What's on in Melbourne on Thursday 12 November 2026
Thursday 12 November 2026 in Melbourne: 261 things on, 77 of them free. Pick one, then see which of your mates are free.
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Updated Sat 31 Oct 2026 · we look for new events every night
Picks for Melbourne
Thursday 12 November
From $38Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Tour
From $50Fitzroy True Crime Walking Tour
From $75Hidden Bars & Creepy Tales: Melbourne Walking Tour
FreeBeing Human Festival
From $89Tae Rak (Lake Condah) 2-Hour Cultural Walk
From $159Tungatt Mirring, Stone Country Half Day Tour - Budj Bim
From $199Kooyang Yana Full Day Tour - Budj Bim
From $120Melbourne Sports Experience + Free Australian Sports Museum entry
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From $199Foodies Bucket List - Walking Tour
From $189Yarra Valley: Gourmet and Wine Day Trip with Transportation from Melbourne
FreeANZUS, Menzies and America
From $199Around the Bay: Sightseeing & Cruise Day Tour in Melbourne
Marvel Stadium Tour
From $99Mornington Peninsula: Bay Cruise & Sightseeing from Melbourne
From $125Decoupage Seashell Wind Chime Workshop
FreeMove it to Music
FreeFuture Dreaming
From $22Ashcombe Maze & Lavender Gardens: Entry Ticket
From $20A Taste Of Christmas
FreeExhibition: Obang 오방
FreeLoose Fit: Contemporary Architecture Projects from East Asia
FreeWalk and talk buddies
FreeFrom scrap to sculpture: e-waste creative upcycling workshop
FreeAmanda Hyatt VAS: Windows of Life
From $216Watercolour
From $4OM:NI (Older Men, New Ideas) 2026
FreeBush Playgroup at Keon Park Children's Hub
FreeStory Time (Altona Meadows)
FreeFollow Your Organic Waste 2026 – Tour Veolia’s Facility
FreeGet Active – Body Balance
Victoria v Western Australia — Sheffield Shield, Day 2
FreeStompers
FreeSongbirds
FreeStompers
From $10Home Cooking 101
FreePreschool Storytime
Freea/part: Hoda Afshar
From $35The Good Stuff: Social Enterprise and Circularity Experience
FreeMeagan Streader: The Life of Things
FreeJo Davenport: Under the Same Sky
FreeStef Harris: Stories from the Sky
FreeTea in an Artists’ Colony: The Abbey Art Centre
FreeAnne Tweed: Urban Shadows
FreeYolanda Scholz Vinall: Echoing Paths (revised)
FreeNerves Speak, Too: Crosstalk in the Gut-Brain Axis
FreeBaby Time (Altona Meadows)
From $139Decoding Australian Food: A Curated 8-Stop Walk
FreeListening Practice
FreeCamille Laddawan & Kokoro Kimura (JP): Aura
Free5/6: A Celebration of Friendship Through Art
FreeConnections Art Exhibition
FreeCreature Comfort
From $216Abstract Art
From $47SENSAS Melbourne - A Unique Multi-Sensory Experience
FreeTjanabi friendly meet up
From $55The Possession
FreeYou're Indian, Aren't You?
