What’s On in Melbourne – March 2024

It’s formally the beginning of Autumn, my favorite season!

Arising is the Labour Day lengthy weekend in March (Saturday 9 March to Monday 11 March) plus in all probability the final of the new climate. Different key dates embrace:

This submit is up to date usually so test again in to see what’s on in Melbourne at present, and this weekend in addition to what’s taking place for the entire month. 

DINOS ALIVE MELBOURNE

Featured Occasion

Dinos Alive is a dinosaur exhibition that includes life-size animated replicas in an immersive Jurassic venue. Stroll alongside the large creatures that roamed our world hundreds of thousands of years in the past!

Dinos Alive highlights embrace:

• Be transported to the Jurassic period to witness life like dinosaurs of their pure habitat;
• Stand head to head with over 80 life-sized, shifting replicas of dinosaurs together with the awe-inspiring T-rex, the sleek Stegosaurus, the armoured Ankylosaurus, swift Velociraptors, and extra;
• Dive into a singular digital aquarium expertise and delve into the mysteries of historic marine life;
• Uncover the wonders of the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous durations by partaking and interactive actions;
• Immerse your self in a charming VR journey (appropriate for ages 8 and above); and
• Youngsters can turn out to be paleontologists within the “Budding Consultants” interactive area, the place they’ll have interaction in hands-on actions and study iconic dinosaurs whereas having enjoyable.

Dinos Alive: An Immersive Expertise, Fever Exhibitions Corridor, 62 Dawson Road, Brunswick VIC 3056

Thursday 1 February 2024 – Thursday 29 February 2024

Melbourne Occasions March

What’s on in Melbourne – CBD / Docklands

• BBC Earth Expertise (Mon 1 Jan – Solar 28 Apr) – The BBC Earth Expertise on the MCEC is an all-ages interactive journey by the seven continents powered by state-of-the-art know-how by no means earlier than seen in Australia.
• ACMI Preschoolers (Fri 12 Jan – Fri 22 Mar) – Enjoyable for 3 to 5-year-olds to discover “Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature” with guardian, grandparent, or carer. Join artwork and science by motion and play, partaking younger learners with mesmerizing artworks.
• Exhibition: Wild Metropolis At ArtPlay (Sat 20 Jan – Solar 16 Jun) – Come and go to a mini metropolis panorama that has been reworked right into a wild, thriving, inexperienced metropolis – the place people and animals share their habitat.
• The Sound of Music (Sat 2 Mar – Solar 17 Mar) – Rising musical theatre firm Theatrical is thrilled to current a brand new manufacturing of The Sound of Music at Nationwide Theatre Melbourne.
• Moomba (Sat 9 Mar) – Victoria’s largest neighborhood competition.
• Water Sports activities at Moomba Pageant (Sat 9 Mar) – Watch waterski acrobatics, together with pyramids, methods and extra and likewise see world-class water sports activities athletes battle it out on the Moomba Masters competitors.
• Cirque du Soleil (Solar 24 Mar – Solar 5 Might) – Cirque du Soleil is celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary in Australia with critically acclaimed and jaw-dropping manufacturing LUZIA, opening in Melbourne on twenty fourth March 2024.
• The Sport Expo 2024 (Sat 23 Mar – Solar 24 Mar) – The Sport Expo is THE occasion devoted to gaming, celebrating its tradition and creativity. TGX is all about YOU, and everybody who loves video video games.

• Moonlight Cinema Melbourne (Solar 31 Mar) – Australia’s favorite open-air cinema returns to the attractive inexperienced Central Garden for one more season of balmy nights, lush picnics and scorching silver-screen blockbuster films and fan-favourite movies.
• Sonica Botanica: Tales and Sounds from the Gardens (Tue 31 Dec) – Weaving collectively interviews, discipline recordings and a musical rating, this evocative listening expertise responds to collectors’ passions, botanical information, favorite recollections, childhood impressions, historic anecdotes and cultural viewpoints
• The Explorer – Melbourne Gardens (Tue 31 Dec) Uncover the fantastic thing about this inner-city oasis and luxuriate in dwell commentary within the consolation of an open-air minibus.
• Aboriginal Heritage Stroll (Tue 31 Dec) – Journey into Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a major cultural website for the native Kulin Nation, with a First Peoples information.
• Search and Discover Nature Playing cards (Tue 31 Dec) – Set your younger ones on an journey exploring nature with Search and Discover Nature Playing cards for use at Melbourne Gardens or obtain the playing cards and discover your neighbourhood.

