The Best Things to Do In Melbourne This March

Here's your guide to filling this month with all the best food, drink, films, live music, pop-ups and activations Melbourne has to offer.

The Best Things to Do In Melbourne This March

Want to know what's on in Melbourne this month? Well, a lot happens in this big, bustling city of ours. Think movie marathons, exhibitions, and everything from booze-fuelled shindigs to outdoor adventures in between. And, of course, there's always more around the corner, with next month no different. That means that there's plenty to look forward to, and plenty of activities to fill your diary to the brim.

To help you plot things out, make plans with the gang and make the most of every moment, we've rounded up the best things to do in Melbourne in March. Don't say you don't have anything to do this month.

Top image: Sam Biddle.

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Food & Drink
Amaro Tasting Flight Experience at Navi

Learn more about this Italian liqueur that's popping up all over Melbourne.

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Food & Drink
Aged to Perfection

Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya is celebrating its 15th birthday with a five-course feast paired with Japanese whiskies.

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Food & Drink
Margarita March at Mamas Dining Group

Nab $15 margaritas all day, every day, at these four Melbourne restaurants.

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Food & Drink
The Greatest Rita Show

Royal Easter Show time in Sydney means a new round of creative margarita flavours in Melbourne, including bubblegum, sour lemonade and chilli triple-buttered popcorn.

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Arts & Entertainment
Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Catch Rose Matafeo, Joel Kim Booster, Hannah Gadsby, Sam Simmons and drunken Shakespeare among MICF's 600-plus 2024 shows.

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Food & Drink
Eat Drink Westside

Food and drink producers and hospo venues in Melbourne's western suburbs are put in the spotlight during this year's Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.

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Food & Drink
Festa Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco

Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.

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Arts & Entertainment
LUZIA — Cirque du Soleil

This spectacular Mexican-inspired production is also Cirque du Soleil's first touring performance to feature rain in its acrobatic and artistic scenes.

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Arts & Entertainment
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

Whimsical, tender, deadpan and enchanting, this French-language Canadian coming-of-age dramedy is about a bloodsucker who doesn't want to kill people.

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Arts & Entertainment
Drive-Away Dolls

There’s no shortage of Coenesque fun in this gloriously wild road-trip comedy, even with just one of the filmmaking brothers driving the show.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Zone of Interest

More than a decade after 'Under the Skin', filmmaker Jonathan Glazer returns with a chilling and unforgettable Holocaust drama.

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Food & Drink
George's Social Club

Friday night kick-ons just got a margarita makeover thanks to the George on Collins' late-night bottomless drinks deal.

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Arts & Entertainment
Not Natural — Science Gallery Melbourne

Explore the boundary between natural and artificial at this free exhibit in University of Melbourne's Science Gallery.

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Food & Drink
All You Can Spritzza

400 Gradi in Brunswick and Mornington Peninsula is serving up unlimited spritzes and pizza every weekend throughout summer and beyond.

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Food & Drink
Fizz: A Festival of Fermentation

Head over to Odd Culture Fitzroy's beer garden for an arvo of fermented booze tastings, Middle Eastern eats and live music.

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Arts & Entertainment
Bob Marley: One Love

Another music biopic, another spectacular lead performance — this time from Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley.

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Arts & Entertainment
Madame Web

Casting Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney and Adam Scott can't save this tangled mess in Sony's 'Spider-Man' Universe.

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Arts & Entertainment
Pixar Film Fest

Pixar is bringing 'Soul', 'Turning Red' and 'Luca' to cinemas Down Under for the first time.

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Arts & Entertainment
Leonardo da Vinci: 500 Years of Genius

Hello 'Mona Lisa': Melbourne digital art gallery The Lume's big multi-sensory 2024 exhibition is dedicated to Leonardo da Vinci.

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Arts & Entertainment
Aqua with Special Guests: Australian Tour 2024

Come on Barbie, let's go party — with Aqua, 2 Unlimited and East 17 thanks to this huge 90s tour.

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Food & Drink
Japan to Peru: A Nikkei Experience

Warabi and Farmer's Daughters are teaming up for a one-off ten-course degustation for the 2024 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.

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Food & Drink
Desserted

Pastry legends and longtime mates Ash Smith of Stokehouse and Eddie Stewart of Tokyo Lamington have created a five-course dessert degustation for one night only.

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Food & Drink
Nowruz: A Persian New Year Celebration

Head to Free to Feed in Fitzroy North to celebrate Persian culture, food and music.

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Food & Drink
World's Longest Lunch

For this year's communal feast, Melbourne's own Andrew McConnell is running the show.

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Arts & Entertainment
Alliance Française French Film Festival

From 'The Three Musketeers' to the latest film by Michel Gondry, this year's 41-movie lineup isn't short on highlights.

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Food & Drink
Dan's Diner

Dan Hunter from Brae, Daniel Puskas from Sixpenny and Daniel Wilson from Yakimono will all contribute to the fun food offerings at this pop-up diner.

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Arts & Entertainment
Ocean Film Festival World Tour

Dive into a festival filled with sea-focused cinema when this big-screen showcase returns for its 11th year.

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Food & Drink
Taco and Tequila Party at Afloat

For one night only, Sydney's El Primo Sanchez and Ricos Tacos are hosting a taco and tequila party on the Yarra.

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Food & Drink
Paired at Culprit

Treat yourself to bottomless oysters and bubbles, unlimited margaritas and margherita pizzas, or endless amounts of cheese and wine after work at W Melbourne.

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Arts & Entertainment
Wicked

Get ready to defy gravity: this 'Wizard of Oz'-inspired blockbuster musical is sweeping into Melbourne.

