FEBRUARY

1. •St.Kilda Festival - FREE!
   

2. •Chinese New Year in Chinatown is great!
   

3. •Melbourne Food & Wine Festival - eat cheaply at the best restaurants! Slow Food Festival
   

4. •Melbourne Symphony Orchestra FREE summer concerts.
   

5. •Still some hot days - the beach is still there! 

MARCH

1. •Formula 1 Grand Prix
   

2. •Melbourne Comedy Festival
   

3. •Melbourne Fashion Festival
   

4. •Moomba Festival - Let’s get together & have fun!  Yarra River & Moomba Parade in town,
   

5. •The Australian Rules Football (The Footy) starts.  Go to a game.

APRIL

1. •Melbourne Flower Show
   

2. •ANZAC Day - remember our war heroes.  Huge Footy game at the MCG on this day.
   

3. •Melbourne International Jazz Festival
   

4. •Really ... go to a Footy game at the MCG or Telstra Dome

MAY

1. •Next Wave Artists Festival
   

2. •Stonnington Jazz Festival
   

3. •Buddha’s Day & Multicultural Festival
   

4. •Melbourne Italian Festival

JUNE

1. •Good Food & Wine Show
   

2. •Australian Dance Awards.
   

3. •Circus OZ
   

4. •SKI Season Opening.
   

5. •Aussie Rules Footy & National Rugby League games every week.

JULY

1. •Melbourne Design Festival
   

2. •Melbourne International Film Festival
   

3. •Winter Masterpieces Exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria
   

4. •By the end of July, the snow on the ski fields should be at it’s best and the footy is rocking!

AUGUST

1. •Melbourne Writer’s Festival
   

2. •Melbourne Art Fair
   

3. •Melbourne International Film Festival continues

SEPTEMBER

1. •The Footy Finals and the Grand Final at the MCG on the last Saturday.  100,000 people!
   

2. •Spring Fashion Week
   

3. •Royal Melbourne Show
   

4. •Melbourne Fringe Festival starts

OCTOBER

1. •Melbourne Fringe Festival continues
   

2. •Melbourne International Arts Festival
   

3. •Spring Racing Carnival

NOVEMBER

1. •The Melbourne Cup - Australia’s biggest day of horse racing.  100,000 + people go!
   

2. •Equitana Asia Pacific - Equine Industry showcase
   

3. •Salami Fest
   

4. •Yarra River Boat Shuttle season starts

DECEMBER

1. •Christmas shopping of course!
   

2. •Carols by Candlelight
   

3. •It’s getting hot enough to go to the beach!  You can even have Christmas day on the beach!!
   

4. •New Years Eve in Federation Square