What's on in Melbourne on Thursday 5 November 2026
Thursday 5 November 2026 in Melbourne: 277 things on, 78 of them free. Pick one, then see which of your mates are free.
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Updated Sat 31 Oct 2026 · we look for new events every night
Picks for Melbourne
Thursday 5 November
From $26Environmental Film Festival
From $38Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Tour
From $99Yarra River Waterbike Tour
From $50Fitzroy True Crime Walking Tour
From $75Hidden Bars & Creepy Tales: Melbourne Walking Tour
FreeBeing Human Festival
From $89Tae Rak (Lake Condah) 2-Hour Cultural Walk
From $159Tungatt Mirring, Stone Country Half Day Tour - Budj Bim
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From $229.50Wilsons Prom Whale Cruise
From $199Kooyang Yana Full Day Tour - Budj Bim
From $120Melbourne Sports Experience + Free Australian Sports Museum entry
From $199Foodies Bucket List - Walking Tour
FreeFeelGoodFlows - Sun Rise Thrive - Yoga & Swim.
From $189Yarra Valley: Gourmet and Wine Day Trip with Transportation from Melbourne
From $199Around the Bay: Sightseeing & Cruise Day Tour in Melbourne
Marvel Stadium Tour
From $99Mornington Peninsula: Bay Cruise & Sightseeing from Melbourne
From $125Decoupage Seashell Wind Chime Workshop
FreeMove it to Music
From $10Encore!
FreeFuture Dreaming
FreeAndrew Browne: Lux Sublimata
From $22Ashcombe Maze & Lavender Gardens: Entry Ticket
From $20A Taste Of Christmas
FreeExhibition: Obang 오방
FreeLoose Fit: Contemporary Architecture Projects from East Asia
FreeCultural walk along the Birrarung
FreeLost in Books
FreeWalk and talk buddies
FreeAmanda Hyatt VAS: Windows of Life
From $216Watercolour
FreeBush Playgroup at Keon Park Children's Hub
FreeStory Time (Altona Meadows)
From $37.31Adult Dance Acro Classes
FreeGet Active – Body Balance
FreeStompers
FreeSongbirds
FreeStompers
From $10Home Cooking 101
FreeLet's Talk Books
FreePreschool Storytime
From $5Bino-Curious
Freea/part: Hoda Afshar
FreeBiennale of Colour and Light
FreeThe God In Small Things: Group Exhibition
From $35The Good Stuff: Social Enterprise and Circularity Experience
FreeBiennale of Colour and Light 2026
FreeJo Davenport: Under the Same Sky
FreeMulticultural Women Global Kitchen
FreeBaby Time (Altona Meadows)
From $139Decoding Australian Food: A Curated 8-Stop Walk
Crown Oaks Day - General Admission
From $35Community Lunch
FreeCamille Laddawan & Kokoro Kimura (JP): Aura
Free5/6: A Celebration of Friendship Through Art
FreeKINGS Artist-Run: October Exhibitions
FreeConnections Art Exhibition
FreeCreature Comfort
From $216Abstract Art
From $175Oaks Day Lunch at Eureka 89
From $47SENSAS Melbourne - A Unique Multi-Sensory Experience
FreeTjanabi friendly meet up
From $55The Possession
From $125Oaks Day at Naught
FreeSt Michael's Organ Recital
From $42Escape Games Melbourne
From $45Magic University
From $5518+Asylum
From $5518+Meat Grinder
From $56Melbourne Museum: Melbourne History Tour
From $39Saboteurs: Crewmates and Impostors - Original Map
From $139Melbourne Foodie Experience: Walking Tour
From $55Zombie Apocalypse
From $32Saboteurs: Crewmates and Impostors - Dark Map
From $55Pirates
From $55Van Helsing
From $46.90123Boom! Melbourne - An Explosive Real-Life Arcade Game Experience
From $85Mosaic Lamp Workshop - Melbourne
From $139Resin Art Class in Melbourne
From $82Woodwork Level 1 - Thursday (Public PM)
FreestARTalking Creative Workshops
FreeStory Time
From $55Pirate Island
From $25Coffee Cupping and Tasting
From $25Rumble Coffee Roasters Coffee Cupping
FreeSpirit Archive: Exhibition
From $31.20Saboteurs: Crewmates and Impostors - Happy Hours
FreeWestside Open Studio Sessions
From $60Create Your Signature Scent
From $89Melbourne Hidden Bars Walking Tour
From $22.50Nocturnal: Museum After Dark
FreeMelbourne Conversations: The Knowledge the World Needs
From $35Lamia Yared and Efrén López
From $61.9618+An Evening with Bam Margera
The Crossing Machine: Album Launch
From $5.60Thursday Linguas Melbourne Language Exchange and Social
FreeLaurie Carmichael Lecture: Bill Kelty AC
FreeStrum and Sing
FreeLEGO club for adults
From $6.61Backpackers, Expats, International & Locals Meetup at The Asian Beer Café
From $6.61Linguas Melbourne Language Exchange & Social at The Asian Beer Cafe
From $6.61[English x Japanese Language Exchange] 【英語×日本語の言語交換】
From $6.61Spanish Language Exchange [English x Spanish]
FreeGet Active – Stamina
From $37Fijian Flying Circus Presented by Fiji Airways - Melbourne
From $35XYLOURIDES
From $16Focus on the Taiwan New Wave
From $49Fijian Flying Circus
FreeDodger and GGG Short Films
From $75Bruichladdich Club Exclusive Batch Launch – Melbourne
From $55Mosaic Art: Create and Take Home
From $65Sip n Paint in Melbourne: Overlooking the Valley
From $25Chess Speed Dating (27 - 36 | Straight) @ Brogan's Way Distillery
From $80.72Loving the Teen Years: Not My Baby Anymore Presented At 1 Hotel Melbourne
From $20Capoeira Angola
FreePrinces Park Touch: Pre-season Program
18+La Ronde
The Shark Is Broken
From $27.50Sidekicks by Stephen Vagg
From $53.54Lions Mastermind ft Fagan, Matthews, Morris & Zorko LIVE at Olympic Hotel!
