Thu 14 May 9:45 PM · Fri 15 May 9:45 PM · Sat 16 May 9:45 PM · Sun 17 May 8:00 PM.Details ›
The Big HOO-HAA
The Motley Bauhaus — Friday 15 May. $30Details ›
Madeleine Clare's Cruise Ship Cabaret
Ragtime Tavern — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Maison Burlesque Cherry Poppers Showcase
Max Watts — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Maison Burlesque Cherry Poppers Showcase
Max Watts House of Music — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Babs Variety Night
Brunswick Artists Bar — Tuesday 19 May.Details ›
Babs Variety Night
Brunswick Ballroom — Tuesday 19 May, 7:30 PM.Details ›
CIRCUS & PHYSICAL THEATRE
Voltique
Spiegel Haus Melbourne — Sunday 17 May, 11:25 AM.Details ›
Cirque du Soleil: Kooza
Flemington Racecourse — Wednesday 20 May, 7:30 PM.Details ›
FILM SCREENINGS
Scoring
Blindside — On show until 30 May 2026.Details ›
New Voices in Australian Cinema
ACMI — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
First Nations Film Club
ACMI — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Art+Film
ACMI — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Matinees
ACMI — Thursday 14 May, ~ 2:00 PM.Details ›
Osmosis Jones
Max Watts — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Film Screening)
Northcote Social Club — Wednesday 20 May.Details ›
Mike Rudd Documentary Film & Live Band Event
Brunswick Ballroom — Wednesday 20 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $50Details ›
EXHIBITIONS & GALLERIES
Arixchange 2.0
Blindside — On show until 18 June 2026.Details ›
Labour & Love
Westspace — On show until 14 May 2026.Details ›
Art of the Pacific
NGV — On show until 4 October 2026.Details ›
The Story of the Moving Image
ACMI — Currently showing.Details ›
Ayoung Kim – Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver
ACMI — Currently showing.Details ›
Gallery 5
ACMI — Currently showing.Details ›
Geelong Gallery
Gertrude Contemporary — Currently showing.Details ›
William Mackinnon: Phoenix
Melbourne — Currently showing.Details ›
John Dent: Gouaches
Melbourne — Currently showing.Details ›
Richard Lewer wins 2026 Archibald Prize
Melbourne — Currently showing.Details ›
Gaypalani Waṉambi wins 2026 Wynne Prize
Melbourne — Currently showing.Details ›
Lucy Culliton wins 2026 Sulman Prize
Melbourne — Currently showing.Details ›
It’s About Time: Sound Installation
Cactus Room — Currently showing.Details ›
LUME residency
303 — Currently showing.Details ›
MDW 2026: 'Between Planes' by Dean Norton
Hotel House — On show until 17 May 2026.Details ›
'Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness'
The District Docklands — On show until 26 July 2026.Details ›
Melbourne Design Week 2026
Melbourne — On show until 24 May 2026.Details ›
World of the Book
State Library of Victoria — On show until 17 May 2026.Details ›
Phantom Days By Angela Okeeffe
Readings — Currently showing.Details ›
Music Documented
ACMI — Opens 17 May 2026.Details ›
ACMI Experimental Forum
ACMI — Opens 20 May 2026.Details ›
MARKETS & FAIRS
Bar Open Records
Bar Open — Sat 16 May · Sun 17 May.Details ›
Eat The Beat: Opening Night
Melbourne — Saturday 16 May. $22Details ›
Beats & Bits Makers Market
Quadraphonic Club — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
SPOKEN WORD & POETRY
Queer Theory Reading Group
Blindside — On show until 17 December 2026.Details ›
Tony Tulathimutte: Rejection
Wheeler Centre — Tuesday 19 May, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›
OTHER ARTS
Games Lab Presented by Big Ant Studios
ACMI — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Melbourne Polytechnic Graduation 2026
Melbourne Recital Centre — Thursday 14 May, 7:00 PM.Details ›
Scan, Earn, Fly
Melbourne Central Shot Tower — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Up Next
Arts Centre Melbourne — Saturday 16 May. $20Details ›
Local Labels: It Records
Cactus Room — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
COMMUNITY
MCM: Sleep at the G
Melbourne — Thursday 14 May. $80Details ›
NBA House Australia at The Timber Yard
The Timber Yard — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Friday Raffle + Happy Hour
