This Week in Melbourne: What's On #684

Published: Tue, 02/04/20

Newsletter: This Week 4 - 10 February 2020

Newsletter | #684
Things to do in marvellous Melbourne
4th February 2020 - 10th February 2020

Abbotsford Puppy Pub Crawl
Adventure Clues Challenge
Affordable Wedding Expo
Australia Women v England Women T20
Come From Away | A New Musical
Country Victoria Needs Your Help
Dome Under Fulldome Festival
Foodie Journey: Brought to you by the letter C
Hamlet - Australian Shakespeare Company
How to Write a Book
Jayco Herald Sun Tour
Keith Haring | Jean-Michel Basquiat: Crossing Lines
Linden Postcard Show
Lunar New Year Festivals
Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki
Nocturnal x Midsumma: Lunar New Year Disco
Pause Fest
Richmond vs Carlton | AFLW Women's League
River Folk Festival @ Warburton
Rock Ballarat | Rock n Roll Rockabilly Festival
Schmalentine's: for lovers of craft beer and chocolate
Sidney Myer Free Concerts
St Jerome's Laneway Festival
St Kilda Festival
Valentine's Day Dining @ Stamford Plaza
Velvet, Iron, Ashes | Ashes Urn Exhibition
Whittlesea Country Music Festival
World Travel and Cruise Expo
War Horse

Country Victoria Needs Your Help

Head off to the country this weekend

Regional and Country Victorians are doing it tough.. Drought, Bush Fires, CoronaVirus, no tourists.. show your support: Grab a bite to eat, Check out an exhibition, Drink something, Buy something, Stay somewhere over-night, go to a market or festival.

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Sidney Myer Free Concerts

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

- 5 - 14 February 2020 @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl

The first performance at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl will be dedicated to those affected by the devastating bushfires across Australia. The MSO is partnering with the Australian Red Cross to continue to raise funds for those who need it most.

Free Concerts

Around the World with the MSO - Wednesday 5 February, 7:30 PM

Dance, Dance, Dance - Saturday 8 February, 7:30 PM

La Dolce Vita - Friday 14 February, 7:30 PM

St Kilda Festival

Australia's biggest FREE celebration of summer

- Sunday 9th February 2020 @ St Kilda foreshore

The streets of St Kilda are closed to traffic when the pick of Australia's best musicians play over multiple stages, while people are entertained with a vast range of performances, workshops, kids' entertainment, sport, dance, carnival rides, buskers and a whole lot more.

World Travel and Cruise Expo

General Admission: FREE

- 8-9 February 2020 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

World Travel Expo is your ticket to amazing travel deals, expert advice and free information sessions. With major airlines, tour, cruise and rail specialists, destination experts and more for all destinations around the world, this is your one-stop shop to research, compare and book your next holiday.

St Jerome's Laneway Festival

summer's best line-up of local and international acts

- Saturday 8 February 2020 @ Footscray Park

St. Jerome's Laneway Festival is about leading new and revered seminal music. The festival has always been interested in finding what's fresh and bringing it to unique surrounds to be appreciated by music lovers.

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War Horse

- Until Sunday 8th March 2020 @ Regent Theatre

Tony Award®-winning production of War Horse is hailed by Time Magazine as a landmark theatre event, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama filled with stirring music and songs is a show of phenomenal inventiveness.

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Street Art Adventure Clues Challenge

- Activity APP Challenge Hunt

Uncover secret street art spots in the city by solving a series of cryptic clues on your mobile. It's the perfect day out with friends.. a great idea for a date, fun for the solo adventurer or awesome as a team building event.

Foodie Journey: Brought to you by the letter C

- Selected Saturday's @ Henry and the Fox

Like fried chicken, caviar and cheese? How about Champagne, Chablis and Chardonnay ? Well come Ebark on a unique foodie journey hosted by our resident wine gurus Cam & Terry, where they will perfectly pair a unique masterclass of all of our favourites beginning with C.

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Come From Away | A New Musical

Show musical stage show theatre

- Matinee and Nightly @ Comedy Theatre

Best Musical: COME FROM AWAY takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that put their lives on hold and opened their homes to this world of strangers.

Pause Fest

World's leading festival for business and creativity

- 5-7 February 2020 @ Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre

A new chapter begins as we gather to tackle the question: who owns the future? Based around the theme 'New Odessey', Pause Fest 2020 will look at ways to build capacity for the next generation of entrepreneurs to decipher and solve critical social problems and succeed.

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Herring Island Summer Arts Festival

Art Sculpture Pottery Exhibition

- Weekends 18th January to 13th April 2020

The Herring Island Summer Arts Festival showcases contemporary Australian visual art including painting photography sculpture and fibre art as well as special Australia Day activities.

How to Write a Book | Course

Write a book

- February - December @ Hampton

How to Write a Book is a seven week writing course covering covering Plot Characters & Setting with Leeanne Vernon. Start now and this time next year you'll have a first draft of your new book.

Magic & Illusion Show

Things to do dinner and show magic & illusion

- Friday Nights ⌘ Marriott Melbourne Hotel

Witness miracles upclose at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show showcased every Friday at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.

Schmalentine's: for lovers of craft beer and chocolate

*** FREE EVENT ****

- Friday 14th February 2020 @ Concrete Boots Bar - Burnley

All you need is love? Nup - you just need to love craft beers and chocolate. This event is not for loved up couples who are OTT with their PDA! Instead its for dessert lovers who want to relax with a craft beer matched to artisan choccies. So no red roses or tables for two in sight.

Valentine's Day Dining @ Stamford Plaza

Say je t'aime in the Paris end of Little Collins Street this Valentine's Day

- 14-15 February 2020 @ Stamford Plaza

Join us in Harry's Restaurant for a romantically lavish 4 course Valentine's Dinner, featuring Sydney Rock Oyster with Champagne Vinaigrette, Queen Scallops, Mount Leura Lamb Loin, Warm Chocolate Fondant and more.

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Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki

Studio Ghibli, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Joe Hisaishi, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

- Saturday 29th February 2020 - Sunday 1st March 2020 @ Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Celebrate legendary composer-conductor Joe Hisaishi with two huge performances of his music from the films of Japan's legendary Studio Ghibli at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, exclusive to Melbourne.

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