Arts in Melbourne
224 events around Melbourne over the next two weeks.
Today, Monday 24 August
Tomorrow, Tuesday 25 August
Wednesday 26 August
10am · +9 more · From $20
Taste and Temptation
The Johnston Collection · East Melbourne
11am · +7 more · Free
Impractical Companions
Project8 Gallery · Melbourne
1pm · +7 more · From $69
Pretty Woman: The Musical
Regent Theatre · Melbourne
1pm · +15 more
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical
Princess Theatre · Melbourne
18+6:30pm · From $39.99
GENERATION WOMEN - My Best Mistake: Stories of wrongs that went right
HOWLER, MELBOURNE · Brunswick
6:30pm · +3 more · From $5
Ship4Good Inc MV Steve Irwin
Melbourne City Marina · Melbourne
7:30pm · +2 more
Melbourne Opera presents Verdi - Il Trovatore
Athenaeum Theatre One · Melbourne
7:30pm · +5 more · From $35
The Importance of Being Earnest
Irene Mitchell Studio · South Yarra
8pm · +9 more · From $27
When the Rain Stops Falling by Andrew Bovell
Malvern Performing Arts Centre · Malvern East
Thursday 27 August
6pm · +3 more · Free
XYZZY REDUX
Hamer Hall · Southbank
6pm · +3 more · Free
Multimmersion: Upside Down V2
Birrarung Marr · Victoria
7pm · From $53.54
20 Years On Underbelly feat Rule and Silvester LIVE at Shoppingtown Hotel!
Shoppingtown Hotel · Doncaster
7pm · +9 more
Silvers Circus
Silvers Circus Site Sunbury · Sunbury
7:30pm · +3 more
How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert
Hamer Hall · Southbank
Friday 28 August
1:30pm · +5 more · From $12
Matinees at ACMI Cinemas
ACMI Cinemas · Melbourne
6pm · +1 more · From $44
NGV Friday Nights: Cartier
National Gallery of Victoria · Melbourne
6pm · Free
Friday Night Social: Wild Circuits
Science Gallery Melbourne · Parkville
18+6pm · From $97
Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy Melbourne
75 Reid St · Fitzroy North
6:30pm · +1 more · From $70
Cirque Obscura: Echoes of Olympus
Meat Market · North Melbourne
6:30pm · From $27.78
POD: Pioneers of Distinction - From Idea to Premiere
St Kilda Sports Club · St Kilda
7:30pm · +3 more · From $35
Melbourne Magic Show
Melbourne Marriott Hotel · Melbourne
8pm · From $62.50
Dinner & Show Package - Melbourne Magic Show
Melbourne Marriott Hotel · Melbourne
9:30pm · From $21.47
Melbourne Magic Show - Impossible Occurrences
Melbourne Marriott Hotel · Melbourne
Saturday 29 August
Wednesday 2 September
Thursday 3 September
Saturday 5 September
Sunday 6 September
Running now
18+Until Thu 31 Dec · From $65
Alcotraz: Melbourne's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
Alcotraz Melbourne: Cell Block Five-Nine-Two · Melbourne
Until Sun 18 Oct · From $38.50
Melbourne Museum: ROME - Empire, Power, People Exhibition
Melbourne Museum · Carlton
Until Sun 4 Oct · From $19
Melbourne Winter Masterpieces: CARTIER
National Gallery of Victoria · Melbourne
Until Sun 25 Oct · From $15
Rome: Empire, Power, People
Melbourne Museum · Carlton
Until Sun 31 Jan · From $17
Margaret Preston
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia · Melbourne
Until Sun 4 Oct · From $11
Ragnar Kjartansson: Mercy
National Gallery of Victoria · Melbourne
Until Sun 13 Sep · From $49
Cleopatra and Antony
fortyfivedownstairs · Melbourne
Until Tue 12 Jan · Free
World of the Book
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
Until Sun 31 Jan · Free
Feng Mengbo: Long March Restart
ACMI · Melbourne
Until Sun 30 Aug
Affordable Art Fair Melbourne 2026
Royal Exhibition Building · Carlton
Until Thu 31 Dec · Free
The Story of the Moving Image
ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) · Melbourne
Until Sun 27 Sep · Free
Montalto Sculpture Trail
Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove · Red Hill South
Until Sun 7 Feb · Free
Plant Life: The Nature of Design
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia · Melbourne
Until Sun 29 Aug · From $10
Divine Thresholds: Icons and the Orthodox Christian World
Hellenic Museum · Melbourne
Until Sun 13 Sep · Free
FUTURE COUNTRY: Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia · Melbourne
Until Sat 12 Sep
The Jungle and the Sea
Southbank Theatre · Melbourne
Until Wed 27 Jan · Free
Rebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
Until Sun 1 Nov · Free
Making Memoir of a Snail
ACMI · Melbourne
Until Sun 15 Aug · Free
Sparks in the Dark: 260 Weeks of Resilience
Shrine of Remembrance · Melbourne
Until Sun 4 Oct · Free
Children's Play: Ragnar Kjartansson
National Gallery of Victoria · Melbourne
Until Sat 12 Sep
Grimm: Tales from the Brothers Grimm
Fairfax Studio · Southbank
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