What’s On in Melbourne November 2024

It’s exhausting to imagine, however we’re already enthusiastic about what’s on in Melbourne for November 2024 and with a lot to see and do on this high-quality metropolis of ours, it may be exhausting to know the place to start out. So, that will help you take advantage of this time with your loved ones and pals, we’ve as soon as once more put collectively an inventory of all the highest issues to see and do with children in Melbourne for the month of November!

From essentially the most thrilling festivals to one of the best and most satisfying family-friendly occasions and actions, we’ve bought you lined. As all the time, there are a ton of nice occasions taking place across the metropolis and we’re devoted to creating certain that this listing is as up-to-date as doable by frequently including new occasions we’ve discovered.

Make sure to examine again typically for updates and to see what’s on in Melbourne immediately and this weekend, in addition to what’s taking place for the entire month.

WHAT’S ON MELBOURNE – CBD/DOCKLANDS

• 2024 African Music and Cultural Competition (Fri 15 Nov – Solar 17 Nov) – Expertise the colourful tapestry of African tradition at this three-day spring pageant. It’s a singular showcase of over 35 African nations and neighborhood teams by music, meals, vogue, movie, dance, artwork, and extra, all within the coronary heart of Melbourne.
• Lankan Fest (Sat 23 Nov) – A celebration of Sri Lankan tradition at Fed Sq. with stay music, dancers, DJ units, cooking demonstrations, crafts, tea, spices, and conventional road meals.
• Melbourne E-book Market (Saturdays & Sundays) – curated assortment of greater than 5,000 new and pre-loved titles chosen and offered by 15 of Melbourne’s most skilled booksellers.
• THE LUME Melbourne (ongoing) – Connection was created to have fun 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 work and music. Try our current go to right here.

• SEALIFE Melbourne Aquarium (ongoing) – See among the world’s most unimaginable animals, together with penguins, a 6-metre-long crocodile and hundreds of tropical fish, plus the newly reopened oceanarium.
• Smooth Play (ongoing) – Play along with your youngster and make neighborhood connections in a protected and enjoyable indoor surroundings.
• Children Passport Queen Victoria Market (ongoing) Gather your passport, then journey across the Market accumulating stamps from our pleasant merchants, earlier than making your solution to the Queen Victoria Market Customer Hub to assert your prize.
• Shrine Children (ongoing) – The Shrine of Remembrance is the Nationwide Battle Memorial of Victoria and it makes for an academic (and sobering) outing for households. Learn the Shrine Children Overview.

WHAT’S ON MELBOURNE – NORTH / NORTH-EAST

• T.REX 3D (Fri 21 Jun – Sat 21 Dec) – Narrated by Sam Neill, expertise the long-lasting T. rex come to life on the world’s greatest, finest display screen on this thrilling IMAX 3D documentary!
• Tiny Tour Melbourne Museum (Fridays) – a 45-minute tour created for early-year audiences that may invite them to marvel, uncover and be amazed.Tiny Tour Melbourne Museum (Fridays) – a 45-minute tour created for early-year audiences that may invite them to marvel, uncover and be amazed.
• Heide Artwork Infants (Tuesdays) – half-hour of sensory play within the gallery, wanting, pondering and speaking about artwork. Learn the Heide Artwork Infants Overview.
• Fitzroy Market (Saturdays) – a one-stop hub for every little thing produce, meals, artisan, handcrafted, classic, second hand and native.
• Heide Gallery Children  (Fridays throughout faculty time period) – Be part of Artwork Therapist Tanis Douglas, who helps pre-school youngsters and their carers to realize confidence observing artworks in a small group.
• Abbotsford Farmers Market (Saturday) – Store native and seasonal produce and go to the Collingwood Kids’s Farm which is simply subsequent door.
• Rose Avenue Artists’ Market (Saturdays and Sundays) – Store instantly from Melbourne’s finest artists, designers, crafters and makers at Fitzroy’s iconic Rose Avenue Market.
• Mini Mega Mannequin Museum (ongoing) – an exhibition that includes small and large issues at Melbourne Museum. Learn the Mini Mega Mannequin Museum evaluation. 
• Diamond Valley Railway (Sundays) – miniature railway with a playground subsequent door. Learn the Diamond Valley Railway Overview.

• Keeper Children Melbourne Zoo (ongoing) – Educator-led each day actions that promote studying by storytelling, craft and play.
• Sensory Tray Classes (ongoing) – Sensory Tray Session (Varied dates) – Pour, scoop, splash and extra at our sensory tray classes!
• Pauline Gandel Kids’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.
• Triceratops: Destiny of the Dinosaurs (ongoing) – 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.
• Dinosaur Stroll (ongoing) – Try the true dinosaur bones at Melbourne Museum’s everlasting exhibition that includes ten dinosaur skeletons, three pterosaurs, and different choose megafauna artefacts comparable to enormous tooth
• 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.