• Holi Pageant Melbourne 2024 (Fri 29 Mar – Solar 31 March) – Play Holi throughout 3 days (and nights) of Easter Lengthy Weekend as you immerse into Tradition, Stay Music, DJs, Dancing, Meals & Drink and Colors. FREE.
• Punting on the Lake (Till Fri 31 Might) – Settle again in a sublime wood punt to take pleasure in a singular view of one of many world’s most interesting gardens as knowledgeable information tells you about its historical past and wildlife.
• Queen Victoria Evening Market (Till Wed 15 Mar) – Eat and drink your means all over the world one dish at a time with greater than 50 avenue meals merchants cooking up a worldwide feast each Wednesday plus specialty procuring and leisure. Queen Victoria Evening Market evaluate.
• Arts Centre Sunday Market (Sundays till 31 Dec) – discover distinctive, quirky and handmade gadgets on the stalls. There are at all times some yummy treats too!
• WICKED (Varied dates) – Winner of over 100 main awards together with the Grammy Award and three Tony Awards, WICKED is “A COMPLETE TRIUMPH! An authentic musical that may make you snicker, cry and suppose.” USA Right this moment.
• Shrine Youngsters (Each day) – The Shrine of Remembrance is the Nationwide Conflict Memorial of Victoria and it makes for an academic (and sobering) outing for households. 
• Melbourne Ebook Market (Saturdays & Sundays) – a curated assortment of greater than 5,000 new and pre-loved titles chosen and introduced by 15 of Melbourne’s most skilled booksellers..

• Docklands Group Market (2nd Sunday of every month) – Seize your early morning espresso, take pleasure in a stunning stroll & help your native producers at this beautiful market.
• The Story of the Transferring Picture (ongoing) – Journey by the previous, current and way forward for the shifting picture by interactive experiences, digital innovation and charming tales. Story of the Transferring Picture ACMI Overview.
• Evening on the Reef (Ongoing) – A kaleidoscope of tropical fish, sharks, rays, and turtles charming the wonder and variety of the world’s coral reefs.
• The LUME (Ongoing) – Immerse your self within the work of Monet and Buddies at Australia’s digital artwork gallery.
• SEALIFE Melbourne Aquarium (Ongoing) – See a number of the world’s most unimaginable animals, together with penguins, a 6-metre-long crocodile and 1000’s of tropical fish, plus the newly reopened oceanarium.
• Mushy Play ( Ongoing) – Play together with your baby and make neighborhood connections in a protected and enjoyable indoor setting at Mushy Play.
• Youngsters Passport Queen Victoria Market (Ongoing) – Gather your passport, then journey across the Market accumulating stamps from our pleasant merchants, earlier than making your approach to the Queen Victoria Market Customer Hub to say your prize.

What’s on in Melbourne – North / North-East

• Household Fridays at Pentridge (Fri 1 Dec – Fri 29 Mar) – Take part each Friday night at Pentridge for dwell music, youngsters’s actions and household enjoyable!
• Out of doors films Banyule (Sat 17 Feb – Sat 9 Mar) – Be a part of us for a day or night film outdoor in Banyule. Deliver a picnic and watch a screening of the movie. BYO blanket or deckchair.
• Work In Progress Exhibition (Fri 1 Mar – Solar 24 Mar) – A collaborative exhibition of child-led photographic artworks exploring the theme of social futures.
• Work In Progress Exhibition opening celebration (Sat 2 Mar) – Don’t miss our opening celebration, the place youngsters and their grown-ups be part of us to have a good time and be part of the thrill of the exhibition.

