What's on in Melbourne on Monday 12 October 2026
203 things on around Melbourne on Monday 12 October 2026.
53 of them are free. Top of the list: XG at Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne (8pm), Stellar Nights at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens (8pm) and Royal Exhibition Building: Guided Dome Promenade Tour in Carlton (2pm).
Updated Thu 1 Oct 2026 · we look for new events every night
Monday 12 October
From $99Yarra River Waterbike Tour
From $120Melbourne Sports Experience + Free Australian Sports Museum entry
From $199Foodies Bucket List - Walking Tour
FreeGet Active – Run Club
From $165Grampians National Park: Day Trip with Transport from Melbourne
FreeNick Crawford: Avenues
From $189Yarra Valley: Gourmet and Wine Day Trip with Transportation from Melbourne
FreeThe Green Bus
Marvel Stadium Tour
FreeMy Canvas My Art (MCMA)
From $199Mornington Peninsula Food & Wine Taste Trail
From $2Bush Nomands
FreeStep and Connect: Free social walking group
From $15Mat Pilates on Mondays (Term 4)
FreeMove it to Music
From $22Ashcombe Maze & Lavender Gardens: Entry Ticket
FreeLoose Fit: Contemporary Architecture Projects from East Asia
Stirling Caiulo: There’s No Hiding From the Blood Moon
FreeMahjong Mondays at Altona North Library
FreeChanging Perspectives
FreeWalk and talk buddies
FreeWalking Group 2026
Free5th Annual U3A Art Exhibition
From $6MENA Casual Walking Netball
From $3Walking Football
FreeScottish country dancing
FreeSongbirds
FreeStompers
FreeSongbirds
From $4RummiKlub 2026
From $160Seated Yoga
FreeStreetBeats: Photography Exhibition
From $7518+Yarra Valley Mystery Picnic with Friends: Self Guided Foodie Adventure
From $7518+Yarra Valley Mystery Picnic Date: Self-Guided Foodie Adventure
From $215The Q Train - First Class For 2 - Lunch (Departing Drysdale)
FreeSeniors Festival: Indoor carpet bowls
FreeAuslan Storytime
From $4Yarrunga Indoor Bowls 2026
From $165Yarrunga Writers 2026
From $56Melbourne Museum: Melbourne History Tour
FreeRepair Café
Chair based Yoga
From $139Melbourne Foodie Experience: Walking Tour
From $29Royal Exhibition Building: Guided Dome Promenade Tour
FreeChris Hammer: Full Circle
From $27The Village Square
From $25Cinema Club
From $25FU*K! I Killed the Director
From $5Fundamentals of drawing with David Payne
From $22.50Robyn Reynolds is Better Than Ever
From $5Soccer social games
From $30Colour Me Stella
From $10Art Workshop - Andrew Duong
FreeComedy At The Rochey
From $22Yeah Sure, Why Not!
From $15Yoga for All
From $20.99Hotsy-Totsy
From $119XG
From $25Stellar Nights
FreeWorking It Out
From $7Scottish Country Dancing
From $22Best of Fringe Magic
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Keen pickFrom $38.50Melbourne Museum: ROME - Empire, Power, People Exhibition
Keen pickFrom $15Scienceworks Melbourne: Entry Ticket
Keen pickFrom $33.90Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience in Melbourne
Keen pickFrom $99Night Bites — Experience Melbourne’s best street eats
From $119.90Tame Impala
Melbourne Fringe Festival
From $19Melbourne Winter Masterpieces: CARTIER
From $15Rome: Empire, Power, People
From $17Margaret Preston
Monty Python's Spamalot
From $11Ragnar Kjartansson: Mercy
FreeWorld of the Book
FreeFeng Mengbo: Long March Restart
FreeThe Story of the Moving Image
From $19Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness
FreeNEW26
From $65Alcotraz: Melbourne's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
FreePlant Life: The Nature of Design
From $10Divine Thresholds: Icons and the Orthodox Christian World
From $39State Library Victoria Unlocked
From $52.25Melbourne Skydeck & Edge Experience: Panoramic Views 285 Metres Up
From $38Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Tour
FreeRebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations
FreeMaking Memoir of a Snail
From $12Home is Football: Belonging in Australian Soccer
Eliza
FreeSmithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience
Punting on the Lake
FreeChildren's Play: Ragnar Kjartansson
From $85Coffee Culture Tour
FreeDesign X Nature
FreeDhandha/Campfire
From $58Melbourne Zoo: Entry Ticket
From $27.78Flipout 2026
From $21.95MCG Tour & Australian Sports Museum
FreeMaking Modern Melbourne
FreeHERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women
FreeTreaty
FreeSparks in the Dark: 260 Weeks of Resilience
From $18Reawakening Deep Water Knowledge
And 101 more on Keen, with the ones your mates are free for up top. Pick a day above to see everything on that date.
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