Newsletter: What's On | 6 - 12 May 2025
What's On Melbourne Newsletter
Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Monday 12th May 2025
Mother's Day Edition
Aftershocks: Nolan and the Holocaust
Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett
City Highlights Express Cruise
Day of Immunology: Science Discovery Tours
Dining In The Dark
Do It For Dolly Day
HADESTOWN
LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition
Magic Show: Impossible Occurrences
Melbourne Design Fair
Melbourne Nocturnal Film Festival
Melbourne Writers Festival
Mother's Day Guide
Mother's Day Lunch Cruise
Persian Film Festival
Pint of Origin - Beer Festival
Rocky Road Festival of Flavours
Sleepless Footscray Festival
YIRRAMBOI Festival
Free Every Tuesday
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne!
Celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday 11th May 2025
Mother's Day Guide
Every mum deserves to be pampered on Mother's Day. Breakfast in bed, a day of relaxation, indulgence and all-day spoiling.
Spoil the Mum in your life by surprising her with a present as unique as her.
Our Picks
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The perfect way to spoil Mum this Mother's Day
Mother's Day Lunch Cruise
Sunday 11th May 2025 departs Southbank Promenade
Imagine breathtaking views of Melbourne's iconic skyline while indulging in a delicious three-course meal complete with unlimited beverages!
ASI has been celebrating the Day of Immunology in since 2009.
Day of Immunology 2025
Celebrate your amazing immune system by attending events around Australia and New Zealand.
See behind the scenes as we tackle diseases like infection cancer and auto-immunity.
Up and Down River
City Highlights Express Cruise
Daily: 10am - 5pm - This 45-minute round-trip cruise takes you both upstream and downstream along the Yarra River.
Departing from Federation Wharf this round-trip cruise showcases key Melbourne sights including Flinders Street Station Southbank Docklands Birrarung Marr and views of the MCG.
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show
Impossible Occurrences
Mind-blowing magic right before your eyes. Every Friday night witness miracles up close with award-winning magician Luke Hocking at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.
Dive into an immersive hands-on journey through the galaxy's first LEGO Star Wars exhibition
LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition
Daily until 26th January 2026 @ Melbourne Museum
Over eight million LEGO bricks will transform Melbourne Museum into a tribute to George Lucas's beloved space saga.
Get up close to authentic props and costumes this unforgettable experience.
Harry Potter: The Exhibition
Daily until 9th June 2025 @ Fever Exhibition and Experience Centre
Harry Potter: The Exhibition celebrates all things Harry Potter by bringing to life some of your favorite moments characters locations and beasts from the film series as well as the extended Harry Potter universe.
Travel the world of beer at 23 great Melbourne venues
Pint of Origin - Beer Festival
9th - 18th May 2025 @ 23 venues
Check out the full lineup of venues and brewers, plus the program of events, and start planning your adventures.
Thrice the fun thrice the flavours... Yarra Valley Chocolaterie, Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie and the Mornington Peninsula Chocolaterie
Rocky Road Festival of Flavours
1st - 31st May 2025
Our European Chocolatiers will be giving the classic Aussie sweet treat a makeover throughout the entire month of May with our annual Rocky Road Festival!
Embark on a captivating journey through the eclectic landscape of arts and culture that defines our beloved community
Sleepless Footscray Festival
2nd - 18th May 2025
Sleepless Footscray Festival is back with a huge line-up of immersive experiences performances and art installations.
An Offbeat Film Festival in an Iconic Footscray Venue
Melbourne Nocturnal Film Festival
6th May 2025 & Wednesday 7th May 2025 @ Bluestone Church Arts Space
In collaboration with Sleepless Footscray, MNFF 2025 presents 2 days of film screenings and events right in the heart of Footscray
First Nations Arts & Cultural Festival
YIRRAMBOI Festival
1st - 11th May 2025
A ten-day feast of mediums spanning the breadth of artistic expressions with a collective voice of resilience and evolutionary practices.
Join us for a celebration of storytelling and the power of words to change us
Melbourne Writers Festival
Monday 8th May 2025 - Sunday 11th May 2025
In 2025, we welcome over 140 writers to Melbourne to take part in 69 events for one extraordinary week.
An exhibition of paintings by Australian artist Sidney Nolan
Aftershocks: Nolan and the Holocaust
Daily until 29th June 2025 @ Melbourne Holocaust Museum - Elsternwick
The collection includes 56 works of Nolan's 1961 paintings of Auschwitz victims and exhibited for the first time his later works depicting the Ravensbruck women's Holocaust camp.
Fever Experience
Melbourne's most exciting immersive gaming experience!
