This Week in Melbourne: What's On #709

Published: Tue, 07/28/20

Newsletter: This Week 28 July - 3 August 2020

What's On Newsletter | #709
28th July 2020 - 3rd August 2020

Lockdown Week 4: metro Melbourne & Mitchell Shire

Best thing we've heard this.. C O V I D I O T

This Week

8 Days: Entertainment Guide to the Week
Affirmation | First Nations Virtual Exhibition
Comedy Gold
Easey Comedy | Zoomed LIVE
Get cultured: Melbourne's Best Online Exhibitions
Hot Chocolate Festival
Keith Haring/Jean-Michel Basquiat | Virtual Tour
Making Her Mark: Selected Works from the Collection
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne Writers Festival
Sydney 2000 | Olympic Games TV Special
VCR Fest
Virtual Cinémathèque | Movie Night

Comedy Gold

We all need a little laughter in our life

life is better when you're laughing!

We've got the comedians and they've got the lols. Grab your friends and book some tickets for gigs in your favourite venues around the country.

Ben Elton, Daniel Sloss, Frank Woodley, Ivan Aristeguieta, Jimeoin, Julia Morris, Kevin Bloody Wilson, Nicole Byer, Peter Helliar, Rosie Waterland, Ross Noble, Sydney Comedy Festival Gala, The Chaser, Tim Minchin, Tom Gleeson, Tommy Little, Trixie & Katya Live, Urzila Carlson and Wil Anderson

VCR Fest

Melbourne Fringe: Inclusive, ground-breaking performances.

- Fri 31 July - Sun 2 August, 2020

Streaming VCR Fest is three days of digital events coming from our home, to yours. Fresh and fun live music. Seriously sweaty dance parties. You can see it all at VCR Fest, and everyone is welcome!

Sydney 2000 | Olympic Games TV Special

Relive the magic of Sydney 2000

Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - 9:25pm – 12:04am (159 mins) - freeview.com.au

The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000 features newly filmed interviews with the people who made that landmark night so special, including: Vanessa Amorosi, James Morrison, Human Nature, Adam Garcia, Djakapurra Munyarryun and Nikki Webster.

Melbourne Writers Festival 2020

Melbourne Writers Festival Has Taken Its 2020 Program Online

- 7 - 16 August 2020

There are 100 guests from Australia and around the world on this year’s line-up, including two ex-PMs, prominent Aussie novelists Helen Garner and Claire G Coleman, and the author of Crazy Rich Asians.

Easey Comedy | Zoomed LIVE

Hosted by Adam Hills every Thursday night

The best & brightest names in comedy. This week: Celia Pacquola, Lloyd Langford, Alex Ward, Jordan Barr and Urvi Majumdar.

Melbourne International Film Festival

#MIFF 68½ streaming online

- August 6 to 23, 2020

The program is expected to feature groundbreaking headline titles originally intended for the annual film event. Along with newly discovered feature-length films, MIFF 68½ will also feature four short film streams, shorts awards and a virtual adaptation of their critics campus.

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival | Online

Extended to 2nd August 2020

Melbourne Documentary Film Festival is creating a hybrid innovative VOD experience. Binge documentaries on YOUR time on YOUR terms 24/7.

Making Her Mark: TarraWarra Museum of Art

Making Her Mark: Selected Works from the Collection

Take a virtual tour with an audio guide narrated by curator and museum director Victoria Lynn the exhibition shows how female artists have pioneered certain ways of seeing the world.