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October 2026
Thursday, October 8
- DJ MOLOKOThe Old Bar
- Design X NatureRoyal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne GardensFree
- Testing Talks Conference 2026 | MelbourneMelbourne Convention & Exhibition Center
- Nick Crawford: AvenuesNo Vacancy GalleryFree
- Aperture Photography ToursSt Paul's Cathedral
- Supreme Construction Pop-upThe District Docklands
- Emma Stenhouse: Tumbinyeri – A Connection to LifeSofitel Melbourne on CollinsFree
- A Taste of Melbourne: Laneways, Boroughs, Bites and Brews100R St Kilda Rd
- MonsterFestCinema Nova
- Community Games LibraryACMIFree
- Shadows in the DarkQueen Victoria Market
- Emily Dober: My WorldCity LibraryFree
- Walk With Me: The Final RestArts HouseFree
- Recurring Echoes: Liliana BarbieriCO.AS.IT.Free
- Shaynell Barboza: EssenceVictorian Artists SocietyFree
- Games Week ShowcaseACMIFree
- City of Literature Walking TourState Library Victoria
- Changing PerspectivesVictorian Artists SocietyFree
- Magical Moroccan Gardens TalkRoyal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens
- East Melbourne Walking ToursParliament House
- Melbourne International Games WeekACMIFree
- TreatyState Library VictoriaFree
- Bourke Street Mall BuskingBourke Street MallFree
- Melbourne International Games WeekACMIFree
- Bourke Street Mall BuskingBourke Street MallFree
- StompersNorth Melbourne LibraryFree
- Relaxed Performances at Melbourne Recital CentreMelbourne Recital Centre
- Free Guided WalkRoyal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne GardensFree
- Seniors Film FestivalCinema NovaFree
- SongbirdsEast Melbourne LibraryFree
- Maria Callas: Her Life, Jewels & Great Opera StagesCity Library
- Shop and the City Walking TourFlinders Street Station
- Preschool Storytimenarrm ngarrgu Library and Family ServicesFree
- Harp MeditationsRoyal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens
- Gregory Ladner: Garden of EdenWEST END ART SPACEFree
- The Good Stuff: Social Enterprise and Circularity ExperienceThe Purpose Precinct
- Melbourne Paint Lab Art WorkshopThe Blender Studios
- Aperture Photography ToursSt Paul's Cathedral
- Rebecca Hastings: Witches' FlightFlinders Lane GalleryFree
- Kaijern Koo and Natalie Trofimiuk: The Seasons ReversedCAVESFree
- Beneath One MoonCreative Asia Art CentreFree
- Kaijern Koo and Natalie Trofimiuk: The Seasons ReversedCAVESFree
- The Community Art Card ProjectfortyfivedownstairsFree
- City Lunchtime Walk157 Spring St
- Lunch & Learn: Marni Oaten (OCTES - BIO2X Bioeconomy Projects)Sanders Place
- Spotlight On: Time-travel and TurtlesBaillieu LibraryFree
- East Melbourne Walking ToursParliament House
- Shadows in the DarkQueen Victoria Market
- Founder Funder ConnectParkville
- Creatives x CreativesXYZ Photo GalleryFree
- Terrarium Miniature Garden WorkshopKellee Flowers
- St Michael's Organ RecitalSt Michael's Uniting ChurchFree
- Ceramic Painting Classes: Bowls, Plates and MugsArt Masterclass Melbourne
- Mosaic Art Classes Melbourne: Turkish Lamp WorkshopArt Masterclass Melbourne
- Saving Mr. BanksACMI Cinemas
- Saving Mr. BanksACMI Cinemas
- Melbourne Paint Lab Art WorkshopThe Blender Studios
- Aperture Photography ToursSt Paul's Cathedral
- Shop and the City Walking TourFlinders Street Station
- A Taste of Melbourne: Laneways, Boroughs, Bites and Brews100R St Kilda Rd
- 🏆 THE PADEL AUSTRALIAN OPEN 🏆402-416 Chapel St
- Library Cinema at narrm ngarrgunarrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services (Library entrance)Free
- Off The Record - A Curated Supper Club 🍸Collingwood
- MBTC Thursday MSAC SocialState Sport Centres - MSAC
- Japanese Mahjong (Riichi/リーチ麻雀) at Yankees RestaurantThe Yankee's Restaurant & Bar - Melbourne CBD
- Ceramic Painting Classes: Bowls, Plates and MugsArt Masterclass Melbourne
- Mosaic Art Classes Melbourne: Turkish Lamp WorkshopArt Masterclass Melbourne
- Products, Prototypes and PipelinesTBC
- Startup Networking⚡& Fireside Chat w/ Rye Smith (Claude Ambassador, Founder & InvestorANNG Gallery
- Learn to Vibe Code Your First AppStone & Chalk Melbourne Startup HubFree
- Learn to Vibe Code Your First AppMelbourne
- Startmate Pitch Night (Melbourne)Collingwood
- Learn how to build an app with AI | first time builder nightStone & Chalk Melbourne Startup Hub
- Thursday @ Melbourne Central | *Read Description* RMIT PKBL CLUB40 A'Beckett St
- Read the RoomThe Motley Bauhaus
- Second Best BedThe Motley Bauhaus
- Golang October @ AtlassianAtlassian Melbourne Office
- Like YoungThe Motley Wherehaus
- Social Volleyball Games Session *South Yarra*The Artemis Centre at Melbourne Girls Grammar
