What's on in Melbourne and the West this weekend 26-28 May? Inner West Photography Exhibtion at Grazeland, Arts, Craft, Hobbies, Destash Market in Werribee, Baby and Kids market in Tarneit, Catch a Carp Day in Williams Landing, Soho Village Makers Market in Point Cook, Celebrating Tarneit event with cultural performances and food, bun decorating in Point Cook raising funds for breast cancer research.
Yarraville comic and toy fair for the young at heart, enjoy a trip to Ballarat for the Heritage Festival, Eynesbury Sunday Market, great eats at Grazeland in Spotswood and EziStreat in North Melbourne and lots more. As it's the fourth weekend of the month there are fewer markets on but Slow Food Spotswood is always great.
Yarraville Comic and Toy Fair
Yarraville Comic and Toy Fair, Sat 27 May 10AM-2:30PM (48 Fehon St, #yarraville ). Under 12 years FREE!! All others $2 entry free. Get your inner kid out and take the kids!
Yarraville Comic and Toy Fair
Inner West Photography Exhibition (Spotswood)
Inner West Photography Exhibition (Grazeland, Spotswood), Fri 26 May 5PM - 10PM, Sat 27 May 12PM - 10PM, Sun 28 May 12PM - 9PM. ‘Perspectives of the Inner West’ competition with imagery that best represents living in the west.
Arts, Craft, Hobbies, Destash Market (Werribee)
Destash Market in Werribee, Sat 27 May, 10AM-2PM at Masonic Hall Werribee, 223 Watton St. A place to sell (and buy) your excess sewing, craft and hobby items. Anything sewing, knitting, crochet, painting or any other craft or hobby items. However no completed items are allowed. Half made items are fine.
Image: www.facebook.com/CraftDestash
Baby and Kids market (Tarneit)
Baby and Kids market in #tarneit Sat 27 May 10AM-2PM. Pre-loved, raffle, stalls, handmade, new and old, indoor venue so great even on cold and wet days. Clothing, toys, baby baths, books, shoes, sleeping bags, prams, gift items and more! #westmelbourneandbeyond
Image: www.facebook.com/babyandkidsmarketmelbourne/
Maori Carving Workshop (Tarneit)
Maori Carving Workshop (Tarneit). FREE Event!!! Event is led by Pasifika Community of Australia Inc. Wood Carving is a way of storytelling. Professional wood carvers will be leading this event with the support of Vic Police. Free activities for children, food will be available at your own expense. All are welcome to support this Unique and original event. Saturday 27th May 2023. From 10m -4pm.
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
Slow Food Melbourne Farmers Market (Spotswood)
Slow Food Melbourne Farmers Market (Spotswood)
Slow Food Melbourne Farmers Market (Spotswood)
Soho Village Makers Market (Point Cook)
Soho Village Makers Market (Point Cook, Adelphi Boulevard), Sat 27 May, 12PM-4PM. Browse, chat and shop with over 20 vendors and artisans. Enjoy the live music, delicious food, and vibrant atmosphere.
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
Catch a Carp Day (Williams Landing)
Catch a Carp Day (61 Scrubwren Drive, Williams Landing), Sat, 27 May 11am - 3pm. FREE Event!!! Fun Catch a Carp session. Carp can have significantly negative impact on waterways. Please bring along your own fishing rod if you have one, or loan a rod from the Werribee River Association on the day (limited rods available).
Image by montypeter on Freepik
Celebrating Tarneit
Celebrating Tarneit event. FREE Event! Family friendly. Fun times with cultural performances and food organised and run by young people celebrating the diversity , talent and culture in Tarneit.
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
Finger bun decorating (Point Cook)
Finger bun decorating (Point Cook), Sat 27 May, 11AM-2PM. Bakers Delight have partnered with the Breast Cancer Network Australia to help raise funds and support Australians diagnosed with breast cancer. Bakers Delight are running a finger bun decorating workshop outside ALDI, with the event being open to both adults and children. Gold coin donation required.
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B-24 Liberator Hangar Visits (Werribee)
B-24 Liberator Visits to the Hangar. Admission is only a $10 donation per person. Attendance at an engine run is an extra $10. Restoration work visit. No entry charge for visitors under 16 years of age.
Image: www.b24australia.org.au
Eynesbury Heritage Trail Junior Parkrun
Eynesbury Heritage Trail Junior Parkrun (FREE). Free weekly 2km event that takes place at 8AM every Sunday morning in the Eynesbury forest and is open to 4 to 14-year-olds. Supervised by a team of volunteers who all hold current Working With Childrens Checks. Please register ahead of the run. Refer to website.
Image by Freepik
RAAF Museum (Point Cook)
RAAF Museum. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL! Explore more than 100 years of Australian Air Force history. Learn about the Australian Flying Corps, the courage of Australia's Second World War aviators, and the service of thousands of men and women serving Australia at home and abroad in times of peace and war.
Original Image: www.airforce.gov.au
Ballarat Heritage Festival
Ballarat Heritage Festival, 19-28 May. The festival highlights Ballarat's golden past and evolving future over its ten day program. Concerts, car show, craft and folk art, poetry, pin-up pageant and more. Includes FREE and paid events.