• Craigieburn Pageant (Sat 2 Mar) – Take part for a jam-packed day of actions that the entire household (together with your pets) will take pleasure in!
• Turkish Pazar Pageant (Sat 2 Mar – Solar 3 Mar) – See Queen Victoria Market rework into a conventional Turkish bazaar and expertise the colourful tastes, colors and sounds of Turkey by meals, music, dance, and cultural shows.
• Brunswick Music Pageant (Solar 3 Mar – Mon 11 Mar) – Take pleasure in dwell music performances from artists like Adalita, Birdz, Didirri and extra.

• Ricotta Pageant (Solar 17 Mar) – The primary and solely Ricotta Pageant in Australia is again once more, with big vats of contemporary sizzling ricotta, Italian meals and drinks pop-ups, a neighborhood producer market, leisure for the entire household and youngsters actions.
• Melbourne Worldwide Flower & Backyard Present (Wed 20 Mar – Solar 24 Apr) – See the perfect panorama and floral expertise from Australia and all over the world alongside an intensive array of backyard retail merchandise.
• Triceratops: Destiny of the Dinosaurs (Each day) – An immersive voyage right into a misplaced world, the place guests will discover the landscapes of the Cretaceous and get to know the creatures that thrived there.
• Diamond Valley Railway (Sundays) – miniature railway with a playground subsequent door. Diamond Valley Railway Overview

• Heide Artwork Infants (Tuesdays) – Social connection and communal play is essential for brand new dad and mom, new grandparents and infants.
• Below 5s Artwork Courses (Fridays) – Periods will discover the weather of artwork akin to color, form, texture and sample by materials exploration and experimentation.
• Tiny Excursions (Fridays throughout faculty time period) – A forty five-minute tour created for early yr audiences that may invite them to surprise, uncover, and be amazed.
• Gandel Gondwana Backyard (Ongoing) – Discover Victoria’s historic landscapes and study creatures that after walked this land, from dinosaurs and megafauna to the ancestors of at present’s iconic Australian species.
• Heide Gallery Youngsters (Ongoing) – Be a part of Artwork Therapist Tanis Douglas, who helps pre-school youngsters and their carers to realize confidence observing artworks in a small group.
• Mini Twitchers Heide (Ongoing) – Be a twitcher for a day and spot some lovely birds within the Heide Sculpture park! Use a map to find every space the place the twelve painted birds are hidden in bushes within the sculpture park.
• Keeper Youngsters Melbourne Zoo (Ongoing) – Educator-led day by day actions that promote studying by storytelling, craft, and play at Keeper Youngsters Melbourne Zoo.
• Sensory Tray Session (Ongoing) – Pour, scoop, splash, and extra at our sensory tray periods!
• Pauline Gandel Youngsters’s Gallery (Ongoing) – A world-class immersive studying and play expertise – and a wonderland for little learners! The exhibition combines hands-on exploration and discovery, open-ended play-based studying, extraordinary immersive environments, and distinctive museum assortment objects on the Pauline Gandel Youngsters’s Gallery.
• Dinosaur Stroll (Ongoing) – Take a look at the true dinosaur bones at Melbourne Museum’s everlasting exhibition that includes ten dinosaur skeletons, three pterosaurs, and different choose megafauna artefacts akin to big tooth!

What’s on in Melbourne – South / South-East / Bayside

• The Explorer (Solar 1 Jan – Tue 31 Dec) – Uncover the fantastic thing about this inner-city oasis and luxuriate in dwell commentary within the consolation of an open-air minibus
• Search and Discover Nature Playing cards (Sat 1 Jan – Tue 31 Dec) – Set your younger ones on an journey exploring the wondrous surroundings, crops and creatures of Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne with their Search and Discover Nature Playing cards.
• Gasworks Farmers’ Market (Sat 20 Jan – Sat 21 Dec) – On Saturdays take in the colourful ambiance and pattern the perfect of native Victorian produce, straight from Victorian farmers and specialty makers.
• Lights, Digital camera… Chaos! (Sat 17 Feb – Sat 17 March) – The Scientwits are again! Science Sam is trying to broadcast a severe science TV present however sometimes, Captain Chaos has different, greater & incorrect concepts.
• Whats up Sunshine competition (Sat 2 Mar) – Take a look at the epic 2024 line-up with Grinspoon, The Veronicas, The Mood Entice, Pete Murray, Bliss N Eso, and The Wiggles!
• Elwood Market (Sat 2 Mar) – Expertise all of the enjoyable, music and neighborhood ambiance of the Elwood Market: classic items, second-hand treasures, artwork, books, a petting zoo, face portray and all kinds of bargains and delightful gadgets.

