This Week in Melbourne: What's On #688
Published: Tue, 03/03/20
Newsletter: This Week 3 - 9 March 2020![]() Newsletter | #688
Things to do in marvellous Melbourne 3rd - 9th March 2020 Labour Day Weekend & Moomba Bacchus Marsh Harvest Festival Ballarat Begonia Festival ChillOut Festival Foodie Journey: Brought to you by the letter C Harcourt Applefest Holland Festival Inverloch Jazz Festival Made In The 90's Masters of Melody & Mozart, Young Genius Moomba Birdman Rally Moomba Carnival Moomba Parade Nepalese Street Food Festival with Music & Color Scoresby Steamfest Supanova | Pop Culture Expo Tyabb Airshow Wine & Cheese Fest Women's Final | ICC World T20 Steamfest 2020Vintage machinery fires up over the Steamfest weekend
- 7 - 9 March 2020 @ National Steam Centre
This is an event with great cross generational appeal - lots of fun for the kids and fascination for machinery lovers of all ages.
![]() Labour Day Weekend | Saturday > MondayVictoria celebrates Labour Day each year with a public holiday on Monday 9th March 2020 making it a long weekend.
Moomba- Labour Day Weekend | 6 - 9 March 2020
2020 is Moomba's 66th year, Australia's largest free community festival with millions of people attending every year. Moomba brings Melburnians together to share in the vibrancy and spirit of our much loved city.
Moomba CarnivalFriday (6-9pm) Saturday Sunday & Monday 10am-10pm
Alexandra Gardens & Birrarung Marr
Moomba FireworksFriday Saturday Sunday & Monday Nights 9.30 - 9.35pm
Alexandra Gardens, Birrarung Marr
Birdman RallySunday, 8th March 2020 - 11.30am
Yarra River, Birrarung Marr
Moomba ParadeMonday 9 March 2020 - 10.45am
Birdwood Avenue, through Kings Domain
Country Victoria Needs Your HelpHead 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.
Taco Times at Temperance HotelTacos Mexican Bottomless Margaritas Corona Dinner
- Every Thursday to Sunday from 6pm to 8pm @ Temperance Hotel
$59 per person includes a selection of delicious Mexican share plates and drinks include Coronas Patron Margaritas Patron Frozen Margaritas & selected Wines.
SupanovaPop Culture Expo
- 6 - 8 March 2020 @ Melbourne Showgrounds
Australia's premier pop culture event where fandom comes to life! We celebrate the worlds of film and television fantasy comic books anime sci-fi cartoons books gaming and collectables. Join us for three massive days of Supa-Star celebrities cosplay fan clubs musical performances creative master classes celebrity Q&As wrestling tournaments and competitions and a hall full of shopping possibilities.
Shades of BubléA Three-man Tribute to Michael Buble
Direct from New York City Shades of Bublé - The Three Man Michael Bublé tribute arrives in Australia. Having wowed audiences across the globe with their exciting harmonies smooth choreography and charming good looks the men of Shades deliver a set list ranging from Bublé's Motown hits through to his Sinatra chart-toppers.
Shades of Bublé TourMarch 5 | Frankston | Arts Centre Buy Tickets
March 18 | South Morang | Plenty Ranges Arts Centre Buy Tickets
March 21 | Geelong | The Playhouse Buy Tickets
March 24 | Werribee | Wyndham Cultural Centre Buy Tickets
March 26 | Dandenong | The Drum Theatre Buy Tickets
Women's T20 World Cup FinalCricket T20 Australia
Sunday 8 March 2020 @ MCG
The biggest women's cricket match of all time: ICC Women's T20 World Cup final includes live performances from global sensation Katy Perry.
Tyabb AirshowLoads of fun flight flying and family
- Sunday 8th March 2020
Peninsula Aero Club takes great pleasure in presenting the 2020 Air Show supporting local community service clubs.
Transitions Film FestivalVisions for a Better World
- 20 February - 6 March 2020 @ Cinema Nova
The Transitions Film Festival returns with another line-up of cutting-edge documentaries about the existential challenges mega-trends game-changing technologies and visions that will shape our collective future.
2020 International Women's Day- Sunday, March 8 2020
Sunday, March 8 2020 marks 109 years since the first International Women's Day, a global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women past, present and future.
Challenges Facing Women in Small Business in 2020 International Women's Day Breakfast - City of Whittlesea Jackie Bornstein: Women in Jazz Kaitlin Reid of Reground talks sustainability in the coffee industry Live Love Work: Port Phillip International Women's Day Breakfast Meet the Creators: Women in Wine Moreland Business Women's Network - Coffee Conversations NIIM International Women's Day Event Stronger Together: The Women's Mural Documentation Project Th!s is Me: Diversity & Power of Women The Body Shop's International Women's Day pre march celebration The Kala Space - IWD 2020 Panel Discussion Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival 2020 Masters of Melody & Mozart, Young GeniusChopin, Bellini, Mozart
- Saturday March 14 & Sunday March 15 @ St Johns Southgate
The Melbourne Musicians presents a weekend of outstanding soloists including Dominika Zamara and Lotta Mathilde Rink.
St Patrick's Day @ PJ O'Brien'sCome and discover the craic!
- Tuesday 17th March 2020 @ PJ O'Brien's
Come and join in our festivities at Southbank. Doors open 8am for our Famous St Patrick's Day Breakfast followed by celebrations all day and all night long!
BREAKFAST - Full Irish Breakfast $30pp includes a Pint of Guinness or a Glass of House Wine. Kids Menu is $15pp and include a soft drink & activity pack. Live Irish Music Irish dancers - Craic Agus Ceol all day long.
LUNCH - Limited VIP Lunch Bookings are available online for our Upper Lounge in Side Bar. A $25 deposit is required per person which you can use towards your lunch bill. We have a 12pm and 2pm Lunch spots.
Magic & Illusion ShowThings to do dinner and show magic & illusion
- Friday Nights ⌘ Marriott Melbourne Hotel
Witness miracles up close at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show showcased every Friday at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.
Billy Elliot the MusicalOne small boy one big dream one huge musical.
- Until 22 March @ Regent Theatre
The box office smash hit Billy Elliot the Musical returns to Melbourne With music by Elton John this multi award-winning musical Billy Elliot is an international phenomenon. Be part of the global phenomenon when Billy returns to Melbourne for a strictly limited season in February 2020.
Come From Away | A New MusicalShow 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.
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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