Image: ballaratheritagefestival.com.au
Victorian Farmers' Markets Association accredited farmers’ markets
Enjoy farmers' markets? The #Victorian Farmers' Markets Association accredited farmers’ markets on this weekend
More info: vfma.org.au
Image: vfma.org.au
Catacombs Tour (State Library, Melbourne CBD)
Catacombs Tour at State Library (Melbourne CBD). FREE but PLAN ahead!!! Bookings required and often booked two months in advance. Multiple dates and times every week. Tour includes the highest point of The Dome to the hidden areas below the Library, known as 'the catacombs'. Visitors discover spaces usually closed to the public. Find out about the Pendulum Staircase, Card Catalogue room and the Elephant Lift.
Original image: www.slv.vic.gov.au
Ezi-streat Foodhall (North Melbourne)
Street food hall, beer garden and community space in North Melbourne, Fri-Sat 8AM-11PM, Sun 8:30AM-9PM. A celebration of street food and community spirit! Features a number of pop-up stalls, multicultural comfort food for locals and new visitors.
Image: www.facebook.com/ezistreat
Grazeland (Spotswood)
Heaps and heaps of food stalls and live musical entertainment. Located at 20 Booker Street, Spotswood (next to Scienceworks). Friday - 5pm to 10pm, Saturday - 12 noon to 10pm, Sunday - 12 noon to 9pm.
Grazeland (Spotswood)
Laverton Market
Laverton Market
Laverton Market
Eynesbury Market
Eynesbury Market
Eynesbury Market
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Saturday Markets
- Slow Food Melbourne Farmers Market (Spotswood), 8AM–1PM, Saturday.
- Lancefield and District Farmers Market, 9AM-1PM, Saturday.
- Laverton Market, 7AM-4PM, Saturday.
- Rose Street Market (Fitzroy), 10AM and 4PM, Saturday.
- Queen Victoria Market, Sat 6AM-4PM, Saturday.
- South Melbourne Market, 8AM-4PM, Saturday.
Sunday Markets
- Laverton Market, 7AM-4PM, Sunday.
- Eynesbury Market, 9AM-2PM, Sunday.
- Ballarat Market, 8AM–1PM, Sunday.
- Bendigo Showgrounds Market, 8:30AM–2:30PM, Sunday.
- Trentham Station Market, 9AM-2PM, Sunday.
- Flemington Farmers Market, 8:30AM-12PM, Sunday.
- Indian Market (Sanctuary Lakes), 10AM-5PM, Sunday.
- Rose Street Market (Fitzroy), 10AM and 4PM, Sunday.
- Queen Victoria Market, Sun 9AM-4PM, Sunday.
- District Makers' Market (Docklands), 11AM to 4PM, Sunday.
- Docklands Sunday Community Market, 10AM to 3PM, Sunday.
- Arts Centre Market, 10AM to 4PM, Sunday.
- St Kilda Esplanade Market, 10AM to 4PM, Sunday.
- South Melbourne Market, 8AM-4PM, Sunday.
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Future Events
Plan ahead for these irregular or once-off markets and events.
Family Games Night (Tarneit)
Family Games Night in Tarneit, first Friday of the month 5:30pm - 7:30pm, Dianella Community Centre, 6 Congo Drive, Tarneit West. A great way to socialize and get to meet new friends. Play traditional board games with family and new friends. This is a family community event. Everyone is welcome. FREE event but please RSVP to ensure sufficient space and games are available for everyone. Also you are welcome to bring a plate of refreshment to share.
When: Friday, 2 June 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Suburb: Tarneit
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
Keilor Village Night Market
Keilor Village Night Market, at the Keilor Bowls Club, 3 June 2023 10AM-3PM. Gold coin donation entrance fee applies.
When: Saturday, 3 June 10AM – 3PM
Suburb: Keilor
Image: www.facebook.com/thevillagenightmarketau
Festival of Food (Newport)
Festival of Food, five month celebration of community, food and culture running February to June 2023 in Hobson Bay.
When: Sunday, 4 June 12PM-3PM
Suburb: Newport
Image: mysmartgarden.org.au
Cheeky Monkey Market (Sanctuary Lakes)
Cheeky Monkey Market returns to Sanctuary Lakes Shopping Centre, 4 June.
When: Sunday, 4 June
Suburb: Sanctuary Lakes
Original image: www.melbournecheekymonkeymarket.com
Yarraville Winter Festival
Yarraville Winter Festival, Sunday 4 June, 11AM-3PM. FREE event. Have some great family fun. Live music, petting zoo, hula hoops, food stalls and more. Don't be defined by the weather!
When: Sunday, 4 June 11am-3pm
Suburb: Yarraville
Image: www.ycc.net.au
Woodend Winter Arts Festival
Woodend Winter Arts Festival, 9-12 June. Music and Words and Ideas events, each Woodend Winter Arts Festival offers many events throughout the town which are free to attend, including our annual Fireworks & Entertainment show on Friday night. Free and paid events. Book ahead for paid events and performances.