Northcote Social Club — Friday 15 May, 7:00 PM. $10Details ›
Bingo Loco
170 Russell — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Teachers’ Professional Development Workshop
La Mama Theatre — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
GAMING & TABLETOP
It’s a Springaling Meetup Thing
The Office Bar and Grill — Thursday 14 May, 11:00 AM.Details ›
Good Games Melbourne — Weekly Gaming Nights
Learn to Play Star Wars Unlimited · ONE PIECE CARD GAME (English) · Digimon · Star Wars Unlimited · Magic: The Gathering – cEDH – Training Grounds · Magic: The Gathering – Commander · and more
285 Swanston St Melbourne — Thursday 14 May, 5:00 PM.Details ›
Flash Point: Fire Rescue
3720 Whitney Rd — Sunday 17 May, 10:00 AM.Details ›
SOCIAL SPORTS
Parkrun Melbourne
Albert, Altona Beach, Aurora, Brimbank, Coburg, Cruickshank Park, Cyril Curtain Reserve, Dandenong, Darebin, Diamond Creek, Dorset Recreation Reserve, Frog Hollow, Gardiners Creek, Jells, Karkarook, Kirkdale Reserve, Lalor, Lewis Park Reserve, Maribyrnong, Mullum Mullum, Newport Lakes, Parkville, Point Cook, Studley, The Phar Lap Track, Victory Road Reserve, Warrandyte River Reserve, Warringal Parklands, Westerfolds, Westerfolds junior, Woodlands Historic Park
Saturday 16 May, 8:00 AM. FreeDetails ›
FOOD
Bring a Friend for Free at Peninsula Hot Springs
Peninsula Hot Springs — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Steak Night
Northcote Social Club — Thursday 14 May, 5:00 PM. $24Details ›
Sunday Jukebox & Roast
Northcote Social Club — Sunday 17 May, 7:00 PM. FreeDetails ›
Parma Night
Northcote Social Club — Monday 18 May.Details ›
Pie Night
Northcote Social Club — Wednesday 20 May, 4:00 PM. $20Details ›
KARAOKE NIGHTS
Cherryoke Live Band Karaoke
Cherry Bar — Friday 15 May.Details ›
MOO'S BIRTHDAY PARTY w/ KARAOKE + BABY OUZO
The Old Bar — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Kickarse Karaoke
Sooki Lounge — Wednesday 20 May.Details ›
KARAOKE with JOE STEELE
The Old Bar — Wednesday 20 May, 9:00 PM.Details ›
AFL
Narrm v Hawthorn – Round 10
MCG — Saturday 16 May, 4:15 PM.Details ›
Carlton v Western Bulldogs – Round 10
Marvel Stadium — Saturday 16 May, 7:35 PM.Details ›
Essendon v Walyalup – Round 10
MCG — Sunday 17 May, 1:10 PM.Details ›
Euro-Yroke v Richmond – Round 10
Marvel Stadium — Sunday 17 May, 3:15 PM.Details ›
INDIE / ALTERNATIVE
Munted Chunts
The Workers Club — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Eskimo Joe (Black Fingernails Red Wine 20th Anniversary Tour)
indie rock / alternative
The Corner Hotel — Thu 14 May · Fri 15 May · Sat 16 May.Details ›
AKA Zeb (Live)
Bodriggy Brewing Company — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Bella Cloud
Brunswick Artists’ Bar — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Bella Cloud / Hairclip / Chants
Brunswick Artists Bar — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Zhuli 'JU!CY' EP Launch w/ Jewel Owusu and r.em.edy
indie / alternative
Nighthawks — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Bella Cloud / Hairclip / Chants
Brunswick Ballroom — Thursday 14 May, 7:30 PM.Details ›
An Evening with Nathan Vega Inigo Magno + Mekky
indie / rock
Bergy Bandroom — Thursday 14 May, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›
Jaedyn Randell
Brunswick Ballroom — Thursday 14 May, 8:00 PM.Details ›
West End Gap
The Curtin — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Deep South Music
The Workers Club — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Santa Ana Rodeo w/ Munchy Dolphin + Bollard + Red Camelia
indie / experimental
Bar Open — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Waul
Sooki Lounge — Friday 15 May.Details ›
GOOD MUSIC THURSDAYS w/ THE PEARLIES + VINTED VENEER (QLD) + SUGARGUM
The Old Bar — Thu 14 May · Fri 15 May.Details ›
Underscore
Kingston City Hall — Friday 15 May. $30Details ›
Y Fest
Stay Gold — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Luna The Moon
Baxter’s Lot — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Tiptoes
Revolver Upstairs — Friday 15 May. $21Details ›
Rewired Rhythms
