What's on in Melbourne this weekend
Fri 28 Aug to Sun 30 Aug 2026. 590 things on around Melbourne, and Keen can tell you which of your mates are free for them.
Friday 28 August
+2 more
Now or Never
Victoria
9:15am · +1 more · From $39
State Library Victoria Unlocked
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
9:30am · From $175
Yarra Valley: Winery Tour with Lunch + Transport from Melbourne
Day Trips from Melbourne · Melbourne
10am · +2 more · From $33
BODY WORLDS: The Anatomy of Happiness
The District Docklands · Docklands
10am · +2 more · From $20
Taste and Temptation
The Johnston Collection · East Melbourne
11am · +2 more · From $13
Reverb: A Journey into Sound
ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) · Melbourne
11am · +1 more · Free
Ngarn Wa'ngal: Art of the Gum Tree
Potter Museum of Art · Parkville
3pm · +2 more
Australian Ice Hockey League Finals
O'Brien Icehouse · Docklands
6pm · From $44
NGV Friday Nights: Cartier
National Gallery of Victoria · Melbourne
6pm · +2 more · Free
Multimmersion: Upside Down V2
Birrarung Marr · Victoria
6pm · +2 more · Free
XYZZY REDUX
Hamer Hall · Southbank
6:30pm · +1 more · From $70
Cirque Obscura: Echoes of Olympus
Meat Market · North Melbourne
6:30pm · From $46
Candlelight: Vivaldi's Four Seasons
The Athenaeum Theatre · Melbourne
18+7pm · From $30
Shock Corridor
Thornbury Theatre · Thornbury
7:30pm · +4 more · From $69
Pretty Woman: The Musical
Regent Theatre · Melbourne
7:30pm · +2 more · From $105
Spirit of Melbourne Dinner Cruise
Spirit Of Melbourne Cruising Restaurant · Melbourne
7:30pm · +4 more
A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical
Princess Theatre · Melbourne
7:30pm · +2 more
How to Train Your Dragon 2 in Concert
Hamer Hall · Southbank
7:30pm · +1 more
Melbourne Opera presents Verdi - Il Trovatore
Athenaeum Theatre One · Melbourne
8pm · +1 more
Main Stage: Stand-Up Comedy
Comedy Republic · Melbourne
8pm · +1 more · From $22
Comedy at the Coopers Inn
The Coopers Inn · Melbourne
8pm
Chuleo Club: A.Chal/Slim Soledad/LIZZ/Dinamarca/Zalina
Melbourne Town Hall · Melbourne
10pm · From $27.39
Samurai Breaks - Melbourne
Sub Club Melbourne · Melbourne
Saturday 29 August
10:30am · +1 more · From $25
Classic Kids: Carnival of the Animals
Hamer Hall · Southbank
2pm · From $130.99
Italian Cheese & Wine Masterclass | Melbourne
The Victoria Hotel · Melbourne
2pm · From $149
Italian Cheese and Wine Masterclass
The Victoria Hotel · Melbourne
3pm · From $25
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic: Faure Requiem
Fed Square · Melbourne
4pm · From $70.14
big wine odyssey
Paradise Alley · Collingwood
6pm · Free
Walking Thomastown 2026
Main Street Recreation Reserve · Thomastown
6:30pm · From $47
Candlelight: 90s Unplugged
The Athenaeum Theatre · Melbourne
7pm · From $25
Royal Melbourne Philharmonic Aria Competition
Fed Square · Melbourne
7pm · From $15
Theatresports
Impro Melbourne · West Melbourne
7:30pm
Finding Figaro: Octave One/Sleep D x Hybrid Man/JNETT/Baby G
Melbourne Town Hall · Melbourne
7:45pm
Go West 40th Anniversary Tour with special guest Debbie Gibson
Palais Theatre · St Kilda
Sunday 30 August
+1 more · From $38
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Tour
Melbourne Cricket Ground · Richmond
11am · From $20
Melbourne Youth Orchestras: Songs of Flight
Melbourne Recital Centre · Southbank
5:30pm · From $20
Melbourne Youth Orchestra: Time Unbound
Melbourne Recital Centre · Southbank
5:30pm
Closing Night: Robin Fox/MY DISCO/Jeho Yun + Kyoungjin So
Melbourne Town Hall · Melbourne
On all weekend
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 Wed 30 Sep · From $33.90
Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience in Melbourne
Brunswick · Melbourne
Until Sat 14 Nov · From $15
Scienceworks Melbourne: Entry Ticket
Scienceworks (Museums Victoria) · Spotswood
Until Tue 16 Feb · From $199
Night Bites — Experience Melbourne’s best street eats
74 Spring St · Melbourne
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 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 Thu 31 Dec · From $19
Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness
Docklands
18+Until Sun 27 Sep · From $300
Discovery Tasting & Lunch at Montalto
Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove · Red Hill South
18+Until Sun 27 Sep · From $570
Estate to Plate at Montalto
Montalto Vineyard & Olive Grove · Red Hill South
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 Sun 15 Nov · From $52.25
Melbourne Skydeck & Edge Experience: Panoramic Views 285 Metres Up
Melbourne Skydeck · Melbourne
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