Events & Festivals in Melbourne

Events & festivals in Melbourne

• Australian Open (January). The year's first tennis Grand Slam at Melbourne Park draws the world's stars and huge crowds
• Melbourne International Comedy Festival (March-April). One of the world's three largest comedy festivals, filling theatres and pubs across the city
• AFL Grand Final (Late September). Australian Rules football's biggest day packs 100,000 into the MCG
• Melbourne Cup (First Tuesday in November). 'The race that stops a nation' at Flemington, a public holiday in the city
• White Night / Melbourne Fringe (Various (spring)). Melbourne's calendar of art and light festivals transforms streets and buildings after dark