This Week in Melbourne: What's On #804
Published: Tue, 05/24/22
Newsletter: This Week 24-30 May 2022![]() What's On Newsletter | #804 Tuesday 24th May 2022 - Monday 30th May 2022 Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne African Festival | Queen Victoria Market BABBA - Live @ Dimples of Essendon Ballarat Heritage Festival Blacksmiths Festival Botanica Festival Circling Time Songs & Stories by Kutcha Edwards Circus Royale | Craigieburn Click Frenzy | Mayhem Darkfield | Multi-Sensory Experiences Elvis: 45th Anniversary Spectacular Elvis: Direct from Graceland Fight MND Fundraising Dinner Gambero Rosso: Top Italian Wines Roadshow Great Australasian Beer Spectapular Groove with Heart Hamilton: The Musical Melbourne City v Western United: A-League Grand Final Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections Opera Australia: La Traviata Rocky Road Festival - Yarra Valley Chocolaterie The Messy Museum The Year of Magical Thinking: By Joan Didion Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs Free Every Week Fight MND Fundraising DinnerSpecial Guest ex Melbourne Captain David Neitz.
Tuesday 7 June, 6.30pm - 9pm - Turf Sports Bar
We are so excited to host what we hope will become an annual event, join in this special evening at Turf Bar with great food, great company and a great cause.
Elvis - The 45th Anniversary SpectacularPerformed by The Elvis Big Band
Saturday 16th July 2022 - The Thornbury Theatre
Witness The Elvis Big Band's greatest spectacular yet, celebrating the life and music of The King in a show not to be missed! Their exciting new show is complete with dancers, visuals and surprises galore.
The Year of Magical ThinkingDeeply moving, sometimes funny, and ultimately joyful theatre
Saturday 11th June 2022 - One Community Blackburn
Described by the New York Times as 'thrilling and engaging ' universal, profound and uplifting' Joan Didion's celebrated memoir is brought to life by Green Room Award-winning actor Jillian Murray in a critically-acclaimed solo performance that reunites her with director Laurence Strangio.
BABBA - Live @ Dimples of EssendonBABBA is the ultimate fun time.
Friday 27th May 2022 - Dimples of Essendon
Come join us for our first show at Dimples in Essendon you'll certainly get your "Dancing Queen" on with the 2 big sets of ABBA classics.
Q Class Dining ExperienceThe Q Train - Queenscliff
April to October: Fri Sat and Sun for lunch
Swerve your way through the heart of the Bellarine Peninsula as you dine on the iconic Q Train departing Drysdale.
Bottomless Brunch Afloat CruiseAdd a little pazazz to your Brunch experience
Depart from Southgate; our Spirit of Melbourne vessel offers an encompassing glass viewing areas as you dine away and pass Melbourne's parks and gardens Melbourne's sport's stadiums and more.
Indulge in our bottomless selection of premium Beer Wine & Mimosa's Prosecco throughout Bottomless brunch float.
Hophaus Bottomless Sunday LunchBottomless Lunch is coming to Hophaus Sundays.
Sunday Grazing in the Garden - 1-3pm - Hophaus Euro Bar & Bistro
We're talking lazy Sunday afternoons grazing on delicious platters and downing yummy bottomless botanical cocktails and spritz in our terrace garden overlooking Melbourne accompanied by live music. Sounds lush.
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & ShowMind blowing magic right before your eyes
Witness miracles upclose at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show showcased at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.
Great Australasian Beer SpectapularSare our love for craft beer
Friday - Sunday 27-29 May 2022 - Royal Exhibition Building
Globally recognised as one of the best beer festivals in the world, it's Disneyland for beer lovers as you taste over 100 new and unique Craft Beers & Ciders brewed just for you. Discover street food, entertainment, silent disco, beer education, fun games and so much more.
Botanica FestivalA celebration of our natural environment, gardening and sustainability.
Sunday 29th May 2022 - Rippon Lea Estate
Join us for a day of botanical fun with an open-air market, garden tours and walks, displays and activities, plus so much more.