The Toff In Town — Friday 15 May.Details ›
The Desi Rascalz
Wax Music Lounge — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Joey Silveira — Debut Single Launch Show, Ruby Dattner and Paradise Valley
indie / rock
Bergy Bandroom — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Tenderheart, Refugia, Velvet Blur and the DRP’s.
Bad Decisions — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Ben Mastwyk and His Millions
Punters Club — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Realname + Crop Rot + Cousin Temi & Hawkrada + Yes/No/Maybe
The Old Bar — Friday 15 May, 8:00 PM.Details ›
it's so cold out there!Just Announced
The Night Cat — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Nancy And The Jam Fancys (Syd) 'Higher Than Usual' Single Launch
The Curtin — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Rice Out the Window
The Workers Club — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Monsters of Riff 2026 ft. Elm Street
indie / alternative
Northcote Social Club — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Harrisen Hughes
Baxter’s Lot — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
The Colliflowers
Grace Darling Hotel — Saturday 16 May. $20Details ›
Ned Branchi
George Lane — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
One Whole Hand
Leadbeater Hotel — Saturday 16 May. $24Details ›
Youthless
Edinburgh Castle Hotel — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
These New South Whales
Howler — Saturday 16 May. $40Details ›
ItsRosieQuartz
Brunswick Artists’ Bar — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Good Music All Star Ft. The Slims, The Carp Factory, Star Jock, Mansplainers, Jasmin Adria and Kash
indie / punk
Retreat Hotel — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Left at the Avenue, Emma Yue, The Satts, Blyss, Garden Lane + Mr Doily
The Barwon Club Hotel — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
One Whole Hand — Kiss Me Through the Corset String feat: Death of Art + Deep Majestic Thunder + Projectile Dysfunction
indie
The Leadbeater Hotel — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
NANCY AND THE JAM FANCYS (SYD) 'HIGHER THAN USUAL' SINGLE LAUNCH with Flight to Dubai + Internet Romance
John Curtin Hotel — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Hati Hari — “Martyr” Mixtape Launch w/ Nabii and Horlin
Nighthawks — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Confessions In Pink by ItsRosieQuartz
Brunswick Artists Bar — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Civic Video
Punters Club — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Ned Branchi Band (Album Launch) (George Lane Matinee Sessions)
George Lane — Saturday 16 May, ~ 2:00 PM.Details ›
ARVO SHOW W/ ROARCUSS — launch + MADE AUSTRIA
indie rock/alternative
The Old Bar — Saturday 16 May, ~ 4:00 PM. FreeDetails ›
Josie's Vacation 'Tip Top Shape' Single Release Tainted Facade, Roscoe Mule, Ruby and the Tuesdays (arvo) GROWTH 'Under The Under' album launch with guests TUMOUR, BARRIERS (SA), LILY OF THE VALLEY (evening)
indie rock
Bergy Bandroom — Saturday 16 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Time For Dreams / Popular Music / Claire Birchall (arvo) Ozone Street / Book Runner + Ingrid and the Ministers (Solo) (evening)
Cactus Room — Saturday 16 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
THOMAS SKALICKY / COLD WAR ARCHITECTURE / ZOE BAKER (arvo) ITSROSIEQUARTZ / JESSIE EILERS (evening)
Brunswick Artists Bar — Saturday 16 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Seedy Jeezus w/ Rosewood & Dog Watch (Arvo)
indie / alternative
Nighthawks — Saturday 16 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Thomas Skalicky / Cold War Architecture / Zoe Baker
Brunswick Ballroom — Saturday 16 May, 4:30 PM.Details ›
Itsrosiequartz / Jessie Eilers
Brunswick Ballroom — Saturday 16 May, 8:30 PM.Details ›
Tainted Facade + The Reverie + 4 Hour Parking
The Old Bar — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
That Studio Group and Baxter’s present: Live Sessions