123Boom! Immersive Team Challenge
Daily @ 551 Little Collins St Melbourne
Grab your friends and tackle a series of adrenaline-pumping challenges in 6 game rooms. Dive into an action-packed adventure where teamwork meets explosive fun! Experience immersive arcade-style challenges that blend mental and physical tasks. Dodge lasers solve puzzles and race through unique rooms designed for unforgettable moments and endless laughs!
Experience the beauty wonder and urgency of ocean conservation
Ocean Photographer of the Year Exhibition
Daily until 6th July 2025 @ Seaworks
Featuring 118 extraordinary images by world-renowned photographers this exhibition celebrates the wonders of our oceans and highlights the urgent need for their protection.
Official Tickets: Fever
Live musical experience by candlelight
Candlelight Concerts
Upcoming Concerts
This ART blockbuster returns for a limited summer season
Van Gogh: The Lume Melbourne
Daily @ THE LUME Closes (permanently) June 2025
Immerse in the vivid emotional brilliance of one of the world's most influential artists.
Official Tickets: Tiqets
Free street art exhibition
The Outsiders Melbourne
Daily until 31st May 2025 @ Flinders Lane Melbourne
A ground-breaking exhibition of street art by Sandrew celebrates artists defying the art establishment. Over 100 works by street artists including locals Rone Adnate Vexta Kaff-eine Fintan Magee Sofles and MEGGS + Banksy Barry McGee Vhils Invader Swoon Hush Shepard Fairey Ron English and ELLE.
Theatre
The acclaimed musical phenomenon HADESTOWN
HADESTOWN
Thursday 8th May 2025 - Sunday 6th July 2025 @ Her Majesty's Theatre
HADESTOWN is a defiantly hopeful theatrical experience that will take you on a journey to the underworld and back, intertwining two mythic love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. HADESTOWN invites you to imagine how the world could be.
Featured Show
Don't miss your chance to see this unmissable musical
Jesus Christ Superstar
Until 8th June 2025 @ Princess Theatre
This must-see musical features one of Australia's most well-respected musicians and acclaimed recording artist Michael Paynter as Jesus the dynamic musical theatre star Javon King as Judas and soul and blues powerhouse Mahalia Barnes as Mary.
The global smash hit Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett comes to Melbourne with an all new jaw-dropping spectacular!
Bernie Dieter's Club Kabarett
Final show: Sunday 11th May 2025 @ Meat Market (see you there!)
Join the deliciously salacious utterly hilarious uber-award winning Bernie Dieter as her gin soaked haus band soundtracks a night of breathtaking circus gender-bending aerial and fire-breathing sideshow at its most provocative and hilarious best.
Shows plays and musicals
Theatre
Check out these world-class shows playing now and coming soon..
Sponsored Partner
Multi-Sensory Journey
SENSAS
Daily until 30th June 2025 @ 6 Garden Street South Yarra
For two hours switch between pitch-black challenges and vibrant sensory workshops taking on fun wacky tasks that push the limits of your five senses.
Make the most of Melbourne
More.. things to see hear & do this week
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Sponsored Partner
Eating while blindfolded heightens your senses of taste and smell
Dining In The Dark
14th May 2025 @ Cha Ching - 348 Flinders Lane Melbourne
A secret 3-course menu that includes appetizer main and dessert for you to discover on the evening. With a blindfold as a gateway taste and aroma intensify transforming each bite into an extraordinary adventure.
Sponsored Partner
For food lovers or just in for a fun tipsy boat ride
Bottomless Brunch Afloat Cruise
Weekends @ Southbank Promenade
Board now Melbourne River Cruises for an unforgettable bottomless brunch cruise that'll float your boat.
Sponsored Partner
Kings of Comedy's Melbourne Showcase Special with Dinner and Drink
Kings of Comedy | Dinner and Show
Saturday nights @ The Colonial Hotel
Your evening will begin with a delicious meal and a complimentary drink then a 90-minute show of Australia's best new talent supported by celebrity headline acts.
$$$ Saver
Powerpal | Free Electricity Monitor
Powerpal connects a smart phone to your electricity meter and shows power usage in real-time helping you to make better decisions about the way you use energy. No catch no fees simply free useage data to save you money.
An Epic Cinematic Journey with Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
MSO: Marvel Studios' Infinity Saga Concert Experience
Thursday 16th October 2025 - Saturday 18th October 2025 @ Hamer Hall
It's time for fans - new and old - to assemble and relive every iconic moment from this defining canon of films all accompanied by the MSO.
At Southgate, every Sunday | Meet the Makers
The Sunday Market @ Southgate
At Southgate, every Sunday 10am - 4pm
After more than two decades positioned around the Arts Centre, the Sunday Market is embarking on a new journey; moving next door to the Southgate!
Weekend Markets
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