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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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