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Events in Melbourne
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Melbourne is a real show-off when it comes to festivals. Name your most obscure interest and this city will answer with a festival, parade or some sort of shindig.
The exhaustive calendar of events starts in summer, which delivers outdoor theatre, Carols by Candlelight, cricket at the MCG, the Australian Open tennis championship, the St Kilda Festival, the Victoria Street Lunar Festival, Chinese New Year celebrations and the three-week-long gay and lesbian Midsumma Festival. Autumn features the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival, the Moomba Family Festival, the Australian Formula One Grand Prix, the Greek Antipodes Festival, the start of the football season, the International Flower and Garden Show and the International Comedy Festival.
Winter launches its anti-hibernation attack with football, the Melbourne International Film Festival and the Melbourne Writers' Festival. Spring sees the football finals (phew), Melbourne Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Royal Melbourne Show, Oktoberfest, Spring Racing Carnival (including the Melbourne Cup), Italian Lygon St Festa and Hispanic Community Festival, All wrapping up just in time for the festive season. Are you ready to get going again?
New Year's Day official holiday 1 Jan
Australia Day official holiday 26 Jan
Labour Day official holiday 1st or 2nd Mon in Mar
Good Friday official holiday Mar/Apr
Easter Monday official holiday Mar/Apr
Anzac Day official holiday 25 Apr
Queen's Birthday official holiday 2nd Mon in Jun
Melbourne Cup Day official holiday 1st Tue in Nov
Christmas Day official holiday 25 Dec
Boxing Day official holiday 26 Dec
summer travel-related date peak tourist season
Australian Open festival/event Jan
Chinese New Year festival/event Jan-Feb
Midsumma Festival festival/event Jan-Feb
St Kilda Festival festival/event Feb
Australian Formula One Grand Prix festival/event early Mar
Moomba Festival festival/event Mar
Anzac Day Parade festival/event 25 Apr
Melbourne Fashion Festival festival/event Mar
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival festival/event Mar
International Comedy Festival festival/event Apr
International Flower and Garden Show festival/event Apr
Next Wave Festival festival/event May
St Kilda Film Festival festival/event May
Melbourne International Film Festival festival/event Jul-Aug
Melbourne Writers' Festival festival/event Aug
AFL Grand Final festival/event late Sep
Melbourne Fringe Festival festival/event Sep
Royal Melbourne Show festival/event Sep
Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix festival/event mid-Oct
Melbourne International Arts Festival festival/event Oct
Oktoberfest festival/event Oct
Spring Racing Carnival festival/event Nov
Boxing Day Test Cricket festival/event 26 Dec
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