When: Friday, 9 June
Suburb: Woodend
Image: woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au
Festival of Food (Newport)
Festival of Food, five month celebration of community, food and culture running February to June 2023 in Hobson Bay.
When: Sunday, 18 June 12PM-3PM
Suburb: Newport
Image: mysmartgarden.org.au
Eynesbury Winter Festival
Eynesbury Winter Festival returns from Fri 23 June through to 9 July. Lots of free and paid events. Make bookings for the ice-rink. Look out for the WINTER SOLSTICE, Ignite the night on Sat 1 July! Starting at 5PM, with fireworks from 7:45PM.
When: Friday, 23 June
Suburb: Eynesbury
Original image: eynesbury.com.au
Yewers St Twilight Str-eats (Footscray)
Twilight Str-eats returns to Footscray at 2 Yewers st, 5:30PM-10:30PM select Fridays May through August 2023. Live music, great food, fantastic atmosphere during Melbourne's colder months. Make an effort and you will be rewarded. Dates 23 June, 21 July, 25 August.
When: Friday, 23 June 5:30PM-10:30PM
Suburb: Footscray
Image: www.fourpeople.com.au
Firefly Night Market (Tarneit)
Firefly Night Market (Tarneit), Sat 24 June, 3PM – 9PM. More detail to come.
When: Saturday, 24 June 3PM – 9PM
Suburb: Tarneit
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
That’s Mine Makers Market (Werribee)
That’s Mine Makers Market (Werribee), Sat 2 July, 10AM-2PM, Werribee Racecourse, 2-10 Bulban Road VIC 3030. Two level, all indoors Makers Market with 60+ stalls. Come rain or shine! Gold coin entry fee applies.
When: Sunday, 2 July 10AM-2PM
Suburb: Werribee
Original image: www.facebook.com/people/Thats-Mine-Makers-Markets
Yewers St Twilight Str-eats (Footscray)
Twilight Str-eats returns to Footscray at 2 Yewers st, 5:30PM-10:30PM select Fridays May through August 2023. Live music, great food, fantastic atmosphere during Melbourne's colder months. Make an effort and you will be rewarded. Dates 21 July, 25 August.
When: Friday, 21 July 5:30PM-10:30PM
Suburb: Footscray
Image: www.fourpeople.com.au
Keilor Village Night Market
Keilor Village Night Market, Wed, 2 August, 6PM – 9PM at he Keilor Bowls Club. Gold coin donation entrance fee applies.
When: Wednesday, 2 August 6PM – 9PM
Suburb: Keilor
Image: www.facebook.com/thevillagenightmarketau
Family Games Night (Tarneit)
Family Games Night in Tarneit, first Friday of the month 5:30pm - 7:30pm, Dianella Community Centre, 6 Congo Drive, Tarneit West. A great way to socialize and get to meet new friends. Play traditional board games with family and new friends. This is a family community event. Everyone is welcome. FREE event but please RSVP to ensure sufficient space and games are available for everyone. Also you are welcome to bring a plate of refreshment to share.
When: Friday, 4 August 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Suburb: Tarneit
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
Altona Beach Film Festival
Altona Beach Film Festival is a short film competition. The competition is open to the world and committed to encouraging creativity and building community in the inner western suburbs of Melbourne.
When: Saturday, 19 August 7PM
Suburb: Altona
Image: www.altonabeachfilmfestival.com.au
Yewers St Twilight Str-eats (Footscray)
Twilight Str-eats returns to Footscray at 2 Yewers st, 5:30PM-10:30PM select Fridays May through August 2023. Live music, great food, fantastic atmosphere during Melbourne's colder months. Make an effort and you will be rewarded. 25 August.
When: Friday, 25 August 5:30PM-10:30PM
Suburb: Footscray
Image: www.fourpeople.com.au
Footscray Community Arts Centre Makers Market
Footscray Community Arts Centre Makers Market plays only three times a year. Sat 26 August and Sat 9 Dec from 9AM-3PM. Hand-made goods, stalls with a vibrant, bespoke product range. Locally produced. Support your community makers and artisans!
When: Saturday, 26 August 9AM-3PM
Suburb: Footscray
Footscray Community Arts Centre Makers Market
Family Games Night (Tarneit)
Family Games Night in Tarneit, first Friday of the month 5:30pm - 7:30pm, Dianella Community Centre, 6 Congo Drive, Tarneit West. A great way to socialize and get to meet new friends. Play traditional board games with family and new friends. This is a family community event. Everyone is welcome. FREE event but please RSVP to ensure sufficient space and games are available for everyone. Also you are welcome to bring a plate of refreshment to share.
When: Friday, 1 September 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Suburb: Tarneit
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
Footscray Community Arts Centre Makers Market
Footscray Community Arts Centre Makers Market plays only three times a year. Sat 9 Dec from 9AM-3PM. Hand-made goods, stalls with a vibrant, bespoke product range. Locally produced. Support your community makers and artisans!
When: Saturday, 9 December 9AM-3PM
Suburb: Tarneit
Image: www.facebook.com/Footscrayarts
