What's on in Melbourne

Details of what's on in Melbourne throughout the year

Melbourne's Hellenic heritage is celebrated at the Antipodes Festival, a series of arts events that take in the city's Greek influences. It runs across a number of months, so can be caught by those travelling to the city in the autumn.

Melbourne is host to the country's largest comedy festival, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, where Australian and international comics vie for the audience's laughs. Watch a video about the Melbourne International Comedy festival.

Australia Day on January 26th is a massive party all over Australia, and none more so than in Melbourne, where locals celebrate the first colonial settlement.

The Melbourne International Arts Festival runs in October, and hundreds of exhibitions and classes covering the main artistic disciplines such as dance, theatre, music, opera and visual arts.