- Oliver Pol: FeatherbrainedThe Motley Bauhaus
- Jack EarleBird's Basement
- Team Catfish, Fitzroy! Beers of the BurbsThe Catfish
- 🌍 Thursday’s Melbourne International Language Exchange & New Friends EventKicks
- Beyond the HillsACMI Cinemas
- Melbourne’s Got Soul ChoirFAD Gallery
- Tacos & Margaritas @ Mamasita (Collins St)MAMASITA
- Jokes About The Time I Got Detained In AmericaThe Motley Wherehaus
- Piano Four Hands: Beethoven's Fifth@ cafe 45
- Oktoberfest! 🍺 week 2 🥨🥨Hofbräuhaus Melbourne
- Louis Nicoll P*ss and Sh*t Piano Comedy HourThe Motley Wherehaus
- Anti-Smoking Super ShowFestival Hub: Trades Hall
- Blue. Strap. Sit.MPavilion ParkvilleFree
- Melbourne Language Exchange & Social at The Asian Beer CafeAsian Beer Cafe, Melbourne central
- Campervan: An Ozploitation Horror MusicalFringe Common Rooms
- Thursday Linguas Melbourne Language Exchange and SocialAsian Beer Cafe
- Strum and SingFlemington & Kensington RSLFree
- Saltwater GirlsThe Motley Wherehaus
- Make Friends & Practice Languages at The Asian Beer CafeAsian Beer Cafe, Melbourne central
- Blue. Strap. Sit.MPavilion ParkvilleFree
- Lost in TranslationVictorian Trades Hall Council
- Thursday Trivia at BonnibelBonnibelFree
- Club competition - In person City Centre ToastmastersMelbourne Multicultural Hub
- 🚃Umbraco Melbourne MeetupLuminary
- The Loch of LoveThe Motley Wherehaus
- FU*K! I Killed the DirectorThe Motley Wherehaus
- Founder Night Out: Meet Melbourne's AI Founders, Investors and OperatorsRuby Riviera Taberna Mediterraneo
- Women’s circleClick co coffee
- Haunted Library TourState Library Victoria
- Ghosts? What Ghosts! Night TourOld Melbourne Gaol
- Melbourne CocoaHeads No. 200Mantel Group
- Games Week Film ProgramACMI
- English Conversation Thursday Class190 Little Lonsdale St
- Social dinner - outlook of workforce / businessAngliss Restaurant
- Capoeira Angola: EcamarMulticultural Hub
- Switch: Strengthen Women in Touch FootballPrinces ParkFree
- Social dinner + learners and educatorsAngliss Restaurant
- Beyond the HillsACMI Cinemas
- The King of Kong: A Fistful of QuartersACMI Cinemas
- Roisin McAlinden: Fairytale EndingBard's Apothecary
- Only Bones: Daniel NodderVictorian Trades Hall Council
- Work in ProgressSpeakeasy Theatre
- Welcome to HellTheory Bar
- Kozo Kaos: Juggling RocksSpeakeasy Theatre
- Shaun Micallef in Conversation with Mary McGillivrayState Library Victoria
- The King of Comedy & Fight ClubThe Astor Theatre
- Melbourne (North Side) Conversations with StrangersNorthside Wines
- Dracula: Ballet at its DarkestHer Majesty's Theatre
- Sea Shanties and Folk SongsThe Mission to Seafarers VictoriaFree
- Briefs: The WorksSpiegel Haus Melbourne
- Parallels 2026The Capitol
- Jane Austen ImprovisedImpro Melbourne
- Krilling Me SoftlyTrades Hall Place
- Extra Lives: Video Game ConcertFortress Melbourne
- Dune But WorseFestival Hub: Trades Hall
- The Ex Files: A Comedy True Crime TourCollins Street
- ElizaSouthbank Theatre
- GOOD MUSIC THURSDAYS w/ TEAR DRIVE + SKIPTONS + VIOLET HARBOURThe Old Bar
- Toto's SongLa Mama HQ
- Rama Nicholas in Fairy SmutQueen Victoria Women's Centre
- Young FrankensteinSt Kilda South · Theatre Works
- A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond MusicalPrincess Theatre
- Monty Python's SpamalotAthenaeum Theatre
- ParasocialLa Mama Courthouse
- Bitch BoxerFestival Hub: Trades Hall
- Social SoccerNona Lee Sports Centre
- Zoe's Killer InstinctThe Motley Wherehaus
- Joely Poley, Puddin' and PieThe Motley Wherehaus
- Everything NowThe Motley Wherehaus
- Isabel Mulrooney is DesperateThe Motley Wherehaus
- No AuDHDinary BoiThe Motley Wherehaus
- Ghosts? What Ghosts! Night TourOld Melbourne Gaol
- Don't Screw the KruBard's Apothecary
- UbermenschThe Motley Wherehaus
- Tyrone Lovejacket Presents a Divine Healing HourThe Motley Wherehaus
- Jenna Suffern: Lobster In A GlassTheory Bar
- Yellow Fever: An Original Musical CabaretFestival Hub: Trades Hall
- Murder in the Market: A Murder Village Improvised WhodunnitMeat Market
- KaubojThe Motley Bauhaus
- ZealThe Motley Bauhaus
- Adore Händel’s Birthday PartyFestival Hub: Trades Hall
- MBTC Thursday BBC SocialBeyond Badminton Centre
- Spirits and Ales Haunted Pub TourYoung & Jackson
- Mirage Comedy: Open MicMarrakech Cocktail & Shisha LoungeFree
- Best of Fringe MagicSpeakeasy Theatre
- Ghostware3 Blackwood St
- The Year There Were No MonstersVictorian Trades Hall Council
- SlugsMeat Market Stables
- Spring!Theory Bar
- NosebleedsThe Improv Conspiracy
- Hannah Camilleri is a WIPThe Motley Wherehaus
- Marketing ManThe Motley Wherehaus
- The Pole ShebangTrades Hall - The Meeting Room
- Die Clown DieThe Motley Wherehaus