What’s On in Melbourne – July 2024

There isn’t a doubt that Melbourne is a cultural hub for Australia. Whether or not it’s the good reside music scene, the energetic outside markets, artwork galleries and the reside sporting occasions – Melbourne is stuffed with enjoyable issues to do with the household.

Although the chilly could also be providing you with the shivers, for the month of July, the town remains to be stuffed with heat, joyful and vibrant household occasions that may assist you to and your loved ones embrace one of the best of the winter season.

This put up is up to date usually so examine again in to see what’s on in Melbourne immediately and this weekend, in addition to what’s taking place for the entire month.

GLOW WINTER ARTS FESTIVAL

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Glow Winter Arts Competition celebrates 10 years of illumination in Stonnington from 18-21 July 2024.

WHAT’S ON – MELBOURNE CBD/DOCKLANDS

• BEINGS By Common Every little thing​ (Wed 22 Might – Solar 29 Sep 2024) – A playful household journey at ACMI crammed with vibrant and playful digital artwork.
• Winter Night time Market (Wed 5 Jun – Wed 28 Aug) – each Wednesday night take pleasure in scrumptious avenue meals, sizzling bevvies, roaring open fires, nice procuring, reside music and enjoyable on the silent disco. Learn the Winter Night time Market evaluation.
• Youngsters’s Worldwide Movie Competition (CHIFF) (Sat 8 Jun – Wed 7 Jul) – The Youngsters’s Worldwide Movie Competition is again with a month-long celebration of cinema all through winter faculty holidays at Basic Cinemas, Lido Cinemas and Cameo Cinemas.
• Storytime by State Library Victoria (Wed 12 Jun – Wed 17 Jul) – Share the delight of tales, songs, and film books along with your preschooler on Wednesdays on the Library. State Library of Victoria Evaluation.
• IMAGINATOR (Previously Imaginaria) (Tue 25 Jun – Solar 23 Mar 2025) – Absolutely interactive bespoke sounds, scents and lights activate in response to your motion as you stroll, slide and glide by means of the dreamlike landscapes. Stroll into an enormous inflatable bubble, navigate a futuristic gentle maze or bounce right into a cosmic abyss. Learn the Imaginaria Evaluation
• Hop into the boots of SEA LIFE Melbourne’s penguin keepers this winter (Fri 28 Jun – Solar 21 Jul) – Get pleasure from keeper talks and an interactive path the place friends will dive into the world of penguins, gaining information about feeding, habitat, enrichment and conservation.
• Little Murmur (Thu 25 Jul – Solar 4 Aug) – A brand new worldwide dance theatre efficiency that includes ground-breaking projections, a unprecedented soundscape and a blizzard of paper and confetti.
• Lightscape (Fri 16 Jun – Solar 6 Aug) – An immersive, after-dark expertise on the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne this winter. See iconic tree canopies drenched in color, vibrant bursts of sunshine from the undergrowth and extra!

• Shrine Youngsters (Day by day) – The Shrine of Remembrance is the Nationwide Battle Memorial of Victoria and it makes for an academic (and sobering) outing for households. Shrine Youngsters Evaluation.
• Melbourne E book Market (Saturdays & Sundays) – curated assortment of greater than 5,000 new and pre-loved titles chosen and introduced by 15 of Melbourne’s most skilled booksellers.
• Polly Woodside (First Sunday of the Month) – Come aboard for a tour of the ship and uncover what life was like on a tall ship crusing the seven seas. Learn the Polly Woodside evaluation.
• NAIDOC Week (Solar 7 Jul – Solar 14 Jul) – rejoice the historical past, tradition and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

• SEALIFE Melbourne Aquarium (ongoing) – See a few 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.
• Arts Centre Sunday Market (Sundays) – discover distinctive, quirky and handmade gadgets on the stalls. There are at all times some yummy treats too!
• Smooth Play (ongoing) – Play along with your youngster and make group connections in a secure and enjoyable indoor setting.
• Docklands Neighborhood Market (2nd & 4th Sunday of every month) – Seize your early morning espresso, take pleasure in a beautiful stroll & assist your native producers at this pretty market.
• Youngsters Passport Queen Victoria Market (Each market day) – Accumulate your passport, then journey across the Market amassing stamps from our pleasant merchants, earlier than making your option to the Queen Victoria Market Customer Hub to say your prize.
• THE LUME Melbourne (ongoing) – Connection was created to rejoice the gorgeous artwork and music of First Peoples and provides again to their communities. This particular expertise tells the story of our nation’s wealthy cultural historical past by means of work and music. Take a look at our latest go to right here.
• Leonardo Da Vinci (Sat 16 Mar – Solar 16 Sept) – Leonardo da Vinci – 500 Years of Genius guarantees to be THE LUME Melbourne’s most formidable, immersive and breathtaking expertise but.

