Free things to do in Melbourne
309 free events around Melbourne over the next two weeks.
Today, Monday 24 August
Tomorrow, Tuesday 25 August
9am · +1 more · Free
Altona Beach Market 2026
Logan Reserve · Altona
10am · +4 more · Free
Danie Mellor: Awake (In the Dream)
Tolarno Galleries · Melbourne
11am · +9 more · Free
Ngarn Wa'ngal: Art of the Gum Tree
Potter Museum of Art · Parkville
11am · +4 more · Free
Camp Stove
Craft Victoria · Melbourne
11am · +9 more · Free
Poetry Goes No Further Than Language
Buxton Contemporary · Southbank
6:30pm · +1 more · Free
Laugh Lab
La La Land CBD · Melbourne
7:30pm · Free
The Deplorables
Theatre Works · St Kilda
Wednesday 26 August
11am · +7 more · Free
Impractical Companions
Project8 Gallery · Melbourne
11am · +7 more · Free
EMERGENCE[Y]
Science Gallery Melbourne · Parkville
11am · +5 more · Free
Recovering Art
Kenneth Myer Building · Parkville
5pm · Free
Winter Night Market
Queen Victoria Market · Melbourne
6pm · +1 more · Free
New to Melbourne Language Exchange
La Di Da · Melbourne
7pm · +1 more · Free
Wednesday Trivia at Springrock
Springrock Public Bar · Melbourne
7pm · Free
STAR WARS Trivia [BENDIGO] at The Sporting Globe
The Sporting Globe Bar & Grill Bendigo · Bendigo
7:30pm · Free
Bar Humbug Comedy
Bar Humbug · Melbourne
7:30pm · +1 more · Free
Damn Fine Laughs
Fad Gallery Bar · Melbourne
Thursday 27 August
18+5:45pm · Free
'THE BROKEN HILLS' Brunswick Ballroom House band: Country standards & originals
Brunswick Artists' Bar · Brunswick
6pm · +3 more · Free
Multimmersion: Upside Down V2
Birrarung Marr · Victoria
6pm · +3 more · Free
XYZZY REDUX
Hamer Hall · Southbank
6pm · +1 more · Free
Thursday Trivia at Bonnibel
Bonnibel · Melbourne
6pm · Free
Melbourne Conversations: The God We Made
The Edge · Melbourne
Friday 28 August
4:30pm · Free
TGIF! with Charlie Pickering
ABC Southbank Studios · Southbank
6pm · Free
Friday Night Social: Wild Circuits
Science Gallery Melbourne · Parkville
18+6:30pm · Free
BOWIE UNZIPPED STARRING JEFF DUFF - 10th ANNIVERSARY FAREWELL TOUR 2026
BRUNSWICK BALLROOM, MELBOURNE · Brunswick
8pm · +1 more · Free
Outlawed Comedy
Captain Melville · Melbourne
Saturday 29 August
9am · Free
Whittlesea Uke Muster 2026
Whittlesea Secondary College · Whittlesea
12:30pm · Free
Improv Comedy Class
The Improv Conspiracy · Melbourne
6pm · Free
Walking Thomastown 2026
Main Street Recreation Reserve · Thomastown
6pm · Free
Creatures of the Night Spotlight Tour
Mt Rothwell Safe Haven · Little River
18+6:30pm · Free
KONG'S MX EXTRA 2026
BRUNSWICK BALLROOM, MELBOURNE · Brunswick
Sunday 30 August
Wednesday 2 September
Thursday 3 September
18+5:45pm · Free
''THE BROKEN HILLS' Brunswick Ballroom House band: Country standards & originals'
Brunswick Artists' Bar · Brunswick
6pm · Free
Look at me now: A self portrait exhibition
55 Edward St · Brunswick
6:30pm · Free
Dr Norman Swan in conversation with Dr Preeya Alexander
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
Saturday 5 September
Sunday 6 September
Running now
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 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 13 Sep · Free
FUTURE COUNTRY: Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia · 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 Thu 31 Dec · Free
Making Modern Melbourne
Old Treasury Building · East Melbourne
Until Mon 7 Dec · Free
HERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women
Shrine of Remembrance · Melbourne
Until Sun 18 Oct · Free
Treaty
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
Until Sun 11 Apr · Free
Spartans & Anzacs
Shrine of Remembrance · Melbourne
Until Wed 30 Sep · Free
Emma Stenhouse: Tumbinyeri - A Connection to Life
Sofitel Melbourne on Collins · Melbourne
Until Sun 27 Jun · Free
You Have a New Memory
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
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