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

• Monster Celebration takes over LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre this Halloween (Thu 24 Oct – Solar 10 Nov) – Costume up for a Monster Celebration! Create LEGO® monsters so as to add to the MINILAND monster takeover and uncover a pumpkin patch constructed solely of LEGO.
• Mt Martha South Seaside Market (Tue 5 Nov) – Go to the market at Mount Martha Home Garden on Melbourne Cup day, that includes 60+ stallholders.
• Diwali in Glen Eira (Sat 2 Nov) – Have fun the Competition of Lights at Booran Reserve, Glen Huntly. Free household occasion with varied actions and leisure.
• Hampton East Makers Market (Solar 10 Nov) – With 100+ stalls, native handmade makers, and extra at Basterfield Park, Hampton East.
• East Malvern Meals & Wine Competition (Solar 17 Nov) – The fifth annual East Malvern Meals & Wine Competition is again, they usually’ve bought an unlimited vary of beautiful wineries from all throughout Victoria, artisan provedores & leisure! The free occasion is on from 11 am – 5 pm.

• Marg Truck at East Malvern Meals & Wine Competition (Solar 17 Nov) – El Jimador’s Marg Truck is coming to East Malvern Meals & Wine Competition with free margs. There’s one thing for the entire household at this pageant!
• Frankston’s Christmas Competition of Lights (Sat 25 Nov) – Have fun 25 years of the Competition with tree lighting, fireworks, Santa, stay music, and extra. Situated on Davey St, Frankston.
• Younger At Artwork (Tuesdays) – With the steerage of an skilled early childhood educator, individuals work on a unique hands-on inventive exercise each week, utilizing supplies from the take-home artwork supplies field provided every session.
• 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.
• Aboriginal Heritage Stroll (Till Solar 31 Dec) – Discover the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne with a First Peoples information, delving into the cultural significance of this website for the native Kulin Nation. Acquire profound insights into the historical past, customs, and enduring bond with Nation of Australia’s First Peoples by the identification of native crops and their conventional makes use of throughout the Gardens.
• Gasworks Farmers’ Market (Third Saturday of each month till Sat 21 Dec) – On Saturdays absorb the colourful ambiance and pattern the easiest of native Victorian produce instantly from Victorian farmers and specialty makers.

• The Ian Potter Basis Kids’s Backyard (Ongoing) – A devoted, totally fenced area for households that includes crops, water, constructions, and pathways that mirror Melbourne’s altering seasons.
• The Explorer – Melbourne Gardens (Ongoing) – Uncover the great thing about this inner-city oasis and revel in stay commentary within the consolation of an open-air minibus.
• WIIILD Wednesdays, Gumbuya World (Ongoing) – Dive into Wildlife Wanderers, the path of free-roaming wildlife, savor two interactive reveals, and hop on junior rides! Rise up shut with unique animals, join with nature, and revel in thrilling leisure each week!
• Tales and Songs within the Sq. (Ongoing) – Nurture your youngster’s early literacy expertise by becoming a member of in to learn aloud tales and sing motion songs and rhymes.
• Eastland (Ongoing) – Signal as much as the free mini & me children membership at Eastland (for teenagers 4 and underneath) and obtain unique gives, invitations to free occasions and $5 valet parking!
• St Kilda Breakwater (Ongoing) – Spot the Little Penguin colony simply earlier than nightfall coming ashore from the promenade.
• Little Lunies at Luna Park (Ongoing) – Uncover a implausible world of rides, points of interest, and video games to go well with Little and Large Lunies! There’s one thing for everybody from outdated favorites like The Nice Scenic Railway, Ghost Practice, & Carousel to the large thrill rides just like the Energy Surge, Sky Rider, Twin Dragon, and extra!
• Nature Play (Ongoing) – Come alongside to Alex Wilkie Nature Reserve for Nature Play, an out of doors, child-led playgroup session facilitated by a professional ranger.
• Shrine Children (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. Learn the Shrine Children Overview.
• Little Play Squad Legoland (Ongoing) – An interactive parent-child Play & Study session based mostly on LEGO® DUPLO®. Learn the DUPLO Farm Journey Overview.

WHAT’S ON MELBOURNE – EAST

• Tecoma Twilight Moral Market (Solar 17 Nov) – Moral buying will be difficult and time-consuming, so enable the Tecoma Twilight Moral Market to make issues a lot easier.
• Afternoons of Superior at LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre (Mon 26 Feb – Fri 6 Dec) – 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!
• Mini Explorers (Each Sunday) – Unlock the wonders of the world with Mini Explorers, a program constructed to assist youngsters develop by place-based studying and nature-based crafts
• Heide Artwork Infants (Tuesdays) – half-hour of sensory play within the gallery, wanting, pondering and speaking about artwork. Learn the Heide Artwork Infants Overview.
• Mooroolbark Miniature Railway (Runs 4th Sunday every month) – miniature rail operating each 4th Sunday.
• ECOSS Valley Market (Each Friday) – Expertise the colourful Valley Markets, connecting native growers, artisans, and musicians within the coronary heart of the Yarra Valley.
• Spirits of the Sky (Ongoing) – See the pure behaviours of quite a lot of native birds at Healesville Sanctuary which can embody the Wedge-tailed Eagle, Black-breasted Buzzard, Barking Owl, magnificent parrots and extra.
• Yarra Valley Railway (Each Solar) – make a journey on the historic Walker RM22 Railmotor from Healesville to Tunnel Hill. Learn the Yarra Valley Overview.

