Welcome to our What’s On Melbourne page for kids, teens and adults! Event information is supplied by organisers and may change at any time. We recommend checking the official event page provided via our More info link before attending. Have fun exploring Melbourne!
Discover the magic behind Adam Elliot's remarkable Claymation style with a display of handmade sets, props and characters from Memoir of a Snail.
Enter the world of Saboteurs in Melbourne, a live AmongUs-style game where Crew members complete tasks while Impostors secretly eliminate them.
Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty has arrived in Melbourne! This beloved tale is brought to life through classical dance, stunning choreography, and beautiful glow-in-the-dark costumes. Get your tickets for Ballet of Lights: Sleeping Beauty in a Sparkling Show in Melbourne!
ArtVo is an immersive art or ‘trick art’ gallery, the first of its kind in Australia, where you are encouraged to touch the art and become part of the art by taking photographs from designated points on the floors of the gallery.
Experience Peter Pan reimagined with Ballet of Lights! Six performers in illuminated costumes bring this classic story to life through dance, light, and color. Get your tickets now for Ballet of Lights: Peter Pan in a Sparkling Show in Melbourne!
Established in 1887, the National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Scholarship shaped the creative development of generations of Australian artists.
Discover a world four billion years in the making. In Our Wondrous Planet, you’ll come face to face with animals from around the world.
The Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions is a national, biennial mentorship and exhibition program that supports emerging Australian First Nations artists and designers.
Explore colour through hands-on activities and interactive play at this large-scale exhibition from Questacon. Perfect for kids aged 5 to 14 years, this immersive experience at Scienceworks combines play-based learning and creative discovery, making it one of the best options for Melbourne indoor fun for the whole family.
A Melbourne-exclusive exhibition, ROME: Empire, Power, People will open at Melbourne Museum on 1st April 2026, revealing the grandeur, spectacle and magnificent story of the Eternal City and the rise, rule and legacy of one of history’s most powerful civilisations.
Bubble Planet is an immersive experience in which you'll surround yourself with bubbles like never before!
This major exhibition showcases the design evolution of one of the world’s most famous dolls: Barbie®. Enter the iconic Barbie universe and delight in over 250 nostalgic, rare, and innovative dolls and accessories dating from 1959 to the present day.
The action-packed adventure pits man against prehistoric predators in the ultimate battle for survival. Featuring visually stunning imagery and groundbreaking special effects, this epic film is sheer movie magic 65 million years in the making.
They say you can get lost in a good book. But it’s worse getting lost in a bad one…
After sellout seasons throughout Australia, London's West End and the world, The Gruffalo Live on Stage returns to Melbourne from 16-19 April.
For younger children 18 months+, join Spot and friends when they go on a charming live adventure on the farm from 4-6 April.
The Wacky Wizard is back with her magical mayhem for 4 – 400 year olds, smooshed with even more enchantment, calamities and laughs that make you fart.
Featuring more than 200+ historical and contemporary works from the NGV Collection, MOTHER is the most comprehensive thematic exhibition exploring motherhood ever mounted in an Australian art institution.
The annual Top Arts exhibition provides a platform for emerging artists from across the state who are completing their VCE studies to showcase their skills, enthusiasm, and creativity.
Open wide, come inside, ACMI and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation are celebrating 60 years of Play School with a free children’s play exhibition about how an episode of the iconic series is made
Each Friday, we’re open late. Experience the NGV as it comes alive after dark – think fashion, art, icons and beats.
From opera stars to pop icons, celebrate the power and creativity of the diva.
This major international exhibition pairs the work of two of the most influential fashion designers in recent history, Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garçons.
Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than eighty women artists working between 1900 and 1975.
Step into a world of creativity, colour and celebration at the NGV’s 2025 children’s summer exhibition!
Have a leisurely picnic and feast on the juiciest of blueberries, then stroll around our gardens, meet our ever-expanding family of dinosaurs, hunt for gold coins on Treasure Island and check out our new Miniatures Garden too!!
Rocky Shores, SEA LIFE Melbourne’s brand-new rockpool habitat, is now open! The new exhibit offers a unique perspective on our ocean’s little rock stars that linger along the shoreline.
Following the incredible success of Case 1 in 50 cities worldwide, The Jury Experience arrives in Melbourne with Case 2! I
Melbourne, it's time to dig in! Little Builders is bringing the ultimate sandbox adventure to Docklands, and it’s more than just child’s play, it's 25 tonnes of clean, safe sand and 50 square metres of hands-on discovery, creativity, and fun.
Come on down to We call it Jazz in Melbourne! With a mix of carefully chosen classics and spontaneous improvisation, this feel-good live music performance takes you on a journey to the roots of this revolutionary genre.
Step into the heart of a high-stakes trial with The Jury Experience in Melbourne.
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations never before used for this purpose in Melbourne. Buy your tickets now to discover the music of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake and more featuring ballet at Collingwood Town Hall under the gentle glow of candlelight.
Monopoly Dreams Melbourne is a fully immersive and interactive Monopoly experience, featuring games, challenges and more.
Experience a world of contraband and corruption at Alcotraz, the world's first immersive, prison-themed cocktail bar.
The Lord of the Rings – A Musical Tale, the stage production based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic trilogy beloved by generations of readers, will make its Australian premiere at the State Theatre Sydney from 7 January 2025 and Melbourne from 26 April 2025.
Join Peppa, her family and friends as they go to the zoo and beach for a special party - it’s going to be a fun packed day!
The first-ever Sanrio authentic musical is coming to town! Join us for "Hello Kitty's Super Adventure," an enchanting live musical extravaganza featuring Hello Kitty, My Melody, Daniel, Bad Badtz-Maru, and U * SA * HA * NA.
Step into the wild with Madagascar: The Musical - an adrenaline-packed extravaganza that brings your favourite animated characters to life on stage! Join Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria on a thrilling adventure filled with infectious music, sensational dance numbers and laugh-out-loud moments.
This Easter, bring your little ones and the whole family for an egg-citing adventure at Melbourne Museum’s inaugural Easter egg hunt!
Prepare to enter a world of whimsy, wonder and amazement where your imagination will soar like never before, in this completely re-imagined family circus spectacular!
Kick off the Easter long weekend with a huge day of comedy at Fed Square.
The maddest of mad scientists, Magnus Danger Magnus, returns to Melbourne with his all ages electromagnetic extravaganza!
