Melbourne Design Week 2026 has opened with over 400 events spanning food, fitness and furniture, from reimagined cutlery to recycled soccer kits, across the city until 24 May.

The MICF Roadshow is touring 30+ Victorian venues through July, with handpicked lineups and tickets from $39. Win free passes via local radio giveaways.

Record international arrivals and free cultural draws see Melbourne become the go-to for budget travellers, from St Kilda hostels to Hosier Lane street art.

Fourth-generation furniture maker Jon Goulder takes home $10,000 prize; free exhibition at Chapter House opens 14 May with limited-edition Alpha60 bag.

From free fire festivals at Docklands to a ticketed 2km light trail at Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne's winter 2026 is all about outdoor glow. Here's what to book and when.

Anzac Station's 84-metre timber canopy is complete, creating Melbourne's first platform-to-platform train-tram interchange beneath a massive glulam roof.

Victorian Government Architect Jill Garner headlines a free session on delivering quality homes without towers, while Monash’s AI building exhibition shows the future of construction, at Melbourne Design Week 2026, 14–24 May.

A converted 1880s factory in Middle Park asks buyers to park their car where the dining table should go. The beach is five doors away and the price starts at $1.6 million.

RISING 2026's final lineup drops with a free two-person ramen-ya, a massive Indigenous futurism projection and late-night bites across Melbourne.