• Knox Pageant (Sat 2 Mar) – native performers, artists, sports activities, amusements, tradition, meals and leisure for the entire household to take pleasure in.
• The Smeds and the Smoos (Mon 4 Mar – Tue 5 Mar) – Soar into area with this thrilling adaptation of the award-winning ebook by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler at Bunjil Place dwell on stage.
• WILD Wednesday (Wed 7 Mar – Wed 27 March) – Embark on an journey each WILD Wednesday from 11 am to 4 pm!
• Melbourne St Patrick’s Day Pageant (Sat 16 Mar – Solar 17 Mar) – Have fun Irish tradition and heritage at this free household occasion. Take pleasure in avenue performers, conventional Irish meals and different cuisines, Irish dancing and dwell music creating
• Skyline Sights (Sat 2 Dec – Solar 28 Apr) – Take within the breathtaking views of the St Kilda foreshore and pier on the KIIS Eye Ferris Wheel which makes its debut this Summer season!
• Melbourne Cable Park Summer season Motion pictures (Till Fri 23 Mar) – get right down to Melbourne Cable Park to take heed to dwell music from native artists and watch your favorite movies.
• Victorian State Ballet: Sleeping Magnificence (Solar 24 Mar) – The Victorian State Ballet (VSB) is delighted to current their distinctive manufacturing of Sleeping Magnificence in March 2024.
• Punting on the Lake (Till Wed 31 Might) – take a serene cruise across the islands of the picturesque Decorative Lake in Melbourne’s beautiful Royal Botanic Gardens.

• The Ian Potter Basis Youngsters’s Backyard on the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (Wednesday – Sunday) – A devoted, absolutely fenced area for households that includes crops, water, buildings, and pathways that replicate Melbourne’s altering seasons.
• Younger At Artwork (Tuesdays) – With the steering of an skilled early childhood educator, contributors work on a special hands-on inventive exercise each week, utilizing supplies from the take-home artwork supplies field provided every session.
• Nature Play (Tuesdays throughout faculty time period) – Come alongside to Alex Wilkie Nature Reserve for Nature Play, an outside, child-led playgroup session facilitated by a certified ranger.
• Bentleigh Sunday Market (Sundays) – crops, clothes, cosmetics, jewelry, books, movies, instruments, antiques, crafts, pre-loved items, and extra! Each Sunday. 
• Mornington Railway (Sundays) – Climb aboard the Mornington Railway steam prepare for a fun-filled outing.
• Little Play Squad Legoland (Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays) – An interactive parent-child Play & Study session based mostly on LEGO® DUPLO®. Learn the  DUPLO Farm Journey Overview.
• Tales and Songs within the Sq. (Mondays & Wednesdays) – Nurture your baby’s early literacy abilities by becoming a member of in to learn aloud tales and sing motion songs and rhymes. FREE.
• Little Play Occasions Legoland (Wednesdays) – An interactive parent-child Play & Study session based mostly on LEGO® DUPLO®.
• Prahran Market Mini Marketeers (Tuesdays) – Take pleasure in free, guided actions instructing toddlers the basics of consuming effectively and placing the ‘yum’ in wholesome meals decisions.
• LEGO Buddies (Ongoing) – Go to LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Melbourne to fulfill your new Buddies, obtain enjoyable present luggage, take part a scavenger hunt exercise and extra!
• Little Lunies at Luna Park (Ongoing) – Uncover a incredible world of rides, sights, and video games to swimsuit Little and Huge Lunies! There’s one thing for everybody from previous favorites like The Nice Scenic Railway, Ghost Practice, & Carousel to the massive thrill rides just like the Energy Surge, Sky Rider, Twin Dragon, and extra!
• St Kilda Breakwater (Ongoing) – Spot the Little Penguin colony simply earlier than nightfall coming ashore from the promenade. FREE.

