Newsletter #862 What's On this Week
Published: Tue, 07/04/23
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Newsletter: What's On | 4 - 10 July 2023 What's On Melbourne Newsletter Tuesday 4th July 2023 - Monday 10th July 2023 Experiences in the world's most loveable city. Featured This Week & Juliet 2.22 - A Ghost Story ACMI: Goddess: Power Glamour Rebellion Adventure Park's Winter Glow ArtVo | Trick Art BABBA - Live At Your Local Bastille Day French Festival Chaos Lab: A Creative Experience for Children Christmas in July Luncheon by the River Code Camp - School Holiday Camps Connection: The Lume Melbourne European Night Market Fantastic Beast: The Wonder Of Nature Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens Live Music This Week Melbourne Documentary Film Festival Melbourne Magic Festival Metro Comic Con Rough Trade @ Theatre Works Explosives Factory School Holidays Guide Sovereign Hill's Winter Wonderlights The Eagles Story The Finders Keepers: Design Market The Rink: Ice Skating The Rocky Horror Show Free Every Tuesday Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne  Christmas in July Luncheon by the RiverEnjoy Hophaus atmosphere with views over the city and river!
Sunday 23 July 2023 @ Hophaus Bar
Get your family or crew together and celebrate Christmas in July at our Festive Luncheon includes a 3 course menu (shared entree & main, choice of dessert).
 Rough TradeKatie Pollock's Hilariously Heartfelt Play Inspired By The Real-Life Facebook Group
19 - 29 July 2023 - Explosives Factory: Theatre Works
Part takedown of capitalism, part wannabe dancing dildo musical, this one-woman play is a celebration of resilience, humour - and adult toys!
 Code Camp - School Holiday CampsThe Best School Holidays Ever
Australia's favourite school holiday and after-school program!
Let Code Camp inspire your children to get creative with technology these holidays learn some valuable new skills have fun and make new friends.
 Adventure Park's Winter GlowSNOW | LIGHTS | FIRE | ICE
Until 16 July 2023 | Adventure Park Geelong
With snow rides epic light installations and amazing fire twirling and ice sculpting displays! See live ice-sculpting and fire-twirling displays plus millions of dazzling lights and hundreds of glittering installations. Ride action rides play mini-golf plus lots more activities for the kids.
 The Eagles StoryLive Shows in July 2023
Australia's Premier Eagles Experience is a celebration of the iconic American rock band The Eagles. With incredible attention to detail the performers bring the band's legendary music to life in a way this is both authentic and electrifying.
Tickets are on sale now! Friday 21st July - Yarraville Live (Dinner & Show)
Sat 29th July - Ringwood Bowls Club (Supper & Show)
 BABBALive At Your Local
Welcome to the wonderful musical illusion that is BABBA.....
A BABBA show is an electrifying experience that transports audiences back to the glory days of ABBA. With stunning costumes captivating choreography and pitch-perfect renditions of the band's greatest hits.
It's the best night out in town!
 Plaza Tavern Werribee - 21.7.23 - liveatyourlocal.com.au Stamford Inn - 22.7.23 - liveatyourlocal.com.auAll shows are 18+ Tickets on sale now!
 Magic & Illusion - Dinner & ShowMind blowing magic right before your eyes
Every Friday night witness miracles upclose with award-winning magician Luke Hocking at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.
 School Holiday GuideOur biggest winter guide yet!
Saturday 23 June - Sunday 9 July 2023
Keep the kids entertained during the Winter School Holidays with Melbourne's best guide jam packed with events activities and venues.
Adventure Park's Winter Glow All Day Activities for KIDS ArtVo Trick Art | Docklands Chaos Lab: A Creative Experience for Children Circus Royale | Narre Warren Code Camp - The Best School Holidays Ever Dinos Alive: An Immersive Experience Fairy Park Gumbuya World Imaginator: Walk Through Experience Jurassic Creatures Live Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne's Adventure / Theme Parks Potion Putt - A Wizardry Minigolf Course Puffing Billy's Train of Lights Roola Boola Childrens Arts Festival The Rink: Ice Skating Train Rides For Kids The Rink: Ice Skating @ Birrarung MarrOpen through the winter school holidays
Put on your skates and slice up the ice under a deep constellation of lights!
Skate under a stunning array of lights and decorations enjoy a selection of free activities and round off the experience with some food and drinks.
 Chaos LabA Creative Experience for Children
School holidays - District Docklands
Chaos Lab allows children's imaginations to run wild with the craziest and most colourful dreams imaginable. This interactive laboratory experience will inspire the young to release their creativity!