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Arts & Entertainment
All About Women

'Yellowface' author Rebecca F Kuang, Roman Empire scholar Mary Beard and Grace Tame feature on a lineup of 40-plus artists at Sydney Opera House's gender-, justice- and equality-focused festival.

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Food & Drink
Michael Greenlaw x Kanji Kobayashi Collaboration at Atria

The two chefs have created a veggie-forward six-course menu that celebrates Victorian producers.

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Arts & Entertainment
Mardi Gras Film Festival Online 2024

Can't make it to MGFF in-person in Sydney? Stream along from home nationwide.

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Food & Drink
The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2024

This year's festival includes over 400 food- and wine-filled events, championing local and international chefs.

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Arts & Entertainment
A Day on the Green: The Chemical Brothers

Hey boy, hey girl: the iconic electronic greats are bringing their block rockin' beats back Down Under.

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Food & Drink
QVM's Summer Night Market

Over 100 local traders are participating in this summer's market, including 45 street food stalls and six pop-up bars.

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Food & Drink
Port Phillip Mussel & Jazz Festival 2024

South Melbourne Market is dishing up jazz tunes, molluscs and stacks of other seafood delights for its annual street fiesta.

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Arts & Entertainment
Rain Room 2023

The immersive, Instagram-fave Rain Room returns for another season, offering a rainstorm experience that won't mess up your hair.

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Arts & Entertainment
Chicago

The smash-hit musical is bringing its 1920s razzle dazzle — and all that jazz — back to Melbourne.

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Arts & Entertainment
Bluesfest 2024

Tom Jones, Jack Johnson and Elvis Costello lead Bluesfest's 35th-anniversary lineup.

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Food & Drink
Baker's Dozen

Melbourne's most-loved bakers and pastry icons are coming together for a huge pop-up bake shop at Fed Square.

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Food & Drink
Wine & Cheese Fest

The best days out are ones packed with dreamy local cheese, vino and grape stomping.

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Arts & Entertainment
The Rocky Horror Show Melbourne 2024

The iconic rock musical is back by popular demand for its 50th anniversary tour of Australia in 2024.

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Food & Drink
Poodle Patio Party

A Sunday courtyard party complete with masses of paella, Cantonese eats and a stacked lineup of DJs.

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Food & Drink
Melbourne Chilli-Eating Championship

Can you handle the heat? Prove it at this prestigious (and wild) competition.

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Travel & Leisure
Tesselaar Kabloom: Festival of Flowers

Watch pixies, fairies and sprites soar above a flowerbed stage as part of a circus at this year's Tesselaar Kabloom Festival of Flowers in the Dandenong Ranges.

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Arts & Entertainment
LIT at Wyndham Park

Werribee's Wyndham Park is being transformed into an immersive outdoor gallery, lighting up each night with a series of colourful glowing artworks paired with unique soundscapes.

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Food & Drink
World's Longest Brunch

A communal feast of epic proportions, headed up by three heroes of contemporary Indian cuisine.

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Food & Drink
That's Amore Cheese Ricotta Festival

For one day only, the Thomastown lot will be filled with food stalls, bars and a stage hosting cooking masterclasses and live music performances.

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Arts & Entertainment
Great Southern Nights 2024

A whopping 300+ gigs are taking over NSW pubs, clubs, bars and theatres — with The Church, Yothu Yindi, Peter Garrett & The Alter Egos, The Presets and Alex Lahey all on the bill.

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Food & Drink
Herb & Chilli Festival

Spice up your life at this Yarra Valley food fest, featuring live music, chilli-eating contests, cooking demos and hot sauce aplenty.

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Arts & Entertainment
NGV Triennial 2023

NGV International's free three-yearly showcase features robot dogs, Yoko Ono's art, a giant thumbs up and a room-sized ode to plants.

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Food & Drink
Non-Stop Noods at New Quarter

Sip and slurp your way through bottomless margaritas and never-ending bowls of Vietnamese noodles.

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Arts & Entertainment
Groundhog Day The Musical

Tim Minchin's stage musical version of the 90s film favourite is finally looking for a shadow in Australia.

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Arts & Entertainment
Europa! Europa Film Festival

The Euro-centric film festival is back for 2024 with 47 movies, including a retrospective dedicated to 'Poor Things' filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos.

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Arts & Entertainment
(This is) Air

Meet Australia's new big thing: a 14-metre-tall inflatable sphere that breathes air is the National Gallery of Victoria's 2023 Architecture Commission.

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Arts & Entertainment
Grease

It's electrifying: the 50s-set, five-decade-old show has scored a brand-new stage production.

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Arts & Entertainment
Rent

Jonathan Larson's Tony-winning hit is the next Broadway musical that's returning to Australia.

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Arts & Entertainment
Unko Museum: The Kawaii Poop Experience

It's Australia's turn to experience this pastel-hued Japanese favourite, which is all about "the maximum cuteness of poop".

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Arts & Entertainment
Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition

The king of all Titanic exhibitions is dropping anchor in Melbourne with 200-plus artefacts.

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Arts & Entertainment
Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature

This spectacular world-premiere experimental digital exhibition about nature is taking over Melbourne's ACMI.

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Arts & Entertainment
Moonlight Cinema Melbourne 2023–24

Grab your picnic basket and get ready for a dress-up 'Barbie' party, festive flicks, and nostalgic sessions of 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Mighty Ducks’.

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Travel & Leisure
W Melbourne's WET Sessions

Enjoy drinks, snacks and beats while you party poolside — no matter the weather.

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