WHAT’S ON – MELBOURNE’S NORTH / NORTH-EAST

• Meet Victoria the T. rex (Fri 28 Jun – Solar 20 Oct) – Victoria the T. rex is a world-class, interactive exhibition starring the actual fossil skeleton of a 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria.
• Prehistoric Bayside Exhibition (Sat 29 Jun – Solar 25 Aug) – Prehistoric Bayside is an immersive family-friendly exhibition showcasing the tumultuous lives of weird beasts relationship again roughly 5-6 million years.
• Dinos on the Zoo (Till 14 July 2024) – Have a ROAR-some time exploring the brand new path of dinosaurs at Melbourne Zoo for a restricted time solely.
• The Grandparents Membership – South Morang (Solar 21 Jul) – The Grandparents Membership, an unique Australian Comedy Musical, celebrates the great world of Grandparenting in a present made for Grandparents. Visiting Melbourne in July.
• Melbourne Documentary Movie Competition (Till Solar 31 Jul) – Get pleasure from thought-provoking documentaries from all around the world. Working from 1 – 31 July On-line & 17 – 31 July In-Cinema.
• Fitzroy Market (Saturdays) – a one-stop hub for all the things produce, meals, artisan, handcrafted, classic, second hand and native.

• VU Play Coburg pop-up playspaces (Tuesdays – Saturdays) – VU early childhood pre-service academics create pop-up play areas for youngsters to play.
• Rose Avenue Artists’ Market (Saturdays and Sundays) – Store immediately from Melbourne’s greatest artists, designers, crafters and makers at Fitzroy’s iconic Rose Avenue Market.
• Keeper Youngsters Melbourne Zoo (Ongoing) – Educator-led every day actions that promote studying by means of storytelling, craft, and play at Keeper Youngsters Melbourne Zoo.
• Sensory Tray Classes (ongoing) – Sensory Tray Session (Varied dates) – Pour, scoop, splash and extra at our sensory tray classes!
• Pauline Gandel Youngsters’s Gallery (Day by day) – Pauline Gandel Youngsters’s Gallery – 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.

• Triceratops: Destiny of the Dinosaurs (Day by 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.
• Tiny Excursions (Fridays throughout faculty time period) – a 45-minute tour created for early yr audiences that may invite them to marvel, uncover and be amazed.
• Dinosaur Stroll (Day by day) – Take a look at the actual dinosaur bones at Melbourne Museum’s everlasting exhibition that includes ten dinosaur skeletons, three pterosaurs, and different choose megafauna artefacts similar to enormous enamel!
• Heide Gallery Youngsters (ongoing) – Be a part of Artwork Therapist Tanis Douglas, who helps pre-school youngsters and their carers to achieve 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.
• Heide Artwork Infants (Ongoing) – half-hour of sensory play within the gallery, wanting, considering and speaking about artwork. Learn the Heide Artwork Infants Evaluation.
• Below 5s Artwork Courses (ongoing) – Classes will discover the weather of artwork similar to color, form, texture and sample by means of materials exploration and experimentation.
• The Rose Avenue Artists’ Market (Saturdays and Sundays) – Store immediately from Melbourne’s greatest artists, designers, crafters and makers at Fitzroy’s iconic Rose Avenue Market.
• Diamond Valley Railway (Sundays) – miniature railway with a playground subsequent door. Diamond Valley Railway Evaluation.