FreeSea Shanties and Folk Songs
From $11.65Laughs on Tap - Great Comedy, Cheap Drinks
From $11.90Indoor Picnic
From $15Voices of Youth
From $65Alcotraz: Melbourne's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
From $51.5518+Charlie Jeer
From $40This is Our Youth
FreeJazz Thursdays at McAdams Wine Bar
From $7.66Thursday Night Improv
From $6.61Community folk dance classes with Melbourne Balfolk
From $200Melbourne: Spirit of Melbourne 4-Course Dinner Cruise + Drinks
FreeThe Thursday Tease
From $27Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by by Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek
FreeComedy in Theory
The House Soiree at Pipers Playhouse (18+ Event)
From $61.9618+An Evening with Bam Margera - Late Show
Free18+ARLON FARIA / ANNA DU VIE
From $8.72Plot Twist
From $106.66Tromba Latin Fiesta/Ms Collins VIP Booth Packages
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Keen pickFrom $33.90Bubble Planet: An Immersive Experience in Melbourne
Keen pickFrom $15Scienceworks Melbourne: Entry Ticket
Keen pickFrom $99Night Bites — Experience Melbourne’s best street eats
From $17Margaret Preston
FreeWorld of the Book
FreeFeng Mengbo: Long March Restart
From $20Japanese Film Festival
FreeThe Story of the Moving Image
From $19Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness
FreeNEW26
FreePassage: The Art of Atong Atem
From $12On Country: Photography from Australia
FreePlant Life: The Nature of Design
From $10Divine Thresholds: Icons and the Orthodox Christian World
From $52.25Melbourne Skydeck & Edge Experience: Panoramic Views 285 Metres Up
From $39State Library Victoria Unlocked
FreeRebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations
From $43.50Smithsonian Starstruck: An Immersive Experience
Howden Victoria Derby Day + TAB Champions Stakes Day (SATURDAY PASS)
FreeMaking Memoir of a Snail
From $12Home is Football: Belonging in Australian Soccer
Eliza
From $58Melbourne Zoo: Entry Ticket
From $21.95MCG Tour & Australian Sports Museum
Punting on the Lake
From $85Coffee Culture Tour
From $55Virtual Room Melbourne: An Immersive 3D Team Experience
From $55Entermission Melbourne: Virtual Reality Escape Room
From $38Old Melbourne Gaol visit
FreeMaking Modern Melbourne
FreeHERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women
FreeSparks in the Dark: 260 Weeks of Resilience
From $18Reawakening Deep Water Knowledge
Bachata Obsesión MELBOURNE FESTIVAL Nov 12-16 2026
From $10The Enormous Radio
From $18Melbourne Museum: Entry Ticket
From $89Melbourne City Discovery Tour
From $15Rippon Lea Estate: Entry ticket
From $46.50Machu Picchu: Journey to the Lost City
From $30Best VR Escape Room Melbourne: Fun for the Whole Family
And 98 more on Keen, with the ones your mates are free for up top. Pick a day above to see everything on that date.
1,195 events from the councils, Eventbrite, Fever, Moshtix, Ticketmaster and 1 more source, checked overnight.
Going with mates?
Keen shows you which of your mates are free for anything on in Melbourne, and keeps your saves on your phone.
Every Thursday
Melbourne’s weekend, sorted
The best of it in one email. No app needed.
Your vibes? Pick up to three and the picks lean your way. Skip it and you get the lot.
One email a week. We never share your address.
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