What's on in Melbourne tonight

The Story of the Moving Image

18 Feb – 31 Dec

ACMI

Matinees

30 July – 31 Dec

ACMI · Cinemas

First Nations Film Club

5 Nov – 31 Dec

ACMI

Women, Trans, and Gender Diverse Gamers Club

8 Dec – 12 Dec

ACMI

Melbourne Cinémathèque

8 Dec – 31 Dec

ACMI

Art+Film

18 Jan – 31 Dec

ACMI

Sunday Night Stand Up Comedy Show

10 Sept – 21 Mar

Club Voltaire

New Voices in Australian Cinema – Film Program

12 Mar – 31 Dec

ACMI

The Big HOO HAA!

15 Feb – 18 Dec

The Motley Bauhaus

Kids' Flicks with Feelings

22 Dec – 31 Dec

ACMI

The Wurundjeri Seasons Video Art Commissions

2 Feb – 31 Dec

Fed Square · Main Square

ACMI Experimental Forum

18 Mar – 18 Nov

ACMI

The Melbourne Painting Workshop

29 Mar – 6 Dec

Gasworks Arts Park · Gasworks Creative Precinct

Video Art Commission: Baal Ga by Pierra Van Sparkes

1 Apr – 31 Mar

Fed Square · Main Square

Emergence[Y] Exhibition

6 June – 5 Dec

Science Gallery Melbourne

Emergence[Y]

6 June – 5 Dec

Science Gallery at the University of Melbourne

Bar Show

18 Aug – 17 Aug

Comedy Republic

Long March: Restart

19 Aug – 31 Jan

ACMI

Journey Among Men

22 Aug – 22 Nov

Fed Square · Koorie Heritage Trust

Play On

24 Aug – 31 Jan

ACMI

Plant Life: The Nature of Design

28 Aug – 7 Feb

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

Listen: Independent Label of the Month

1 Sept – 31 Dec

Fed Square

Margaret Preston

4 Sept – 31 Jan

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

Focus on Frederick Wiseman

5 Sept – 28 Nov

ACMI

ENCORE! 50 Objects. 50 Years. One Collection.