WHAT’S ON – MELBOURNE’S SOUTH / SOUTH-EAST / BAYSIDE

• Gumbuya World Dreaming (Sat 8 Jun – Solar 21 July) – ‍Put together to be transported to a realm of marvel and awe as Gumbuya World Theme Park proudly presents ‘Gumbuya Dreaming’, a mesmerising digital gentle expertise created by acclaimed Indigenous artist Wayne Quilliam.
• Winter Household Movies: Hitchhiker’s Information To The Galaxy (Wed 3 Jul) – Snuggle up within the Bunjil Place Studio to take pleasure in this household movie, introduced as a part of the HYBYCOZO Deep Thought program.
• Faculty Vacation Drop-in session – Flesh and Bones Drawing Exercise
• The Grandparents Membership – Moorabbin (Wed 17 Jul) – The Grandparents Membership, an unique Australian Comedy Musical, celebrates the great world of Grandparenting in a present made for Grandparents. Visiting Melbourne in July.
• The Grandparents Membership – Frankston (Fri 19 Jul – Wed 17 Jul) – The Grandparents Membership, an unique Australian Comedy Musical, celebrates the great world of Grandparenting in a present made for Grandparents. Visiting Melbourne in July.
• Prehistoric Bayside Cartoon workshop with Zev Landes (Sat 27 Jul) – On this superior cartoon workshop we’ll have enjoyable doing studying to attract weird beasts from prehistoric Bayside.
• Superior Prehistoric Bayside Cartoon workshop with Zev Landes (Sat 27 Jul) – Study superior methods in cartooning and convey unimaginable prehistoric creatures from Bayside to life with artist Zev Landes.
• ARC BY ERTH (Solar 28 Jul – Mon 29 Jul) – A spot to maintain probably the most treasured of issues. A spot to embrace the awe and marvel of nature.
• Mornington Railway (Sundays) – Climb aboard the Mornington Railway steam practice for a fun-filled outing.
• Bentleigh Sunday Market (Sundays) – crops, clothes, cosmetics, jewelry, books, movies, instruments, antiques, crafts, pre-loved items, and extra! Each Sunday. 

• Camberwell Sunday Market (Each Sunday) – second-hand retro, classic, vintage, style and collectible items you simply can’t discover wherever else
• The Ian Potter Basis Youngsters’s Backyard on the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne (Wednesday – Sunday) – A devoted, totally fenced area for households that includes crops, water, buildings, and pathways that mirror Melbourne’s altering seasons.
• Aboriginal Heritage Stroll (Till Tue 31 Dec) – Journey into Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, a big cultural website for the native Kulin Nation, with a First Peoples information.
• Gasworks Farmers’ Market (Third Saturday of each month till Solar 18 Dec) – On Saturdays take in the colourful ambiance and pattern the easiest of native Victorian produce, immediately from Victorian farmers and specialty makers..
• Prahran Market Mini Marketeers (Ongoing) – Get pleasure from free, guided actions instructing toddlers the basics of consuming nicely and placing the ‘yum’ in wholesome meals decisions.
• Sonica Botanica: Tales and Sounds from the Gardens (Till 31 Dec 2023) – Weaving collectively interviews, area 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 (Till Tue 31 Dec) Uncover the fantastic thing about this inner-city oasis and luxuriate in reside commentary within the consolation of an open-air minibus.
• Younger At Artwork (Tuesdays) – With the steerage 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.
• Tune in Time Out Music Playgroup (Tuesdays) – A pre-school music group plus time for play and fogeys to calm down. The group runs weekly on Tuesday Mornings from 10:00 – 11:30am throughout faculty phrases.
• Nationwide Steam Centre (Saturdays and Sundays) – A go to to the Nationwide Steam Centre will delight a large viewers from the pre-schooler obsessive about Thomas and practice rides, to coach fanatics of any age!
• Nature Play (Ongoing) – Come alongside to Alex Wilkie Nature Reserve for Nature Play, an outside, child-led playgroup session facilitated by a professional ranger.
• Little Play Instances Legoland (Ongoing) – Little Play Instances Legoland (Wednesdays) – An interactive parent-child Play & Study session primarily based on LEGO® DUPLO®.
• Tales and Songs within the Sq. (Ongoing) – Tales and Songs within the Sq. (Mondays & Wednesdays) – Nurture your youngster’s early literacy expertise by becoming a member of in to learn aloud tales and sing motion songs and rhymes.

• WIIILD Wednesdays, Gumbuya World (Ongoing) – Dive into Wildlife Wanderers, the path of free-roaming wildlife, savor two interactive exhibits, and hop on junior rides! Stand up shut with unique animals, join with nature, and luxuriate in thrilling leisure each week!
• Little Lunies at Luna Park (Ongoing) – Uncover a incredible world of rides, sights, and video games to go well with Little and Huge Lunies! There’s one thing for everybody from outdated favorites like The Nice Scenic Railway, Ghost Prepare, & Carousel to the large thrill rides just like the Energy Surge, Sky Rider, Twin Dragon, and extra!
• St Kilda Breakwater (Ongoing) – St Kilda Breakwater – Spot the Little Penguin colony simply earlier than nightfall coming ashore from the promenade.