Baxter’s Lot — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Silicone Prairie + Blue Communications
The Curtin — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Babyccino single launch w/ Gigi. + Open Scrappy
Tramway Hotel — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Silicone Prairie & Blue Communications
John Curtin Hotel — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Sunday Matinee Residency: Hot Milk Machine
The Workers Club — Sunday 17 May, ~ 2:00 PM.Details ›
Them & I ‘Lay Me Down Here’ Album Tour
Brunswick Ballroom — Sunday 17 May, 2:30 PM.Details ›
ARVO SHOW w/ STENN FRANCIS-DARE + CLOVER BLUE
indie rock/alternative
The Old Bar — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM. FreeDetails ›
LYRA CALTABIANO W/ TOWNACE // RESTRAINT (arvo)
indie folk
Mamma Chen's — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Jayapaloosa feat: Among the Restless + Maddy Roberts + Potluck + Keets + The Lotus Seven + Alannah + Nazarena + Sol Hopkins (arvo & evening)
The Leadbeater Hotel — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Jade Paw (arvo)
Edinburgh Castle Hotel — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Spiral Map / Human Hole Products
Brunswick Ballroom — Sunday 17 May, 5:30 PM.Details ›
Dolly Diamond
Brunswick Ballroom — Sunday 17 May, 7:30 PM.Details ›
Of Monsters and Men — The Mouse Parade Tour
indie folk / alternative
Palais Theatre — Sunday 17 May, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›
Gulf (Front Bar)
Bar Open — Sunday 17 May, 8:30 PM. FreeDetails ›
Nieuw Mondays
The Workers Club — Monday 18 May.Details ›
‘Social Sanctuary’ with Santa Ana Rodeo, Tallulah Grace + Meisie
indie / alternative
Northcote Social Club — Monday 18 May.Details ›
GO GO TOBOGGAN — Residency + CARI SCHARL + CHAPOVSKI
indie rock / alternative
The Old Bar — Tuesday 19 May.Details ›
Moon Songs Album Launch
The Lomond Hotel — Tuesday 19 May.Details ›
RESIDENCY: Solitude Sessions ft. Cooper Nathanael
The Workers Club — Wednesday 20 May.Details ›
Chirp w/ Cetano + Amber Richmond
Bar Open — Wednesday 20 May.Details ›
Alice Isabella (Front Bar)
Bar Open — Wednesday 20 May, 9:00 PM. FreeDetails ›
ROCK
Santa Ana Rodeo
Barwon Club Hotel — Thursday 14 May. $18Details ›
The Bluebirds, Bovine and The Mods
The Last Chance — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Santa Ana Rodeo (USA) — Australian Tour Good Wood, Bigfoot Sighting + Munchy Dolphin
The Barwon Club Hotel — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
An Evening with Steve Kilbey
alternative rock / psychedelic
Kindred Bandroom — Thursday 14 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $55Details ›
Spin Doctors
rock / pop
Forum Melbourne — Fri 15 May · Sat 16 May · Mon 18 May 8:00 PM · Tue 19 May 8:00 PM.Details ›
Mel Searle: An Ella Fitzgerald Tribute with Louis & Ella Duets
jazz standards / vocal jazz
Paris Cat Jazz Club — Friday 15 May. $45Details ›
The Rartel Rock Gummo
Cafe Gummo — Friday 15 May. $10Details ›
Nancy & The Jam Fancys
The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Project Mayhem
Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy) — Friday 15 May. $11Details ›
Don’t Change: Ultimate INXS
new wave / post-punk revival
Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy) — Friday 15 May. $45Details ›
Jack Gatto & Charlie Gaylard: Elvis Spectacular
rock / rockabilly
Clocktower Centre — Friday 15 May. $50Details ›
Goldfields Rock Invasion feat: Red Jar , Hoodoo Heathens + Noog
The Barwon Club Hotel — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Liam Watts And The Electric Red Messengers / Sweet Nothing / Joel Green Band
Cactus Room — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Project Mayhem
Esplanade Hotel — Friday 15 May.Details ›
WEST END GAP with Sjay + Banksia
John Curtin Hotel — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Osmosis Jones with special guests
Max Watts House of Music — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Waul & Tou — Can
Sooki Lounge — Friday 15 May.Details ›
An Evening with Steve Kilbey
alternative rock / psychedelic
The Round — Friday 15 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $63Details ›
