Arts in Melbourne this weekend
Fri 30 Oct to Sun 1 Nov 2026. 102 events around Melbourne this weekend.
Top of the list:
- Fijian Flying Circus Presented by Fiji Airways - Melbourne at Melbourne Showgrounds · Sat 31 Oct, 2pm
- Alcotraz: Melbourne's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar at Alcotraz Melbourne: Cell Block Five - Nine - Two · Sat 31 Oct, 2:15pm
- The Australian Ballet: The Nutcracker at Regent Theatre, Melbourne · Sat 31 Oct, 2pm
Updated Sat 31 Oct 2026 · we look for new events every night
Today, Saturday 31 October
From $26Environmental Film Festival
Howden Victoria Derby Day - General Admission
From $10Encore!
FreeRadiant Pavilion
Howden Victoria Derby Day - Smirnoff Sky Deck
FreeFuture Dreaming
FreeThe God In Small Things: Group Exhibition
Freea/part: Hoda Afshar
FreeBiennale of Colour and Light
FreeAnnika Romeyn: Flux
FreeSuzanne .k. Franklin: Slivers of Time
From $25The Giving Closet
From $27.78The Emerson Presents: A Derby Day Showcase
From $16Focus on Frederick Wiseman
From $37Fijian Flying Circus Presented by Fiji Airways - Melbourne
The Australian Ballet: The Nutcracker
The Shark Is Broken
From $49Fijian Flying Circus
From $65Alcotraz: Melbourne's First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
From $55Halloween at Piccolo Teatro Magic Theatre
18+La Ronde
From $21.48Cabaret Ridiculous
From $120.11Murder Among Monsters: Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner
From $59.54AURORA MACKRILL — LIZA & ALL THAT JAZZ
From $65Magic Men Cabaret Ladies Night
From $27.50Sidekicks by Stephen Vagg
From $109Halloween Murder Mystery Dinner
From $15Impro Melbourne: The Wishing Tree
From $28.50A Twist of Fate: Halloween Special
Edward Scissorhands in Concert
Enter the Castle with Jon Ronson
From $2018+Halloween III
From $27Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by by Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek
From $43.66Kwasi Presents - THE SCORE: Outstanding MISFIT (Official Premiere)
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Tomorrow, Sunday 1 November
On all weekend
From $17Margaret Preston
FreeWorld of the Book
FreeFeng Mengbo: Long March Restart
From $20Japanese Film Festival
FreeThe Story of the Moving Image
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
FreeRebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations
Howden Victoria Derby Day + TAB Champions Stakes Day (SATURDAY PASS)
FreeMaking Memoir of a Snail
From $12Home is Football: Belonging in Australian Soccer
Eliza
FreeMaking Modern Melbourne
FreeHERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women
FreeSparks in the Dark: 260 Weeks of Resilience
From $18Reawakening Deep Water Knowledge
From $10The Enormous Radio
FreeYou Have a New Memory
FreeWeaving the Everywhen
FreeYarra: Stories of Melbourne's River
FreeSwinging 60s
And 42 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.
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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