EVENTS

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Pick any day of the year and we can tell you an event that is on in Melbourne.From the Grand Prix to the Garden Show, Melbourne is Australia’s premier events city. All these events offer a great opportunity for your group to get away together experience your chosen event and then more of what Melbourne has to offer.

Here's just some of the events that we can cater for, but remember no matter what you want to do, we can arrange an itinerary to suit your needs.

Australian Open Tennis Championship

World’s best tennis players battle each other and the heat. C’mon Lleyton!  

L'Oréal Fashion Festival

All the glamour and champagne-fuelled excitement of cutting-edge fashions shown off amid maximum drama and ego.

Melbourne Queer Film Festival

A highlight of queer Melbourne's arts and culture calendar, with Australian and international features, docos, shorts, and experimental works.

Melbourne Moomba Festival

Melbourne Food & Wine Festival March - April

Melbourne likes to boast about its culinary qualities – here's proof to back the argument.

Foster's Australian Formula One Grand Prix

One for speed freaks. Can Australia's own Mark Webber take the title in his home town or is Schuey on a comeback rampage?

Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show

For all you greenthumbs – learn a little about the natives or brush up on your exotics.

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

The funniest people in the world in one city and the joke's on Melbourne.

St Kilda Film Festival

Cutting-edge Australian and international short films at St Kilda's Palais Theatre and George Cinema.

Melbourne International Film Festival July - August

Films from far and wide, plus locally produced highlights.

Melbourne Art Fair

Features over 80 selected galleries from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, China, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

 

The Age Melbourne Writers' Festival

One for literary types. Catch readings by world-famous authors and attend writing workshops and debates.

Australian Football League Grand Final Series September

Get a feel for Australia's biggest national winter sport – cheer for anyone you like … except the umpire and Collingwood.

Royal Melbourne ShowSeptember

Slower paced event, with lots of animals and farm machinery, plus action sports and fairgound rides for good measure.

Melbourne Fringe FestivalSeptember - October

Spices up the cultural calendar with an entertaining program of groundbreaking and daring performances ranging across all art forms.

Melbourne International Arts FestivalOctober

A serious injection of culture, featuring unique international and Australian events in dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia and free and outdoor events over 17 days.

Spring Racing CarnivalOctober - November

One of the world's best horse-racing carnivals, including the famous Melbourne Cup at Flemington, always on the first Tuesday in November.

 Melbourne Boxing Day Test 26 December