DORUKSEN [uk] | (Melbourne/Naarm)
Max Watts — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Watty Thompson: Celebrating 10 Years Of The Last Chance
The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Toff Club
The Toff In Town — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
An Evening with Steve Kilbey
rock / alternative rock
Birregurra Mechanics Hall — Saturday 16 May. $63Details ›
The Great Big Beer Band
Stay Gold — Saturday 16 May. $34Details ›
Eris & the Disciples, Father Daddy
Graveyard bar — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Sweethearts & Switchblades feat: *SECRET HEADLINER*, Loose End & Violet Tendencies
rock
The Croxton — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Hail Freya/The Borderland/ Mobhead
Bad Decisions — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Heavy Medicine
Union Hotel — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Avalanche
New Cherry Bar — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Tnsw
Howler — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Whiskey Romeo (ARVO)
Coburg RSL — Saturday 16 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Three Man Down
170 Russell — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Rock Night: Apollogeddon ft. The Other
The Workers Club — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
The Quickfix --- Album Launch
Sooki Lounge — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Alera
The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar — Sunday 17 May. $24Details ›
Static Dress w/ Ends in Tragedy + Post Heaven
Stay Gold — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
The Punters (Arvo)
Punters Club — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Sunshine Tip (arvo)
The Bridge Hotel — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Johnny Can't Dance (arvo)
Coburg RSL — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
An Evening with Steve Kilbey
psychedelic rock / post-punk
The Shed @ The Pig & Whistle — Sunday 17 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $63Details ›
Future Loves Burning / Age Of Extremes
The Motley Bauhaus — Tuesday 19 May. $36Details ›
5'Nizza
Max Watts House of Music — Tuesday 19 May.Details ›
Mike Rudd Doco + Q&A + Live Band Show With Guest Ross Wilson — Host Brian Nankervis
classic rock / psychedelic rock
Brunswick Ballroom — Wednesday 20 May, 8:00 PM.Details ›
JAZZ
Thundercat
fusion / funk / neo-soul
PICA (Port Melbourne Industrial Centre for the Arts) — Friday 15 May. $100Details ›
Ghibli Reimagined with Russell Tay Trio
contemporary jazz
Paris Cat Jazz Club — Friday 15 May.Details ›
The Music of Snarky Puppy
fusion / contemporary jazz
Paris Cat Jazz Club — Friday 15 May. $48Details ›
The Mile High Club with Pat Thiele & Chantal Mitvalsky
jazz improvisation
Paris Cat Jazz Club — Friday 15 May. $45Details ›
Julio And The Stevies
Uptown Jazz Cafe — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Something Blue: Alanna & Old Hat reimagines Joni Mitchell’s Blue
jazz / singer-songwriter
Paris Cat Jazz Club — Saturday 16 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $45Details ›
Great American Songbook Project with Emma Gilmartin & Nick Haywood
jazz / standards
Paris Cat Jazz Club — Saturday 16 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $45Details ›
Stan Meets Chet with Luca Brading Quartet
jazz / standards
Paris Cat Jazz Club — Saturday 16 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $45Details ›
New York Cats & Prisma Presents Sub Level 001
jazz / contemporary jazz
Wax Music Lounge — Saturday 16 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $18Details ›
The Gianni Marinucci Sextet feat. Tony Gould
jazz sextet
Jazz Lab — Tuesday 19 May, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›
Daryl McKenzie Jazz Orchestra with Raleigh Williams
jazz
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts — Wednesday 20 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $15Details ›
PUNK
LOCKJAW 'A Reason To Endure' EP Launch — w/ Lay Low, Knifepoint, Rile, and No Truce.
