A high-camp fever dream of theatrical brilliance, sonic splendour and almost complete chaos comes to Malthouse’s Merlyn Theatre.

The iconic event returns this November. With more than 280 exhibitors selling their wares at The Big Design Market 2025, you can get all your festive shopping done in one place – and spend your cash with local and independent designers.

The ritual of wine gifting (and tasting) gets a thoughtful, hands-on twist this festive season at this out of the ordinary pop-up at Chadstone.

Movie buffs, unite. Melbourne Queer Film Festival’s 10-day program is set to delight, entertain and move you.

With their book The Madrusan Cocktail Companion newly launched, beloved Melbourne cocktail couple Zara and Michael Madrusan are hosting a boozy masterclass at Hot-Listed restaurant Reed House exclusively for Broadsheet Access.

Get creative every Monday night. Plus, snacks and tea are on the house.

For two weeks in November, light and shifting colour transform the southside neighbourhood into a fleeting landscape of wonder (and bubbles).

Enter a pitch-black shipping container and have your senses completely changed for 20 minutes.

Camp out under the stars in the Grampians and catch sets from Charlotte de Witte, Sama’ Abdulhadi, Eris Drew & Octo Octa, Marrøn, Girls Don’t Sync, Palms Trax, DJ Nobu and more.

Sydney-based artist Nell transforms Heide Modern into a living, breathing home for her idiosyncratic ghosts, faces and spiritual companions.

The inimitable Detroit selector is headed back to Melbourne for a free show.

A new exhibition at Melbourne’s Immigration Museum, Order Up – A City Fed by Many Cultures, celebrates the deep connection between food, hospitality and migration.

The future of design in Australia has never been brighter. This edition of the triennial Rigg Design Prize shows off the vision of Australia’s early-career designers, with one young practitioner taking out the $40,000 cash prize for “a declaration of love to my community”.

A new exhibition demonstrates how design is driving positive change.

Get up close and personal with more than 25 interactive experiences produced with local and international artists at this little-bit-cheeky exhibition celebrating sexuality.

An exclusive blockbuster exhibition celebrating the world’s most iconic performers launches Arts Centre Melbourne’s new museum of performing arts.

The celebrated artist brings her first Australian solo exhibition to Melbourne with a vivid mix of painting, collage and immersive installation.

Addison Rae, Kid Cudi, Dom Dolla, Turnstile, Spacey Jane and more will be taking to the stage at Beyond the Valley this summer.

Catch the Doggies under lights this August for a huge AFLW season – starting with a blockbuster opening round home game.

The audio, art and architecture festival is back for its second year, with another killer line up.

Book the oenophile favourite with friends and get $100 off the bill when you spend $500 or more and pay with a NAB credit card – the deal only runs for a limited time.

Find out how to get $100 off your next dinner when you spend $500 or more at some of Melbourne’s favourite Middle Eastern restaurants. The offer is exclusively available to NAB credit card holders.

Grab a table at any of these Scott Pickett Group restaurants and save $100 when you spend $500 or more and pay using your NAB credit card.

Spend and save on dinner at two hotspots by celebrated Sydney restaurateurs Ross and Sunny Lusted. NAB credit card customers only pay $400 when they spend $500 and pick up the bill with their NAB credit card.

NAB credit card customers only pay $400 when the bill is $500 at Hannah Green’s Hot-Listed Brunswick East restaurant – and they use their NAB credit card.

How do you fit 65,000 years of art into one exhibition? The University of Melbourne museum presents more than 400 works by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists in its latest showcase – including rare pieces from private collections.

Travel to a galaxy far, far away in this new exhibition celebrating all things Star Wars – and all things LEGO.

The popular after-dark series returns with a fresh season of adults-only events, blending late-night exploration of the museum with unmissable live music line-ups.

The popular tours return in 2025 with an exclusive look inside Australia’s largest performing arts venue.

Step inside Australian performing arts history on this rare behind-the-scenes tour.

Funlab opens a new immersive concept combining Hijinx Hotel games with the competitive fun of Holey Moley minigolf.