 European Night Market 2023European Night Market returns to Madame Brussels Lane
Friday evenings: 7, 14, 22 and 28 July 2023 @ Madame Brussels Lane
Step into a winter wonderland, where Bavarian beer hall magic unites music, food, and frivolity. Delight in European favorites from 17 food vendors, indulge in warm mulled wine, bespoke gin cocktails by Little Lon Distilling Co., and revel in unforgettable street performances!
 Metro Comic ConFilm, TV, animation, gaming, cosplay, collectables, publishing and comics
Melbourne Showgrounds on 8-9 July 2023
The pinnacle of Australian pop culture experiences, delivering a weekend full of adventure, fun and fandom celebration.
 Dining In The DarkEver wondered what it is like to eat in the dark?
Wednesday 19 July 2023 - Juliet Melbourne
After donning your blindfold in the darkened candlelit room you'll soon realise that focusing on taste and smell alone can be a truly enlightening experience - provided you're not afraid of the dark!
 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival8th Edition Online + In-Cinema at Cinema Nova
Online: 1st - 31st July 2023 | In-Cinema: 21nd - 30th July 2023
The Melbourne Doc Fest curates world class features direct from some of the hottest most prestigious documentary film festivals in the world.
 Lightscape 2023 - Royal Botanic GardensBack by popular demand- Immersive after-dark experience
Nightly until Sunday 6th August 2023
Never before seen lightworks along with the impressive Winter Cathedral will light up the gardens. Immersed in light colour reflection and music the all-new trail just over 2km will take you through the green heart of Melbourne. Expect colour-changing installations large-scale illuminated sculptures and surprises along the way.
 The Finders Keepers: Design MarketAutumn Winter Naarm Market
7-9 July 2023 - Royal Exhibition Building
The Finders Keepers curated design market returns bringing 270+ of their favourite Australian designers and makers. From ceramics to jewellery, unique art to slow fashion, The Finders Keepers is where you'll discover the latest from Australia's craftiest cats.
 Sovereign Hill's Winter WonderlightsWhen the sun goes down thats when it really shines.
Until 16 July 2023 - Sovereign Hill
Throughout the day visitors can wander the streets as 'snow' falls enjoy pantomimes and theatre shows Christmas-themed arts and crafts the chance to share a photo with St Nick and wonderful wintry treats like mulled wine and gingerbread. As the sun goes down ever-changing projections bring Sovereign Hill's streetscape to dazzling life as a spectacular light show illuminates the much-loved museum.
 Melbourne Magic FestivalThe Melbourne Magic Festival casts its spell across Melbourne
Until 8 July 2023
Over 130 performances of 30 different shows including top international guest magicians from all over Australia!
 Ballers Clubhouse | Melbourne & CarltonA mindblowing 18+ experience.
This spectacular social club is a revolutionary supervenue that blends club, bar and dining with the world's most popular bar games.
Fully licensed with 75 taps, 10 private functions spaces, 8 pimped-up ping pong tables, 6 stand-up shuffleboards, 6 spectacular bars, 4 shuffleboard courts, 6 social darts booths, a VR Playhouse with 4 booths, an open-air patio, cabanas, automated and interactive game tech, it is an out-of-this-cosmos experience.
 Bastille Day French FestivalEveryone's favourite celebration of all things French
Friday 7th July 2023 - Saturday 8th July 2023 - Queen Victoria Market
A winter market packed with local French-Australian businesses, mouth-watering French cuisine, dazzling artists and performers, a ticketed program filled with Les Lumiares talks, Walking Tours and masterclasses, right in the heart of the city!
 Live Guide | This Week In MelbourneCheck out the live shows this week in Melbourne
Melbourne's vibrant music scene pumps out live music 7 nights a week in hotels bars and live music venues.
Absolute Bowie Ash Island BABBA - Live At Your Local Candlelight Soundtracks: Rings & Dragons Candlelight: A Tribute To Queen @ St James Old Cathedral Electric Fields + MSO Omega Ensemble: Ecstatic Dances One Song: The Music Of Archie Roach Pete Murray | Greatest Hits Tour Russell Morris: The Real Thing Scarecrow - The Mellencamp Show at Commercial Hotel Shorrock & Cadd: The Two Amigos Sugar Tongue Violet Harlot Sistine Guns Surprise Chef Swingin' Jazz n Blues with The Jackson Combo The Deans: Live at The Count's The Dreggs - Melbourne The Eagles Story The Milk Carton Kids + Vera Sola Wash My Soul In The River's Flow More to check out: this week 2.22 - A Ghost StoryWinner BEST NEW PLAY - critically acclaimed supernatural thriller!