WHAT’S ON – MELBOURNE’S EAST

• Lido and Cameo Cinemas (Sat 8 Jun – Mon 7 Jul) – a pageant of one of the best new youngsters’ movies from internationally. See the Moomins, a four-legged adventurer Titina, and extra!
• Silvers Circus Spectacular (Fri 28 Jun – Solar 21 Jul) – Silvers Circus has returned with a 90-minute spectacular by elite artists from across the globe, together with the Walison Muh as seen on Australia’s Obtained Expertise.
• Faculty Vacation Program Kew Junction (Mon 1 Jul – Fri 12 Jul) – It’s time once more for our fabulous and well-known faculty vacation program! Depart your youngsters with us when you take pleasure in a soothing espresso, store or magnificence therapy in Kew Junction.
• Melbourne Tram Museum (Wed 10 Jul, Sat 13 Jul, & Sat 27 Jul) – historic trams on show. Learn the Melbourne Tram Museum Evaluation.
• Belgrave Huge Goals Market (Solar 14 Jul) – uncover unique and bespoke design items, a few of the yummiest and freshest produce the world has to supply, reside music, a bouncy fort and face portray for the youngsters.
• Field Hill Miniature Railway (Solar 21 Jul) – Each third Sunday you may experience this excellent Miniature Railway, the observe winds by means of the picturesque surrounds of Elgar Park. Learn the Field Hill Miniature Railway Evaluation.
• Mooroolbark Miniature Railway (Solar 28 Jul) – miniature rail working each 4th Sunday.

• BUSY BODIES Malvern Central (Each Monday) – Expertise FREE exercise classes for pre-school youngsters each Monday through the faculty time period. Play, be taught, cook dinner, and have enjoyable with participating actions tailor-made by consultants to captivate little imaginations.
• Dinos at Healesville Sanctuary (Till 14 July 2024) – Let your creativeness run wild as you discover a brand new path of animatronic dinosaurs coming to life earlier than your eyes for a restricted time solely.
• Yarra Valley Railway (Each Solar) – make a journey on the historic Walker RM22 Railmotor from Healesville to Tunnel Hill. Learn the Yarra Valley Evaluation.
• ECOSS Valley Market (Fridays) – Expertise the colourful Valley Markets, connecting native growers, artisans, and musicians within the coronary heart of the Yarra Valley.
• Wurundjeri Storytime (Fridays) – Be a part of Rebecca from Wurundjeri Council in an interactive on-line storytelling session for kinders, early years teams and households aged 0 to five years. Youngsters will find out about Wurundjeri tradition, Woi-wurrung language and Dreaming tales by means of storytelling, rhyme and track. Please register every class group attending.
• Winter Wonderland (Mon 1 Jul – Fri 5 Jul) – Be a part of the enjoyable at our free winter themed faculty holidays! Sensory craft, an igloo photobooth and even a scavenger hunt.

• Eastland (Ongoing) – Signal as much as the free mini & me youngsters membership at Eastland (for teenagers 4 and underneath) and obtain unique provides, invitations to free occasions, and $5 valet parking! FREE.
• Spirits of the Sky (Day by day) – 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.
• Afternoons of Superior at LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre (Ongoing) – Younger builders can blast out of the classroom right into a world of creativity, hop on electrifying rides, and set off on epic afternoon LEGO journey!
• Lake Mountain (June – September however dates will range relying on snow season) – toboggan, cross nation snowboarding and snow play 2 hours from Melbourne. Learn my recommendations on visiting Lake Mountain with youngsters