16 Sept – 9 May

Arts Centre Melbourne · Australian Museum of Performing Arts

MAFIA The Game: The Show

5 Oct – 16 Nov

Comedy Republic · Bar

Song Play Term Four

7 Oct – 25 Nov

Melbourne Recital Centre

Irish Film Festival Australia 2026

8 Oct – 15 Nov

ACMI

Circadian Rhythms

12 Oct – 28 Dec

Wax Music Lounge

Brazlombia at Wax Music Lounge

13 Oct – 29 Dec

Wax Music Lounge

The Toff Mambo

14 Oct – 25 Nov

The Toff in Town

Mellowdías Thump

14 Oct – 23 Dec

Wax Music Lounge

Wax Quizzical: Hosted by Kyran Nicholson

14 Oct – 25 Nov

Comedy Republic

Kensington Market

18 Oct – 13 Dec

Kensington Town Hall

La Ronde

21 Oct – 31 Jan

Melbourne Spiegel Haus

Bright Star

24 Oct – 29 Nov

fortyfivedownstairs

Before I Forget

24 Oct – 28 Nov

Arts Centre Melbourne

Hannah Gadsby Being Hannah Gadsby

25 Oct – 13 Dec

Comedy Republic

Focus on the Taiwan New Wave

25 Oct – 24 Nov

ACMI · Cinemas

Convent Sounds

25 Oct – 6 Dec

Abbotsford Convent · Heritage Garden

Social Sanctuary

26 Oct – 21 Dec

Northcote Social Club

Dinner Stories: Hosted by Damian Callinan

26 Oct – 21 Dec

Comedy Republic · Bar

The Faraway Nearby

27 Oct – 15 Nov

Gasworks Arts Park · James McCaughey Foyer

Human Love Quest

27 Oct – 24 Nov

Brunswick Ballroom

Main Stage

28 Oct – 31 Dec

Comedy Republic

Schadenfreude Cabaret

28 Oct – 29 Nov

Spiegel Haus Melbourne

Death at The Espy: A Murder Mystery Series

29 Oct – 16 Dec

The Espy · Hotel Esplanade

American Psycho: A Musical Thriller

29 Oct – 14 Nov

Passage: The Art of Atong Atem

30 Oct – 14 June

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

Sunday Laughternoons

1 Nov – 27 Dec

Comedy Republic

Siren Call

2 Nov – 22 Nov

Gasworks Arts Park · Gasworks Creative Precinct

5/6

3 Nov – 14 Nov

fortyfivedownstairs · gallery

Wayfinders with Michelle Nicolle

4 Nov – 25 Nov

The JazzLab

This Is Our Youth

5 Nov – 15 Nov

fortyfivedownstairs

Barney McAll

5 Nov – 26 Nov

The JazzLab

Carbon

7 Nov – 6 Dec

Red Stitch Actors' Theatre

La Bohème

7 Nov – 18 Nov

Regent Theatre

Dancehall Ting

7 Nov – 5 Dec

Wax Music Lounge

Acceptance Therapy

10 Nov – 14 Nov

The Motley Bauhaus · Theatrette

DOMi & JD BECK Who Asked? Tour - Australia 2026

10 Nov – 13 Nov

170 Russell

TEEKS. Live in Australia 2026

10 Nov – 12 Nov

Forum Melbourne

Find the Fire Dogs

10 Nov – 15 Nov

The MC Showroom

Caesar | Caesar

11 Nov – 28 Nov

Theatre Works · Explosives Factory

ARYAN SHEHRAN SEXTET

11 Nov – 31 Dec

Brunswick Artists' Bar

Cruise

11 Nov – 21 Nov

Theatre Works

Shakesplosion!

12 Nov – 14 Nov

Malthouse Theatre

Benson Boone

12 Nov – 14 Nov

Rod Laver Arena

Ellen Bryant Benz Single Launch

Thu, 12 Nov · 7:00pm

The Toff in Town

SAM CURTIS COLLECTIVE

Thu, 12 Nov · 8:30pm

Brunswick Artists' Bar

Rhys James: Chop Logic

12 Nov – 14 Nov

Comedy Republic

Cain Culto

Thu, 12 Nov · 8:00pm

The Night Cat

Oliver Coleman - Muckin' Around

12 Nov – 25 Nov

Club Voltaire

SadBoi (CAN)

Thu, 12 Nov · 8:00pm

Northcote Social Club

Sadboi. Australian Tour 2026.

Thu, 12 Nov · 8:00pm

The Night Cat

VIRGIN: the 11 movements

Thu, 12 Nov · 7:45pm

The Motley Spielhaus

Isabel Mulrooney is Desperate

12 Nov – 14 Nov

The Motley Spielhaus

Sjay & Banksia at Wax Music Lounge, Melbourne

Thu, 12 Nov · 7:00pm

Wax Music Lounge

Tex Perkins & Matt Walker – Before The Show Tour

Thu, 12 Nov · 8:30pm

Brunswick Ballroom

Pull Yourself Together

Thu, 12 Nov · 8:30pm

The Motley Bauhaus · Theatrette

Velvet Red Lips – A Burlesque Experience

Thu, 12 Nov · 8:30pm

Club Voltaire

A Day in Carlton: Liane Moriarty with Toni Jordan

Thu, 12 Nov · 6:15pm

Union Theatre

Solo Female Traveller

12 Nov – 13 Nov

The Motley Spielhaus

Brahms Festival: Second Symphony & Piano Concerto

Thu, 12 Nov · 7:30pm

Hamer Hall

The Bootleg Beatles

Thu, 12 Nov

Palais Theatre

A Dance Through the Ages - Chinese Dance

Thu, 12 Nov · 7:00pm

The Round

Back On The Waves - Rock The Basement

Thu, 12 Nov · 8:00pm

The Espy