Former Socceroo Craig Foster AM leads a one-off Football & Belonging panel at the Immigration Museum on 11 July 2026, exploring migration and community through soccer. Tickets from $20 include museum entry.
Suzie Hutchins’ pie business goes permanent at 336 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy, opening August 2026 with American-style sweet pies and local Victorian produce.
MasterChef favourite Callum Hann will run a free live mushroom cooking demonstration at South Melbourne Market on Saturday 27 June, sharing easy winter recipes with no booking required.
Shadowfax Winery in Werribee South launches Friday night live music and dinner series from 26 June to 18 December 2026, pairing handcrafted wine with a parkland setting a short walk from the zoo, mansion and rose garden.
Kids 16 and under get in free at Scienceworks these winter holidays, with a new colour exhibition, free workshops, and a rainbow scavenger hunt running 27 June–12 July 2026.
The $53m St Kilda Pier redevelopment, designed to protect a colony of 1,400 little penguins, has won the Victorian Architecture Medal and two other major awards.
During the winter school holidays, Melbourne Museum’s Creative Lab lets kids 6-12 step inside a Roman armoury and build their own gladiator mask. $12 per child, bookings essential.
ACMI’s hidden Listening Room seats just 40 people. After-dark access is ballot-only for Reverb ticket holders, with sessions curated by Triple R’s Yasmine Sharaf.
For the first time, free guided tours open Melbourne’s hidden town hall art collection. Meanwhile, the NGV Triennial returns with over 80 projects across four levels, all at no cost.
Bookings open 10 June for Prive, the Reine Team’s intimate 24-seat cocktail bar inside the heritage-listed Safe Deposit Building. Classic cocktails, moody interiors, and a direct link to Reine & La Rue.