- Experience one of classical music’s most brilliant composers at the Beethoven Festival over two stunning weeks of extraordinary performances with the MSO at Hamer Hall from 19-30 November.
- Get ready for unforgettable summer evenings when the Summer Night Market returns to Queen Victoria Market from 20 November 2024 to 12 March 2025 (excluding 25 December and 1 January).
- Find the perfect Christmas gift for family and friends, buy traditional Scandinavian Christmas decorations, handicrafts, food, lollies and much more at the Swedish Church’s indoor Christmas market in Toorak from 21 November to 19 December.
- The Dragd Out Beechworth drag festival is on 21-24 November.
- From 21-30 November, Geelong Design Week 2024 will celebrate homegrown design excellence, innovation and creativity.
- Australia’s biggest bead show, the 2024 Melbourne Bead Expo is on at Box Hill Town Hall 22-24 November.
- Balaclava Boogie – Melbourne’s newest free music festival – takes over the Carlisle Street precinct on 22-24 November .
- Australia’s most anticipated motoring event, Motors & Masterpieces, is gearing up to make its debut at the Melbourne Showgrounds from 22-24 November, 2024.
- Australia’s favourite pinot party, Pinot Palooza, returns to the Royal Exhibition Building from 22-23 November.
- Arriba! The Melbourne Mexican Festival returns for 2024 on 22-24 November at Tom’s Block, Kings Domain.
- The Bendigo Caravan and Camping Liesurefest is on at the Bendigo Racecourse 22-24 November
- The 2024 Queenscliff Music Festival is on 22-24 November
- The Springnats performance motoring event is on 22-24 November at the Shepparton Showgrounds
- The Kannamaroo Festival is a family friendly and free community event held annually in Horsham. It’s on 22-24 November.
- Taking place across five locations, the Mountain Festival, Australia’s only arts festival to focus on the environment, returns to Macedon from 22-24 November.
- Iconic Australian rockers The Superjesus will join Bachelor Girl, Sarah Berki and more on the bill to headline this year’s Djerriwarrh Festival in Melton on Saturday 23 November.
- The Peninsula Studio Trail’s Artists Open Studio Weekend is on 23-24 November
- Are you interested in reducing waste and extending the lifespan of your belongings? Head along to the free Boroondara Repair and Reuse Community Day on Saturday 23 November in Camberwell.
- The Point Cook Kids Fun Day is on 23 November.
- The National Trust Traditional Trades Expo at Labassa Mansion in Caulfield North on 23 and 24 November will showcase displays and demonstrations by some of Victoria’s finest traditional trade practitioners and offers a unique opportunity to engage their knowledge and experience.
- Celebrate the spring season with dancing around a traditional May Pole and English Morris Dancing at Rippon Lea Estate in Elsternwick on 23 November.
- The Forest Green Christmas Market in Plumpton is on Saturdays and Sundays from 23 November to 8 December.
- SelbyFest is a free music and arts festival which is a celebration of the local community community and the Dandenongs. It’s back for 2024 in Selby on 23 November.
- Graze the Day on 23 November is a new signature community event nestled in the picturesque, wooded valley of Timboon, the gourmet hub of the 12 Apostles Coast and Hinterland.
- The Yea Show is on 23 November
- More than 1000 cars, motorbikes, trucks, caravans and more will descend on Geelong’s picturesque waterfront to celebrate vintage motorsport and battle it out for a shot at glory at the Geelong Revival Motoring Festival on 23-24 November.
- The 27th Gippsland Vintage, Retro and Collectables Fair is on Saturday 23 November at the Gippsland Regional Indoor Sports Stadium in Traralgon,
- The Yarram Show is on 23 November
- The Hamilton Rodeo is on Saturday 23 November
- The Goughs Bay Festival is on 23 November.
- There’s a Scottish Festival for St Andrews Day on 24 November at Overnewton Castle
- I Wore It Once is a high quality, curated pre-loved fashion market in Mornington on 24 November
- The Seaford Wetlands Fun Run is on 24 November
- The Pakenham Psychic and Wellbeing Expo is on 24 November.
- The Hampton Park CFA Open Day is on Sunday 24 November
- The very first Windsor Bowls Record Fair is on 24 November.