WHAT’S ON MELBOURNE – WEST

• Musical Minds Workshop 2024 (Mon 7 Oct – Mon 16 Dec) – Musical Minds is a enjoyable, academic expertise for teenagers and their caregivers to discover music collectively. Sing songs, play devices, dance, and learn the way actions and Auslan improve track reminiscence. It’s a playful means for teenagers to be taught music whereas creating expertise for house and faculty.
• Werribee Craft Competition (Fri 8 Nov – Sat 9 Nov) – Werribee Craft Competition 2023, an annual occasion occurring the weekend after Melbourne Cup Day, showcases high-quality, handmade crafts
• State Rose & Backyard Present (Sat 9 Nov – Solar 10 Nov) – Attend the State Rose & Backyard Present to admire lovely roses and gardens.
• Spring Competition 2024 (Thu 14 Nov – Solar 17 Nov) – Be part of the Spring Competition with thrilling actions and occasions in Beckley Park Geelong.
• That’s Mine Makers & Farmers Christmas Market (Solar 17 Nov) – Get your Christmas buying completed at ‘That’s Mine’ Makers & Farmers Christmas Market at Werribee Racecourse.
• Internal West Artwork Truthful (Fri 22 Nov – Solar 24 Nov) – Discover unique artworks and meet artists at this three-day artwork occasion that includes a variety of artwork varieties.

• Djerriwarrh Competition, Melton (Sat 23 Nov) – Headlined by Regurgitator and Pseudo Echo. A spectacular day of stay music, a road parade, free children’ actions and performances, native artists and designers market, meals vehicles, a pet expo, and intercultural acts.
• Scottish Competition Overnewton Fortress (Solar 24 Nov) – Annual Scottish pageant and market day at Overnewton Fortress, celebrating St. Andrew’s Day and the wealthy Scottish heritage of the Fortress.
• Out of doors play day at Moonee Valley Toy Library – (Sat 25 Nov) Be part of us for a morning within the (hopefully) solar participating in messy sensory play. Come discover totally different textures, colors and smells. There will probably be espresso!
• Yarraville Village Farmers Market (third Saturday of Every Month) – get pleasure from a beautiful, relaxed neighborhood surroundings, and pattern the freshest merchandise direct from the farmers and producers as you store within the open.
• Bulla Railway (third Sunday of every month) – Trip the dinosaur path on the miniature railway. Learn the Bulla Railway Overview.
• Altona Miniature Railway (third Sunday of the month) – between 10 am and three pm journey this excellent Miniature Railway. Learn the Altona Miniature Railway evaluation.

• Grazeland (Fridays – Sundays) – enormous eating precinct with metropolis views and 50 stalls to select from. Learn the Grazeland Overview
• Essendon Site visitors College (Saturdays) – Essendon Site visitors College is a mini highway arrange for teenagers aged two to 10 years, full with highway indicators, railway bells and site visitors lights. Learn the Essendon Site visitors College evaluation.
• Enterprize Sail Williamstown (normally sails the third Sunday of each month) – go for a one-hour sail on the tall ship Enterprize in Williamstown
• Artwork within the backyard (Final Friday of the month) – It’s a mixture of nature play, sensory play, course of artwork, and playgroup. Run by ‘The Enjoyable In Artwork’.
• Playnastics (Wednesdays & Thursdays) – Informal open play classes utilizing a number of Preschool Gymnastics gear and sources, in addition to puzzles, blocks and extra.
• Toddler and Children Artwork Courses (Varied dates) – ‘The Enjoyable In Artwork’ offers artwork courses for toddlers and youngsters the place they’re extra concerning the enjoyable of creation and fewer concerning the end result of the art work.
• Incy Wincy Infants (Fridays) – Barking Spider Inventive artist guides carers with their infants by a visible artwork expertise on the Gallery.
• Melbourne Planetarium (Ongoing) – Sit again and benefit from the marvel of the celebs whatever the time of day – or the climate!

• Clocktower Centre Kids’s House (Ongoing) – Mother and father and carers can sit again and chill out with a espresso and a snack from the Clocktower Café whereas the children discover the area, watch the trams go by or hearken to their favorite e-book with the interactive Storytime Pod.
• Bounce Play Dates Essendon Fields (Ongoing) – It’s not simply leaping and mountain climbing for teenagers, get pleasure from a minibouncer zone unique for toddlers (for teenagers <110 cm in peak).
• Floor Up: Constructing Large Concepts, Collectively (Ongoing) – 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.
• 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 Children indoor play area and Village Children outside playground.
• Air Playground (Ongoing) – Air Playground has launched at Scienceworks. Levitate objects, engineer paper planes, & be taught the physics of airflow.
• Sunday Funday Station Lodge (Sundays) – Each Sunday The Station Lodge prepares an animal farm and different entertaining actions to maintain the little ones busy whilst you sit again and chill out. Learn the Station Lodge Overview

The Station Lodge