10 Days of Play: Games Week Returns to Melbourne CBD
Melbourne International Games Week returns for 10 days in October 2026, bringing industry conferences, public showcases, and family events to the CBD. Here’s what to expect.
Category: Events
Nani Puspasari’s ‘Things I Carried Quietly’ at Counihan Gallery
Nani Puspasari’s ‘Things I Carried Quietly’ at Counihan Gallery blends ceramics, painting and a growing community memory project, free until 19 July 2026.
Top Arts 2026: 43 VCE Students Showcase Innovative Art at NGV Australia
Forty-three VCE visual arts graduates from across Victoria are showing at The Ian Potter Centre until 19 July. Free entry. Works span ceramics, oil pastels, fashion and digital media.
Brimbank LGBTQIA+ History Exhibition Returns for One Final Day
The Brimbank LGBTQIA+ History Exhibition returns for a single day at Deer Park’s Hunt Club on 4 June, after its Midsumma Westside run wrapped in May. Free entry, no bookings needed.
Cross Country Day Shuts Werribee Gardens for MI3DE 2026
The 4CYTE Melbourne International Three Day Event returns to Werribee Park 4-8 June 2026. Free dressage Thu-Fri; cross country Sunday closes mansion gardens to the public.
Last Chance to Ride Melbourne’s First Peoples Art Trams
Six First Peoples Art Trams have been moving through Melbourne for nearly a year. New designs are coming soon, meaning only weeks remain to see works by William Barak, Maree Clarke and others before they disappear from the network.
NGV Friday Nights returns with Cartier sparkle for winter 2026
NGV Friday Nights returns with unlimited evening access to the exclusive CARTIER exhibition, live music residencies, opera tributes, film screenings and French conversation sessions every Friday from 12 June to 2 October 2026.
RISING 2026: ‘A Year Without Summer’ and Bold New Commissions Light Up Melbourne Winter
Florentina Holzinger’s provocative ‘A Year Without Summer’ headlines RISING 2026, a 13-day winter festival of over 100 events, world premieres, and free public art across Melbourne. Runs 27 May to 8 June.
Curators’ ‘Relentless’ Motherhood Shapes NGV’s Free MOTHER Show
The NGV’s MOTHER exhibition at Fed Square presents more than 200 works on motherhood from across cultures and centuries, with free entry until 12 July. Curators Sophie Gerhard and Katharina Prugger drew on their own experiences of early mothering to shape this raw and honest show.
Dinos Roar into Werribee Zoo: Prehistoric Trail Until 12 July
Life-sized animatronic dinosaurs have taken over the River Walk at Werribee Open Range Zoo, complete with smoking volcanoes and a sensory-friendly quiet hour. Free with admission until 12 July.