What’s on in Melbourne – East

• Junior Chocolatier Yarra Valley Chocolaterie (Tue 10 Jan – Wed 25 Dec) – Youngsters aged 6 – 12 years can study from Chocolatiers easy methods to make their very personal yummy
• Holi Pageant of Color (Fri 29 Feb, Sat 30 Feb, & Solar 31 Mar) – Free Bollywood dance and color workshops for youths. You may as well get a free reward by snapping a photograph on the Completely satisfied Holi wall.creations. Learn the Junior Chocolatier Yarra Valley Chocolaterie evaluate.
• Glenferrie Pageant (Solar 3 Mar) – Over 300 particular person stalls serving up nice meals, avenue meals, dwell leisure, trend, hand-crafted items, nice amusement rides, pop up bars, children’ Leisure and actions.
• Summer season within the Park (Fri 8 Mar – Solar 10 Mar) – Boroondara Arts’ Summer season within the Park sequence of free out of doors occasions throughout February and March. Burgers, candy treats and occasional can be found.

• Asian Cooking with Youngsters (Solar 10 Mar) – The Child Cooking Courses are enjoyable and academic – dad and mom, guardians and grandparents can be part of the category. Menus are designed to introduce your baby to a few of their new favorite meals along with their liked dad and mom and households.
• Day Out with Thomas (Fri 15 Mar – Solar 17 Mar & Fri 22 Mar – Solar 24 Mar) – The enduring blue engine is again, and this time, he’s bringing a burst of bubbly enjoyable to Puffing Billy Railway with the Day Out With Thomas: Bubble Tour!
• The Herb and Chilli Pageant (Sat 16 Mar – Solar 17 Mar) – Two-day celebration of herbs and chillis in meals, drinks, sauces, crops and the cultures related to cuisines that target spice and flavour. Learn the The Herb and Chilli Pageant evaluate
• Have fun Mooroolbark Pageant (Solar 17 Mar) – 8 days of smaller pop-up model occasions throughout day and night time, round city, on and offline.

• Spirits of the Sky (Ongoing) – See the pure behaviours of quite a lot of native birds which can embrace the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Black-breasted Buzzard, Barking Owl, magnificent parrots and extra.
• Bounce Playdates (Ongoing) – Prolonged toddler periods provide little adrenaline hunters time to discover and play, whereas dad and mom can select to affix in, or watch on from close by.
• Eastland (Ongoing) – Signal as much as the free mini & me children membership at Eastland (for youths 4 and underneath) and obtain unique presents, invitations to free occasions, and $5 valet parking! FREE.

What’s on in Melbourne – West

• FCAC Toddler Jam (Thu 1 Feb – Thu 28 Mar) – Our tutor Razz, a long-time member of the FCAC neighborhood, is very expert in getting toddlers lively and studying by play, with a mix of percussion, singing, and dancing.
• Steve McCurry. ICONS: An Extraordinary Images Exhibition (From February 2024) – Steve McCurry. ICONS is a unprecedented exhibition in Melbourne showcasing the work of Steve McCurry, one of many best photographers thus far. Find out about his profession, his images, and far more.
• Mushy Stele: monuments to our favorite issues – Wyndham Metropolis Arts and Tradition (Tue 13 Feb – Solar 3 Mar) – Be a part of the oblique Object to assist create a sequence of enormous, tactile illuminated pillars celebrating all our favorite issues. Meals, actions, animals, pals, video games, or locations in our neighborhood.