Ballarat Heritage Festival21-29 May 2022
Dust off your tweed, oil up your retro bikes, and start growing that facial hair, the Ballarat Heritage Festival is back again to celebrate the city's rich heritage, iconic landmarks and vibrant community.
Melbourne City v Western UnitedA-League 2022 Grand Final
Saturay 28 May 2022 - AAMI Park
Experience all the noise, colour and edge of your seat action of the final. Who is going to rise to the occasion? Who will survive the big game nerves? Who will be crowned Champions?
Darkfield | Multi-Sensory ExperiencesA series of multi-sensory experiences in complete darkness.
Each experience combines binaural (3D) sound and sensory stimuli in complete and utter darkness. Using speech recognition technology guests are transported through rooms and down corridors on an intense and exhilarating journey.
**STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON** 26 May - 31 July 2022
Multi-Sensory Experiences
Blacksmiths FestivalForged by fire!
28-29 May 2022 - Waterside Metal Art Studio.
The The Blacksmithing & Metal Art Festival features metal forging classes and displays involving coke fires, gas furnaces, hammers, anvils and the display and sale of hand crafted metal art sculptures.
Groove with HeartFundraiser for Sacred Heart Mission's Dine With Heart
Sunday 29th May, 2022 - Encore St Kilda
You'll revel in Rock Wiz's Brian Nankervis's charm and wit as he tests your grasp of the jingle jungle that is the world of Rock! And you'll bask in the comedic joy of St Kilda's own Bev Killick, fresh from her hugely popular 'Don't Tell Tom' Comedy Festival shows. Then get your groove on with the sonic and iconic Fade to Black ft. Eliza Wolfgramm.
Rocky Road Festival of Flavours31 flavours in 31 days
1-31 May 2022 @ Yarra Valley Chocolaterie
Life is always sweet at the Chocolaterie - Our Chocolatiers will be giving the classic Aussie Rocky Road treat a makeover throughout May with our annual Rocky Road Festival.
Triceratops: Fate of the DinosaursAfter 67 million years Horridus the Triceratops is here in Melbourne
Until 10 July 2022 - Melbourne Museum
Come face to face with one of the most awe-inspiring creatures ever to walk the Earth in an immersive voyage into a lost world.
Cruel Intentions: The '90s MusicalThe film you know featuring iconic songs...the ultimate '90s throwback
Until 28 May 2022 - Athenaeum Theatre
Based on the film, this funny and nostalgia fuelled hit will have you singing and dancing in the aisles.
Hamilton: The MusicalA record-breaking masterpiece that has "transformed theatre and the way we think about history." - The New York Times
Hamilton has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre - a musical that has had a profound impact on culture politics and education.
Elvis: Direct from Gracelandthe KING comes to Bendigo
Until 17th July 2022 - Bendigo Art Gallery
An Elvis Presley exhibition featuring 300 items kept at his famous Memphis mansion Graceland. The exhibition includes Presley's military uniforms 1976 Harley Davidson jumpsuits Lisa Marie's baby clothes and his treasured red convertible 1960 MG.
Click Frenzy | Mayhem53 hours from 7pm (AEST) Tuesday 24 May 2022
Over 1000+ deals from over 600 brands.
Van Gogh: The Lume MelbourneStepping into THE LUME Melbourne is an epic adventure into art.
Australia's first digital gallery transforms the world's finest art into fully immersive sensory encounters. The walls come alive as masterpieces come to life in a 360-degree experience.
The Messy MuseumA Chaotic Interactive Experience
Thurday to Sunday @ Emporium Melbourne
The Messy Museum allows visitors' imaginations to run wild with the wildest, craziest, most colourful dreams imaginable. With everything from a slime station, a ball pit, and a neon graffiti wall at your disposal, you'll be able to let loose and enjoy no-holds-barred freedom of experimentation. Play with a variety of materials and textures, engage your senses, and create chaotic works of art alongside a manic, messy, mad scientist, and their fellow lab workers.
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