punk / hardcore
The Tote — Friday 15 May.Details ›
'Grrls To the Front' Featuring Penalty, Miss Communication, Hail Mary Jane, Nymph Spit, and Funky Town Fish
Singing Bird Studio — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Adhd // Kmart Warriors // Twin City Riot // Strawberry Fistcake // Y*Not
punk / indie
Mamma Chen's — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Freya & The Vikings, The Two Face Trio and Cranky Pants The Alchemist.
punk / hardcore
Bendigo Hotel — Friday 15 May.Details ›
SKIN THIEF — Frozen in the Act of Touring Australian Tour with All is Violent and SANDS
punk / hardcore
The Tote — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
DYSMETRIA EP LAUNCH w/ SPILLKIT & PASSAGES [UPSTAIRS], The Deadbeats 'Unbroken' Album Launch with Keggin', In The Esky and The Wash [bandroom]
punk / hardcore
Bendigo Hotel — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Wax Eaters , Death of Nexus , The Alley Stranglers
The Western Port Hotel — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Crown Street Militia with support from Clotheslines, Kristol Pisstol & Misery Guts.
The Last Chance — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
ELECTRONIC
Planet Of The Crates: DJ Peril + Agent 86
Wax Music Lounge — Thursday 14 May. $22Details ›
Sleepless Festival 2026
Melbourne — Friday 15 May. $30Details ›
The Octolounge
Sooki Lounge — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Chiptune Open Mic — Hosted by Melbourne Chiptune Academy
chiptune
Mamma Chen's — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
FOLK
Charley | Tour Of A Serial Idealist
The Night Cat — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
The Man From Snowy River in Concert (Matinee Session)
folk / acoustic
Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne) — Sat 16 May 2:00 PM · Sun 17 May 7:30 PM. $99Details ›
Rhythm Kitchen (arvo) Kid James (evening)
folk / singer-songwriter
The Drunken Poet — Saturday 16 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
For the sake of the song — Sara Storer * Shane Howard * Shane Nicholson (arvo)
folk / roots
Caravan Music Club — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
The Backyard Banjo Club (arvo) The Maggie Carty Band (evening)
folk / banjo
The Drunken Poet — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
CLASSICAL
CzechMate — Meeting at the Crossroads
chamber music / contemporary classical
Melbourne Recital Centre — Friday 15 May, 6:00 PM.Details ›
Brahms Symphony No.4
orchestral / romantic
Melbourne Recital Centre — Friday 15 May, 7:30 PM.Details ›
String Spectacular
chamber music / strings
Melbourne Recital Centre — Saturday 16 May, 7:30 PM.Details ›
Mass of Deliverance
sacred music / choral
Melbourne Recital Centre — Sunday 17 May, 12:00 PM.Details ›
Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Voices Between Worlds
chamber music
Montsalvat — Sunday 17 May, 2:30 PM.Details ›
Flinders Quartet – Voices Between Worlds
chamber music
Melbourne Recital Centre — Monday 18 May, 7:00 PM.Details ›
COUNTRY
‘For The Sake of The Song’ w/ Shane Howard, Sara Storer & Shane Nicholson
country / americana
Memo Music Hall — Thursday 14 May, ~ 7:30 PM.Details ›
Sara Storer, Shane Howard, Shane Nicholson
country / Americana