• Flavour Fest 2024 (Sat 2 March) – The return of Flavour Fest 2024 is again! That includes epic meals vans, child’s actions, carnival rides, beer backyard, and firework leisure, alongside Australia’s hottest bands! FREE.
• Lincoln Park Twilight Live performance (Sat 2 Mar) – Seize your loved ones and pals, pack a picnic, and sit again to take pleasure in a twilight live performance, actions, interactive neon lights, and a lot extra! FREE.
• LIT (Fri 8 Mar – Wed 24 Mar) – See Wyndham Park in Werribee Metropolis Centre turn out to be a glowing wonderland at this free immersive expertise introduced by Wyndham Metropolis.
• Ballarat Begonia Pageant (Sat 9 Mar – Mon 11 Mar) – Ballarat can be in full bloom as soon as once more because the Ballarat Begonia Pageant returns and celebrates its seventieth yr.
• Yarraville Pageant (Sun10 Mar) – a household expertise crammed with scrumptious meals, leisure and stalls providing high quality merchandise and produce.
• Incy Wincy Infants (Fri 15 Mar) – Barking Spider Inventive artist guides carers with their infants by a visible artwork expertise on the Gallery.
• Jams for Juniors (Sat 16 Mar) – Youngsters aged 0-5 and their adults can discover, play and take part at these common 30-minute musical workshops.

• Yarraville Village Farmers Market (Sat 16 Mar) – take pleasure in a beautiful, relaxed neighborhood setting and pattern the freshest merchandise direct from the farmers and producers as you store within the open.
• 2024 Get Energetic! Expo Launch (Solar 17 Mar – Solar 14 Apr) – Take pleasure in an interactive children’ nook and actions from Western Bulldogs, Melbourne Victory, Cricket Victoria and Reclink Australia.
• Fairytales on Skates (Sat 18 Mar & Solar 26 Mar) – Meet your favorite fairytale characters as they zoom, twirl and roll round your neighbourhood!
• Mediterranean Fiesta (Sat 23 March) – Take pleasure in dwell music, dancing, and free children’ actions that you just received’t need to miss. FREE.

• Eynesbury Market (Final Sunday of the month) – month-to-month neighborhood market in Eynesbury
• Artwork within the backyard (Final Friday of the month) – It’s a mix of nature play, sensory play, course of artwork, and playgroup. Run by ‘The Enjoyable In Artwork’.
• Musical Minds Workshop (Mondays Till 25 Mar) – study the basics of music collectively in a enjoyable & academic setting. Sing songs, play varied devices, transfer to music & learn the way actions & Auslan may help in tune reminiscence retention & studying.
• Sundown Safari Werribee Open Vary Zoo (Saturdays till Sat 9 Mar) – dwell music, African-inspired meals, dancing, drumming and sundown safari tour. Learn the Sundown Safari Werribee Zoo evaluate
• Bulla Railway (third Sunday of every month) – Experience the dinosaur path on the miniature railway. Bulla Railway Overview.

• Werribee Open Vary Zoo (Ongoing) – Stroll by the Zoo recognizing lions, hippos, cheetahs, monkeys, gorillas and extra, catch the safari bus tour or discover the Ranger Youngsters indoor play area and Village Youngsters out of doors playground.
• Air Playground (Ongoing) – Air Playground has launched at Scienceworks. Levitate objects, engineer paper planes, & study the physics of airflow.
• Melbourne Planetarium (Ongoing) – Sit again and benefit from the surprise of the celebrities whatever the time of day – or the climate!
• Floor Up: Constructing Huge Concepts, Collectively (Ongoing) – An exhibition for infants to five-year-olds the place curiosity is rewarded round every bend with shocking and intriguing sights, sounds and contact sensations.

• Playnastics (Ongoing) – Informal open play periods utilizing a collection of Preschool Gymnastics tools and sources, in addition to puzzles, blocks and extra. ​Learn our evaluate right here.
• Toddler and Youngsters Artwork Courses (Ongoing) – The Enjoyable In Artwork’ supplies artwork lessons for toddlers and youngsters the place they’re extra concerning the enjoyable of creation and fewer concerning the consequence of the art work.
• ​Clocktower Centre Youngsters’s Area (Ongoing) – Dad and mom and carers can sit again and loosen up with a espresso and a snack from the Clocktower Café whereas the youngsters discover the area, watch the trams go by or take heed to their favorite ebook with the interactive Storytime Pod.

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