- The Melbourne Queer Film Festival runs until 24 November.
- Enjoy a hit on the newly refurbished grass tennis court at Rippon Lea Estate in Elsternwick on 24 November with free use from 10.30am to 2.30pm. The Carnegie Lions Club will also be running a sausage sizzle on the day.
- The Mount Martha Golf Course Open Day on 24 November is a family-friendly event and the perfect opportunity for those who have never visited the course to see what all the buzz is about!
- Merri Community Shed in Coburg is hosting its first community market on 24 November.
- The Eltham Town Artisan Christmas Market is on 24 November.
- The Forest Hill Christmas Market is on 24 November
- The Hillcrest CFA Open Day in Woori Yallock is on 24 November.
- Join the Melbourne Rainbow Band for a free afternoon Christmas Concert in Prahran Square on 24 November.
- The Frankston Holistic and Psychic Expo is on 24 November.
- Treaty in the Park is a spectacular celebration of First Nations culture and music to be held at Wyndham Park, Werribee on Sunday 24 November 2024.
- The Malmsbury Brocanté Marche taking place on 24 November is modelled on the much-loved tradition of a French brocante (vintage) market.
- The Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) presents the recent acquisition Let’s Shake by the late internationally recognised artist and Palawa woman Karen Casey (1956–2021) until 24 November, generously donated by her son Daniel Young in memory of his mother
- The Melbourne Lift Off Film Festival is running until 1 December.
- See the magic of Christmas and fairy tales brought to life in 3.3 million lights over 1000 dazzling light installations and displays, with theme park rides, Santa, and a spectacular drone lights show at Adventure Park Geelong’s Annual Christmas Festival of Lights until 25 January.
- The Lorne Sculpture Biennal is on until 30 November.
- The British Film Festival is on until 8 December in Melbourne and Ballarat.
- The TMNT: Heroes in a Half Shell Exhibition is an immersive experience that boasts five individual galleries that take visitors on a journey through the rich history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. It’s on at District Docklands until Sunday 22 December.
- To mark the bicentenary of the death of Lord Byron, Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum has premiered The Spirit of Byron: Philhellenism and the Greek War of Independence, an original exhibition exploring Greece’s fight for freedom and Lord Byron’s legacy through a curated selection of works on paper from The Robertson Collection. Showing daily until January 2025.
- The 69th Myer Christmas Windows and Christmas at the Crocoseum activation featuring the Irwin family are at 314–336 Bourke St Melbourne until Saturday 7 January 2025.
- Step back in time and experience the magic of a traditional 1880s Christmas at Como House in South Yarra. Wander through the beautifully decorated rooms, each brimming with festive charm, and immerse yourself in the Christmas preparations of a grand 1880s household until 8 January
- A new installation at Scienceworks called “Message in A Bottle” runs until 27 January 2025 featuring messages from Victorian primary students inside 320 recycled bottles that highlight the importance of recycling. and learn more about the process of recycling containers returned through Victoria’s Container Deposit Scheme.
- Medieval to Metal: The Art and Evolution of the Guitar makes its way to the Art Gallery of Ballarat until 2 February 2025. In this Australian exclusive, experience 40 guitars on loan from the National Guitar Museum (USA), alongside more than 100 spectacular works of art.
- CLAW MONEY WORLD – a world-exclusive exhibition charting the career of trailblazing artist Claudia Gold is on at the Warrnambool Art Gallery until 6 March.
- On display for the first time outside of Europe, Underground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto at the Melbourne Holocaust Museum (MHM) until 30 March with rare artefacts from the hidden archive of the Warsaw Ghetto.
- Hanging Rock Winery’s Art in the Vines Sculpture Exhibition is an opportunity wander a trail of discovery, glass-in-hand, through an extraordinary exhibition of contemporary outdoor sculpture, until 30 April 2025.
- From cattle dogs to lap dogs, divine felines to the black cats of superstition a new exhibition coming to the National Gallery of Victoria called Cats & Dogs, will explore humanity’s deep connection to the beloved companion animals through more than 250 works of art and design. Its on display until 20 July 2025 at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Fed Square.
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