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The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend

Pair pickleball with sushi, explore a new Korean market or check out works by 100-plus artists at Melbourne Art Fair.
By Concrete Playground
February 29, 2024
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By Concrete Playground
February 29, 2024
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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.

  • Food & Drink

    Margarita March at Mamas Dining Group

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Bob Marley: One Love

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Madame Web

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Pixar Film Fest

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Wicked

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

  • 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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Mardi Gras Film Festival Online 2024

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

  • 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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Rent

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Mona Foma 2024

    Music and art collide at the annual Tassie festival, with a lineup that includes Queens of the Stone Age, Courtney Barnett, Paul Kelly and TISM.

  • Food & Drink

    Wine & Cheese Fest

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

  • 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.

  • Food & Drink

    Melbourne Chilli-Eating Championship

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Melbourne Art Fair

    This year's program features 100-plus artists and more than 50 events, all filling 7500 square metres of space with art everywhere.

  • Food & Drink

    Non-Stop Noods at New Quarter

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Grease

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

  • 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.

  • 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".

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition

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

  • Arts & Entertainment

    Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature

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

  • Travel & Leisure

    W Melbourne's WET Sessions

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

  • 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’.

  • 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.

  • Travel & Leisure

    Yoga at The Lume

    Enjoy a guided yoga flow class while immersed in large-scale digital art, curated sounds and a bespoke aroma.

  • Food & Drink

    The Fitzroy Mills

    A new Fitzroy market showcase a top selection of local food producers each Saturday.

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