The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Week

This week in Melbourne, you can hit up this year's Laneway, celebrate Lunar New Year and pair wine with free snacks.

The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Week

On the hunt for the best things to do in Melbourne this week, now that bright and shiny weekend is behind you? Luckily, Melbourne's a 'keep the ball rolling' kind of city and has heaps of events, exhibitions, theatre, film festivals and live music for you to inject a little awesomeness into your week.

Sure, use Monday for Netflix binges. Then get out there and sink your teeth into the city. We've got you covered with the best things to do in Melbourne this week, no matter the weather, your budget or how many mates you're hanging out with (or if you're riding solo). So, read on and start planning your next few days right now.

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Food & Drink
Amaro Tasting Flight Experience at Navi

Learn more about this Italian liqueur that's popping up all over Melbourne.

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Food & Drink
Margarita March at Mamas Dining Group

Nab $15 margaritas all day, every day, at these four Melbourne restaurants.

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Food & Drink
Festa Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco

Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.

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Arts & Entertainment
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Whimsical, tender, deadpan and enchanting, this French-language Canadian coming-of-age dramedy is about a bloodsucker who doesn't want to kill people.

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Arts & Entertainment
Drive-Away Dolls

There’s no shortage of Coenesque fun in this gloriously wild road-trip comedy, even with just one of the filmmaking brothers driving the show.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Zone of Interest

More than a decade after 'Under the Skin', filmmaker Jonathan Glazer returns with a chilling and unforgettable Holocaust drama.

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Food & Drink
George's Social Club

Friday night kick-ons just got a margarita makeover thanks to the George on Collins' late-night bottomless drinks deal.

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Arts & Entertainment
Not Natural — Science Gallery Melbourne

Explore the boundary between natural and artificial at this free exhibit in University of Melbourne's Science Gallery.

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Food & Drink
All You Can Spritzza

400 Gradi in Brunswick and Mornington Peninsula is serving up unlimited spritzes and pizza every weekend throughout summer and beyond.

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Arts & Entertainment
Blink-182: Australian and New Zealand Tour 2024

The Californian band have reunited with Tom DeLonge for a huge world tour — including playing Melbourne.

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Arts & Entertainment
Bob Marley: One Love

Another music biopic, another spectacular lead performance — this time from Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley.

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Arts & Entertainment
Madame Web

Casting Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Adam Scott can't save this tangled mess in Sony's 'Spider-Man' Universe.

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Arts & Entertainment
Pixar Film Fest

Pixar is bringing 'Soul', 'Turning Red' and 'Luca' to cinemas Down Under for the first time.

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Food & Drink
Banh Mi Bonanza

Melbourne CBD takeaway joint Banh Mi Stand is giving away 200 free banh mis for one day only.

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Arts & Entertainment
Force of Nature: The Dry 2

Eric Bana is excellent again as Aaron Falk, reteaming with filmmaker Robert Connolly to bring Jane Harper's second novel about the detective to the screen.

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Food & Drink
Paired at Culprit

Treat yourself to bottomless oysters and bubbles, unlimited margaritas and margherita pizzas, or endless amounts of cheese and wine after work at W Melbourne.

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Arts & Entertainment
Wicked

Get ready to defy gravity: this 'Wizard of Oz'-inspired blockbuster musical is sweeping into Melbourne.

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Travel & Leisure
Free Communal Bathing Sessions at Inner Studio

These spa sessions are for all the early risers out there seeking an alternative way to start the day.

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Food & Drink
Patio Aperitivo at Neighbourhood Wine

Head to the Fitzroy North wine bar for complimentary snacks every day of the week until the end of summer.

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Arts & Entertainment
Europa! Europa Film Festival

The Euro-centric film festival is back for 2024 with 47 movies, including a retrospective dedicated to 'Poor Things' filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos.

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Arts & Entertainment
Mardi Gras Film Festival Online 2024

Can't make it to MGFF in-person in Sydney? Stream along from home nationwide.

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Arts & Entertainment
A Day on the Green: The Chemical Brothers

Hey boy, hey girl: the iconic electronic greats are bringing their block rockin' beats back Down Under.

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Arts & Entertainment
Rent

Jonathan Larson's Tony-winning hit is the next Broadway musical that's returning to Australia.

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Arts & Entertainment
The MSO's 2024 Sidney Myer Free Concerts

One of Melbourne's summertime traditions returns, this time with Puccini, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Rossini.

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Food & Drink
Wine & Cheese Fest

The best days out are ones packed with dreamy local cheese, vino and grape stomping.

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Food & Drink
Lunar New Year at Hawker Hall

Treat your tastebuds to a Singaporean and Malaysian taste of Lunar New Year this year, complete with banquets, giveaways and lion dances.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Rocky Horror Show Melbourne 2024

The iconic rock musical is back by popular demand for its 50th anniversary tour of Australia in 2024.

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Food & Drink
Melbourne Chilli-Eating Championship

Can you handle the heat? Prove it at this prestigious (and wild) competition.

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Food & Drink
Non-Stop Noods at New Quarter

Sip and slurp your way through bottomless margaritas and never-ending bowls of Vietnamese noodles.

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Food & Drink
QVM's Summer Night Market

Over 100 local traders are participating in this summer's market, including 45 street food stalls and six pop-up bars.

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Arts & Entertainment
NGV Triennial 2023

NGV International's free three-yearly showcase features robot dogs, Yoko Ono's art, a giant thumbs up and a room-sized ode to plants.

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Arts & Entertainment
Groundhog Day The Musical

Tim Minchin's stage musical version of the 90s film favourite is finally looking for a shadow in Australia.

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Arts & Entertainment
(This is) Air

Meet Australia's new big thing: a 14-metre-tall inflatable sphere that breathes air is the National Gallery of Victoria's 2023 Architecture Commission.

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Arts & Entertainment
Grease

It's electrifying: the 50s-set, five-decade-old show has scored a brand-new stage production.

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Arts & Entertainment
Unko Museum: The Kawaii Poop Experience

It's Australia's turn to experience this pastel-hued Japanese favourite, which is all about "the maximum cuteness of poop".

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Arts & Entertainment
Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition

The king of all Titanic exhibitions is dropping anchor in Melbourne with 200-plus artefacts.

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Food & Drink
Pier Farm Summer Sessions

$15 spritzes and aperitivo snacks are on the menu at this Williamstown restaurant all summer long.

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Arts & Entertainment
Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature

This spectacular world-premiere experimental digital exhibition about nature is taking over Melbourne's ACMI.

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Arts & Entertainment
Moonlight Cinema Melbourne 2023–24

Grab your picnic basket and get ready for a dress-up 'Barbie' party, festive flicks, and nostalgic sessions of 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Mighty Ducks’.

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Arts & Entertainment
Rain Room 2023

The immersive, Instagram-fave Rain Room returns for another season, offering a rainstorm experience that won't mess up your hair.

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Arts & Entertainment
The 'Friends' Experience

Replicas of Central Perk, that orange couch and the 'Friends' fountain have arrived in Melbourne to make your day, your week, your month and even your year.

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Travel & Leisure
W Melbourne's WET Sessions

Enjoy drinks, snacks and beats while you party poolside — no matter the weather.

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