From $47.95IceBar Melbourne Admission
FreeSt Michael's Organ Recital
From $42Escape Games Melbourne
From $45Magic University
From $5518+Asylum
From $5518+Meat Grinder
From $55Pirate Island
From $56Melbourne Museum: Melbourne History Tour
From $39Saboteurs: Crewmates and Impostors - Original Map
From $55Zombie Apocalypse
From $32Saboteurs: Crewmates and Impostors - Dark Map
From $55Pirates
From $55Van Helsing
From $46.90123Boom! Melbourne - An Explosive Real-Life Arcade Game Experience
From $139Resin Art Class in Melbourne
From $82Woodwork Level 1 - Thursday (Public PM)
FreestARTalking Creative Workshops
FreeStory Time
FreeSunset Market
FreeLibrary Cinema at narrm ngarrgu
FreeThe Next Slice: Gozney x Leonardo’s Pizza Palace
From $31.20Saboteurs: Crewmates and Impostors - Happy Hours
From $25Monsters, Inc. Screening
From $30LIFE DRAWING AT KYNETON RIDGE
From $89Melbourne Hidden Bars Walking Tour
Andy James with Vinnie Colaiuta, Jon Cowherd and James Genus
Readings' A Day in Carlton
From $5.60Thursday Linguas Melbourne Language Exchange and Social
FreeStrum and Sing
From $100Cocktail Candle Making
FreeBehind-the-scenes deep dive into recycling
FreeGet Active – Stamina
From $37Fijian Flying Circus Presented by Fiji Airways - Melbourne
Free18+TEX PERKINS & MATT WALKER
From $16Focus on the Taiwan New Wave
From $49Fijian Flying Circus
From $24.49Singles Board Games Night Melbourne | Brunswick (ages 25 - 35)
From $15Japanese Bakehouse: the art of shokupan & other recipes
From $85.46Pub Sup - Melbourne
From $40.50Melbourne | Greek Singles Mixer | Bar Bambi | Thursday 12th November
From $20Capoeira Angola
18+La Ronde
From $28.8618+Ellen Bryant Benz Single Launch
FreeOliver Coleman: Muckin' Around
FreeSea Shanties and Folk Songs
From $35Acceptance Therapy
From $65Alcotraz: Melbourne's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
From $79La Bohème
RUSSELL PETERS: LIVE
From $49& Juliet - Presented by Williamstown Musical Theatre Co
From $49& Juliet - Presented by WMTC
Brahms Festival: Second Symphony and Piano Concerto
From $40This is Our Youth
From $49&Juliet - Musical
The Dark Matter of Usulal
FreeJazz Thursdays at McAdams Wine Bar
From $200Melbourne: Spirit of Melbourne 4-Course Dinner Cruise + Drinks
From $99.90Benson Boone
FreeThe Thursday Tease
From $53.7518+Cain Culto
From $18.5018+Rare Maiden and The Sabbath of Ozz
From $32Love In Translation
From $27.78Andy White // Merri Creek Tavern Northcote Nov 12
From $42.61Uncover the Mysteries of the Paranormal
The House Soiree at Pipers Playhouse (18+ Event)
Free18+SAM CURTIS COLLECTIVE
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Keen pickFrom $33.90Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience in Melbourne
Keen pickFrom $15Scienceworks Melbourne: Entry Ticket
Keen pickFrom $99Night Bites — Experience Melbourne’s best street eats
From $17Margaret Preston
FreeWorld of the Book
FreeFeng Mengbo: Long March Restart
From $20Japanese Film Festival
FreeThe Story of the Moving Image
From $19Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness
FreeNEW26
FreePassage: The Art of Atong Atem
From $12On Country: Photography from Australia
FreePlant Life: The Nature of Design
From $10Divine Thresholds: Icons and the Orthodox Christian World
From $52.25Melbourne Skydeck & Edge Experience: Panoramic Views 285 Metres Up
From $39State Library Victoria Unlocked
FreeRebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations
From $43.50Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience
Howden Victoria Derby Day + TAB Champions Stakes Day (SATURDAY PASS)
FreeMaking Memoir of a Snail
From $12Home is Football: Belonging in Australian Soccer
Eliza
From $58Melbourne Zoo: Entry Ticket
From $21.95MCG Tour & Australian Sports Museum
Punting on the Lake
From $85Coffee Culture Tour
From $55Virtual Room Melbourne: An Immersive 3D Team Experience
From $55Entermission Melbourne: Virtual Reality Escape Room
From $38Old Melbourne Gaol visit
FreeMaking Modern Melbourne
FreeHERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women
FreeSparks in the Dark: 260 Weeks of Resilience
From $18Reawakening Deep Water Knowledge
Bachata Obsesión MELBOURNE FESTIVAL Nov 12-16 2026
From $10The Enormous Radio
From $18Melbourne Museum: Entry Ticket
From $89Melbourne City Discovery Tour
From $15Rippon Lea Estate: Entry ticket
From $46.50Machu Picchu: Journey to the Lost City
From $30Best VR Escape Room Melbourne: Fun for the Whole Family
And 98 more on Keen, with the ones your mates are free for up top. Pick a day above to see everything on that date.
1,195 events from the councils, Eventbrite, Fever, Moshtix, Ticketmaster and 1 more source, checked overnight.
Going with mates?
Keen shows you which of your mates are free for anything on in Melbourne, and keeps your saves on your phone.
Every Thursday
Melbourne’s weekend, sorted
The best of it in one email. No app needed.
Your vibes? Pick up to three and the picks lean your way. Skip it and you get the lot.
One email a week. We never share your address.
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