Theatre Royal — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Chadley’s Silver Spurs
The Bridge Hotel — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Lara Buchanan — Gold Tour With Special Guests (arvo)
Esplanade Hotel — Saturday 16 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
Steel Guitar Australia Convention 2026: Andy Ray with The Distant South
steel guitar / country
Pirates Tavern — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Steel Guitar Australia
Seaworks — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
The Man From Snowy River in Concert (Matinee Session)
country / folk
Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne) — Sunday 17 May, ~ 2:00 PM. $99Details ›
SINGER-SONGWRITER
Georgia Rodgers
Edinburgh Castle Hotel — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Michael Paynter — The Great Australian Songbook Live
Athenaeum Theatre Two — Fri 15 May · Sat 16 May · Sun 17 May 7:30 PM.Details ›
Lara Buchanan
Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy) — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
John Floreani
Stay Gold — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Lily Hallawell
Baxter’s Lot — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
Sunday Sessions-Open Mic
Sooki Lounge — Sunday 17 May, ~ 11:00 AM.Details ›
WORLD MUSIC
Trio Fan Tiid
Edinburgh Castle Hotel — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Koorie Afternoon (arvo)
Bar Oussou — Sunday 17 May, ~ 4:00 PM.Details ›
OTHER MUSIC
B’s Open Keys
Baxter’s Lot — Thursday 14 May.Details ›
Geoff Achison & The SoulDiggers w/ Brett Garsed
soul / funk
Oakleigh Carnegie RSL /Oakleigh Lounge — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Castles In Paris: Peep vs $B Appreciation Night
Stay Gold — Saturday 16 May. $17Details ›
Watty Thompson (morning)
The Last Chance — Saturday 16 May, ~ 10:00 AM.Details ›
Live and Local hosted by Xander Cuming
Baxter’s Lot — Wednesday 20 May.Details ›
POP
Steph Strings Australia 2026 Tour
170 Russell — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Maggie Lindemann
The Forum — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Audrey Hobert
The Forum — Tue 19 May · Wed 20 May.Details ›
Hot Milk | Live in Australia
170 Russell — Wednesday 20 May.Details ›
BLUES
The Winter Blues Festival Featuring — Jeff Lang & Danny McKenna, Sammy Owen Blues Band, Anna Scionti and Otis Namrell Band
Brunswick Ballroom — Friday 15 May.Details ›
Winter Blues At The Ballroom
Brunswick Ballroom — Friday 15 May, 8:30 PM.Details ›
R&B / SOUL
Neo Soul Reimagined with Leska
neo-soul / contemporary soul
Paris Cat Jazz Club — Saturday 16 May, ~ 7:30 PM. $45Details ›
EXPERIMENTAL
Spiral Map / Human Hole Products
Brunswick Artists Bar — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
DORUKSEN [uk] | (Melbourne/Naarm) with special guests
Max Watts House of Music — Saturday 16 May.Details ›
Laneous Duos
Quadraphonic Club — Sunday 17 May.Details ›
REGGAE / DUB / SKA
Goblin Sound System presents Anti-Nuclear Anti-Militarisation Fundraiser for CANAM
dub / reggae bass
Grace Darling Hotel — Friday 15 May. $10Details ›
NOISE
MORBID MONDAYS w/ WHO BASTARD + SHIPYARD + ...AND THE MOUNTAIN
noise/industrial/hardcore
The Old Bar — Monday 18 May. FreeDetails ›
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