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!
Scienceworks is set to inspire the next generation of engineers, designers and creators with the launch of its newest hands-on exhibition, Tinkertown, opening 5 April 2025. This vibrant, interactive village is designed to ignite creativity and innovation, turning the world of engineering and design upside down with fun and playful experiences.
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.
Monopoly Dreams Melbourne is a fully immersive and interactive Monopoly experience, featuring games, challenges and more.
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!
Step into the heart of a high-stakes trial with The Jury Experience 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.
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
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.
The Country Road + NGV First Nations Commissions is a national, biennial mentorship and exhibition program that supports emerging Australian First Nations artists and designers.
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.
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.
Opening 1 April, ROME: Empire, Power, People brings the drama of an ancient superpower to Melbourne Museum in a Melbourne-exclusive showcase of over 180 treasures from the Imperial era.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Kids Day Out is bringing the fun back to Melbourne this Easter. Get ready for a whirlwind of joy brought to you by the Good Friday Appeal, raising money for The Royal Children's Hospital.
Celebrate Easter in Carlton with a free Easter Egg hunt for the kids and a visit from the Easter Bunny, plus kids Easter activities.
Get your baskets and bunny ears ready – the NGV’s annual Easter egg hunt is back.
Circus Oz returns to the iconic Melbourne Town Hall for a strictly limited season. See them now before the show goes on the road from Shepparton to 42nd St. New York City!
A hilarious musical about the importance of believing in yourself and realising your dreams and... a dancing kangaroo!
