Arts in Melbourne this weekend
Fri 23 Oct to Sun 25 Oct 2026. 152 events around Melbourne this weekend.
Top of the list:
- Fijian Flying Circus Presented by Fiji Airways - Melbourne at Melbourne Showgrounds · Fri 23 Oct, 6:30pm
- Alcotraz: Melbourne's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar at Alcotraz Melbourne: Cell Block Five - Nine - Two · Fri 23 Oct, 6:35pm
- The Jury Experience: The 20 Million Dollar Heist at Hawthorn Arts Centre · Fri 23 Oct, 7pm
Updated Thu 22 Oct 2026 · we look for new events every night
Tomorrow, Friday 23 October
Melbourne Fashion Week
Keen pickFrom $38.50Melbourne Museum: ROME - Empire, Power, People Exhibition
From $10Encore!
FreeFuture Dreaming
From $10Odyssey Literary Festival
From $14Threads of Grace: The Evolution of Chinese Attire
FreeIneffable
FreeBiennale of Colour and Light
From $12Matinees at ACMI Cinemas
From $85German Opera: Der Freischütz
Co-opera presents Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischütz
From $37Fijian Flying Circus Presented by Fiji Airways - Melbourne
18+La Ronde
From $49Fijian Flying Circus
From $16Focus on Cristian Mungiu
From $65Alcotraz: Melbourne's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
From $62The Jury Experience: The 20 Million Dollar Heist
From $60Dracula: Ballet at its Darkest
The Shark Is Broken
From $55Melbourne Fashion Showcase
From $59.54Two Coasts. One Runway | Melbourne Fashion Week Independent Event
From $55Independent Fashion Showcase
From $55Mayfair: A New Musical
From $90Australian Burlesque Festival
EMPRESS EROTIQUE
From $85.47MFW Luxury Bridal Runway: The House of Raffaele Ciuca
From $37.95Melbourne Magic Show - Impossible Occurrences
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Saturday 24 October
Ladbrokes Cox Plate - General Admission
FreeKorea Story Festival
City Square Runway 1: Street Style
From $35Centre Stage: Music from Stage and Screen
FreeCity Square Runway 2: After Hours
City Square Runway 1: After Hours
Keen pickFrom $44The Jury Experience – The Deadly Boat Ride
Co-opera presents Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischuetz
From $45Korean Drama and Cinema Reimagined in Jazz
The Australian Ballet: The Nutcracker
THE BIG TEASE GALA
From $36The Vaudeville Revue - Cabaret, Comedy, Burlesque and Sideshow!
Sunday 25 October
On all weekend
From $15Rome: Empire, Power, People
From $17Margaret Preston
FreeWorld of the Book
FreeFeng Mengbo: Long March Restart
FreeThe Story of the Moving Image
FreeNEW26
From $12On Country: Photography from Australia
FreePlant Life: The Nature of Design
From $10Divine Thresholds: Icons and the Orthodox Christian World
FreeRebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations
FreeMaking Memoir of a Snail
From $12Home is Football: Belonging in Australian Soccer
Eliza
FreeMaking Modern Melbourne
FreeHERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women
FreeSparks in the Dark: 260 Weeks of Resilience
From $18Reawakening Deep Water Knowledge
And 92 more on Keen, with the ones your mates are free for up top. Pick a day above to see everything on that date.
1,307 events from the councils, Eventbrite, Fever, Moshtix, Ticketmaster and 1 more source, checked overnight.
Going with mates?
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Melbourne’s weekend, sorted
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Your vibes? Pick up to three and the picks lean your way. Skip it and you get the lot.
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