Melbourne Festivals & Events

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When you visit Melbourne, you are sure to be swept up in one of the city's fantastic festivals or major events that are on throughout the 2024 year.

 

January

  • Australian Open Tennis (15th to 18th)

  • Australia Day (26th)

  • Midsumma Festival (14th to Feb 4th)

  • Festival of Sails (26th to 28th)

February

  • Chinese New Year (16th)

  • White Night Melbourne (17th)

  • FIM Superbike World Championships Philip Island (23rd to 25th)

March

  • Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion (1st to 18th)

  • Melbourne Moomba Festival (9th to 12th)

  • Melbourne Food & Wine Festival (16th to 25th)

  • The Herald Sun | CityLink Run for the Kids (18th)

  • Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (21st to 25th)

  • Melbourne International Coffee Expo (22nd to 24th)

  • Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix (22nd to 25th)

  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival (28th to April 22nd)

April

  • Ultra Music Festival (15th)

  • Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour (March 24th to April 23th)

  • F1 Australian - Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit (March 30th to April 2nd)

  • Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show (March 29th to April 2nd)

  • Good Friday & Easter Day (7th to 10th)

  • Melbourne Home show (21th to 23th)

  • 7th Annual Craft brew in the park (beer festival) (2nd April)

  • Anzac Day + AFL Anzac Day (25th April)

  • Subliminal Doubt (No doubt/gwen stefani tribute) (29th April)

  • One Fine Day Wedding Fair (29th to 30th)

  • Run The Tan (30th)

  • Tasting Australia at Adelaide (April 28th to May 7th)

May

  • Tasting Australia at Adelaide (April 28th to May 7th)

  • Warrnambool May Racing Festival (horse race) (2nd to 4th) 

  • Melbourne Writers Festival (4th to 7th)

  • Melbourne Official Cinco de Mayo Bar Crawl (5th to 6th)

  • Rattletrap 2023 (auto vintage show) (6th)

  • Mornington Wedding Expo (7th)

  • National Ballooning Air Championship (8th to 13th)

  • Shannons Speed Series (12th to 14 th)

  • Rehab music concert (13th)

  • 2nd Space Coast Burger Battle 2023 (13th)

  • Swan lake (14th)

  • Great Ocean Road Running festival (20th to 21th)

  • Next wave Festival 2023 (music festivals) (around May)

  • Good Beer Week (around May)

  • Vivid Sydney (May 26th to June 17th)

June

  • Mind, Body and Spirit Festival (10th)

  • Subculture Festival Australia (Trance music) (10th)

  • OZ Comic-con Melbourne (10th to 11th)

  • Queen Birthday Festival (12th)

  • The Ries Brothers feat TBA Music Concert (15th)

  • Mad Caddies music concert with The supervillains (25th)

  • Melbourne Magic festival (June 27th to July 9th)

  • good food & wine festival (around June)

  • Melbourne International Singers Festival (around June)

  • Williamstown Literary Festival (around June)

July

  • Melbourne Magic festival (June 27th to July 09th)

  • Splendour in The Grass Festival at Byron Bay (21th to 23th)

  • Run Melbourne (29th)

  • Disney on ice (around July)

  • Finder keeper market (around July)

  • Melbourne Career Expo (around July)

  • Melbourne International Animation Festival (around July)

  • Open House Melbourne (around July)

  • FIFA WOMEN CUP (July 21th to August 20th)

August

  • Melbourne international Coffee expo (17th to 19 th)

  • National 4x4 Outdoors Show and Fishing Boat Expo (18th to 20th)

  • Melbourne science fiction film festival (25th to 28th)

  • Monster Truck Mania Live Melbourne (26th to 27th)

  • Melbourne Day (30th)

  • Affordable Art Fair (August 31th to 3rd September)

  • Melbourne International Film Festival (around August)

  • Melbourne Music Week (around August)

  • Penrite Oil Sandown Supersprint (Repco Supercar Championship) (around August)

  • MS Melbourne Run and Ride Festival (around August)

September

  • Affordable art fair (August 31th to 3rd September)

  • Melbourne Royal show (September 21th to October 1st)

  • AFL Grand Final (29th)

  • Chinese Film Week (around September)

  • Tesselaar Tulip Festival (around September to October)

October

  • Victorian Seniors Festival (1st to 31th)

  • Dog Lovers Show (13th to 15 th)

  • Melbourne Marathon (15th)

  • South by southwest (SXSW) Festival at sydney (15th to 22 th)

  • Moto GP event (20th to 22th)

  • Octoberfest St.Kilda (21th)

  • Derby Day (Horse Racing) (1st to 29th)

  • Octoberfest West (Beer Carnival) (around Oktober)

  • Melbourne Fringe festival (around Oktober)

  • Penny Arcade Expo Festival (Gaming event) (around Oktober)

  • Spring clean the city (around Oktober)

  • Wellness Walk and rewsearch run (around Oktober)

  • Melbourne International Jazz (around Oktober)

  • Melbourne Boat Show (around Oktober)

  • Whitehorse Art Show (around Oktober)

  • The Spring Racing Festival (Horse Racing) (around Oktober)

  • Tesselaar Tulip Festival (around September to October)

November

  • Melbourne Cup (6th)

  • Melbourne Cup Parade (7th)

  • Oaks Day (9th)

  • Remembrance day (11th)

  • Stakes Day (Horse race) (11th)

  • State Rose and Garden Show (around November)

  • Melbourne Queer Film Festival (around November)

  • Equitana Melbourne (around November)

  • Peninsula Vinehsop Festival (around November)

  • SEXPO (around November)

  • Good Food & Wine Show Christmas Market (around November)

December

  • Carols by Candlelight & Christmas Day (24th to 25th)

  • Boxing Day (26th to 30th)

  • NYE Party (31th)

  • The Big Design Market Expo (around December)

  • Melbourne Underground Film Festival (around December)

  • Inflatable Regatta (around December)