WHAT’S ON – MELBOURNE’S WEST

• Journey Park – Winter Glow (Fri 22 June – Solar 21 July) – Uncover a glowing winter wonderland of snow, lights, hearth and ice.
• Winter Wonderland at Grazeland (Fri 28 Jun – Solar 28 Jul) – Farewell the winter blues at Grazeland’s annual Winter Wonderland! Melbourne’s foodie playground is heating up with an array of meals, drink and leisure.
• A Little Little bit of Blue puppetry efficiency and workshop (Tue 2 Jul) – An interactive puppetry present inviting youngsters and households to grow to be detectives for a day. Then check out your inventive concepts in a Paper Puppetry workshop.
• Incy Wincy Infants (Fri 19 Jul) – Barking Spider Artistic artist guides carers with their infants by means of a visible artwork expertise on the Gallery.
• Winter Fest Moonee Ponds (Till Solar 14 Jul) – Ice skating, ice slide, music, free occasions.
• Winter Wonderlights Sovereign Hill (Mon 27 Jun – Mon 15 Jul) – Christmas in July with snow falls, carols and projections. Learn the Winter Wonderlights Evaluation.
• The Grandparents Membership – Moonee Ponds (Sat 27 Jul) – The Grandparents Membership, an unique Australian Comedy Musical, celebrates the great world of Grandparenting in a present made for Grandparents. Visiting Melbourne in July.
• Seddon Village (ongoing) – Stroll the streets of Seddon Village to benefit from the lights, colors, tastes, sounds, and magic of Christmas
• Bulla Railway (third Sunday of every month) – Trip the dinosaur path on the miniature railway. Learn the Bulla Railway Evaluation.

• Altona Miniature Railway (third Sunday of the month) – between 10am and 3pm experience this excellent Miniature Railway. Learn the Altona Miniature Railway evaluation.
• Grazeland Winter (Fridays – Sundays) – Large eating precinct with metropolis views and 50 stalls to select from, with a winter wonderland expertise together with snow, youngsters zone, face portray and extra. Learn the Grazeland Evaluation
• Essendon Visitors Faculty (Saturdays) – Essendon Visitors Faculty is a mini street arrange for teenagers aged two to 10 years, full with street indicators, railway bells and visitors lights. Learn the Essendon Visitors Faculty evaluation.
• Kryal Fort (Weekends solely) – Expertise a fascinating and enchanting day for all ages at Kryal Fort’s Competition of Magic this June.
• Artwork within the backyard (Tuesdays) – It’s a mix of nature play, sensory play, course of artwork, and playgroup. Run by ‘The Enjoyable In Artwork’.
• Sunday Funday Station Lodge (Sundays) – Each Sunday The Station Lodge prepares an animal farm and different entertaining actions to maintain the little ones busy, when you sit again and calm down. Learn the Station Lodge Evaluation
• 100 Story Constructing Winter Vacation Program (Tue 9 Jul – Wed 10 Jul) – 100 Story Constructing is providing two immersive all-day workshops for teenagers aged 8-12. Dive into the world crammed with creativity, creativeness and hands-on actions!

• Playnastics (Wednesdays + Thursdays) – Informal open play classes utilizing a collection of Preschool Gymnastics tools and sources, in addition to puzzles, blocks and extra. ​Learn our evaluation right here.
• Toddler and Youngsters Artwork Courses (Thurs + Fridays) – The Enjoyable In Artwork’ gives artwork lessons for toddlers and youngsters the place they’re extra in regards to the enjoyable of creation and fewer in regards to the consequence of the paintings.
• Altona Homestead (recurring 1st Sunday of the month) – Expertise the famend Devonshire Tea at Altona Homestead on the primary Sunday of each month. Reserve your spot prematurely for a pleasant time.
• Altona Seaside Market (recurring weekly each Tuesdays) – Expertise Melbourne’s common Altona Seaside market, a weekly avenue market held on Pier Avenue, that includes recent meals stalls, distinctive crafts, and a scenic seaside backdrop, attracting each native residents and guests from all around the metropolis.
• Enterprize Sail Williamstown (often sails the third Sunday of each month) – go for a one hour sail on tall ship Enterprize in Williamstown
• Werribee Open Vary Zoo (Day by day) – Stroll by means of 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 outside playground.

• Melbourne Planetarium (Day by day) – Sit again and benefit from the marvel of the celebrities whatever the time of day – or the climate!
• Floor Up: Constructing Huge Concepts, Collectively (Day by day) – An exhibition for infants to five-year-olds the place curiosity is rewarded round every bend with stunning and intriguing sights, sounds and contact sensations.
• Bounce Playdates (Ongoing) – Prolonged toddler classes supply little adrenaline hunters time to discover and play, whereas mother and father can select to affix in, or watch on from close by.
• Clocktower Centre Youngsters’s Area (Day by day) – Mother and father and carers can sit again and calm down 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 e book with the interactive Storytime Pod.
• Air Playground (Day by day) – Air Playground has launched at Scienceworks. Levitate objects, engineer paper planes, & be taught the physics of airflow.

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