25 July - 20 August 2023 - Her Majesty's Theatre
An adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge and ghosts may or may not appear. What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth?
 ArtVo Melbourne | Trick ArtBecome part of the artwork at ArtVo Melbourne
ArtVo Melbourne @ Docklands is open 7 days a week
The interactive trick art gallery is your chance to touch the art and strike a pose in front of the mind boggling themed zones. The venue is a fun activity for all ages with over 80 different 3D reality defying artworks and optical illusions to work with across 9 different themed zones.
 Rembrandt: True to lifeRembrandt: True to life follows the work of the seventeenth-century Dutch master from his early years in Leiden in the 1620s through to his final years in Amsterdam in the 1660s.
Until 10 September 2023 - NGV International
The NGV holds the most important Rembrandt collection in the Southern Hemisphere and this exhibition is a unique opportunity for audiences to explore the great range of the artist's prints alongside some of his key paintings in the most comprehensive exhibition of Rembrandt's work to be held in Australia in twenty-five years.
 Goddess: Power Glamour RebellionMelbourne Winter Masterpieces series
Until October 2023 @ ACMI
Featuring never-before-seen costumes cinematic treasures interactive experiences and large-scale projections this landmark ACMI-curated exhibition will unveil examine and celebrate the changing representation of femininity across film history through provocative on-screen moments.
 Melbourne NowFREE ENTRY
Until 20th August 2023 - The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia Fed Square
Celebrating new and ambitious local art and design Melbourne Now will cross a range of contemporary disciplines including fashion and jewellery painting sculpture architecture ceramics video performance printmaking and publishing.
 Fantastic Beast: The Wonder Of NatureExplores the links between the magical creatures of the wizarding world and the remarkable animals of our natural world
Until Sunday 8th October 2023 - Melbourne Museum
Wonder at the magic of the creatures from the Wizarding World alongside the remarkable animals from London's Natural History Museum collection and learn about their shared abilities and behaviours that allow them to dazzle attract and escape.
 Connection: The Lume MelbourneBreathtaking Stories Through First Nations Art & Music
Daily @ The Lume Melbourne
Connection features over 550 digital and original artworks from more than 110 visual and musical artists representing the largest collection of First Peoples' art ever assembled.
 & JulietThe award-winning & JULIET at the Regent Theatre
Nightly until July 2023 - Regent Theatre
This hilarious inspiring and poignant new musical is wrapped up in one of the most addictive and joyful soundtracks to ever hit the stage. Shakespeare gets a remix with some of the world's most loved and glittering pop anthems from legendary songwriter Max Martin and collaborators.
 The Rocky Horror ShowThe Legendary Rock & Roll Musical
Until 30 July 2023 (extended) - Athenaeum Theatre
A brand-new Australian production marks its 50th Anniversary in 2023 starring Australian superstar Jason Donovan and Myf Warhurst as the Narrator.
 Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildReImagined - Extended by popular demand
Until July 2023 - Princess Theatre- will not be touring Australia
The most globally awarded play in history Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now experienced as one thrilling theatrical event.
 The Story of the Moving ImageMelbourne's "BEST" free exhibition
FREE | Open daily | 10am - 5pm @ ACMI Fed Square
Discover how inventors innovators and artists at the turn of the 20th century wielded light split time and captured motion heralding a technological revolution that continues today.
 MIRROR: New views on photographyGreat photography can hold up a mirror to the world and reflect our innermost thoughts and feelings
Free until January 2024 - State Library of Victoria
Showcases over 140 photographs from the State Collection alongside creative responses from emerging and established Victorian storytellers to tell fascinating tales of Victoria through a contemporary lens.
Show Announcement
 GREASE | The MusicalGREASE Is The Word | GREASE is still the word
31 December 2023 - 28 January 2024 - Her Majesty's Theatre
Featuring dazzling costumes and all those unforgettable songs including: Summer Nights Sandy Hopelessly Devoted to You You're The One That I Want Greased Lightnin' and Grease is the Word.
 Markets This Weekend Blackburn Art & Craft Market Camberwell Sunday Market Keysborough Computer & Technology Market Kyneton Community Market Melbourne Book Market at Queen Victoria Market Mornington Racecourse Craft Market Regional Farmers Market at Abbotsford Convent Somerville Saturday Market St Mary's Warburton Community Market Sunbury Village Market The Finders Keepers: Design Market Violet Town Market Wallan Olde Time Market Just announced..coming soon!Newsletter CentralWhat's On Melbourne Newsletter | #862 Straight to your inbox every Tuesday Subscribe Archive Previous Week Last Year |
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