What's on in Melbourne and the West this weekend 26-31 Oct? Jazz Fest music in Footscray, Williamstown Highland Celtic Festival (fees apply), Spring Fest Carnival in Point Cook, Lions Community Market and Festival in Taylors Lakes, a multitude of Halloween events across all of the western suburbs until Tuesday 31 Oct, cooking demonstrations in Williams Landing.
Get out into country Victoria and visit Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm (Daylesford), Anakie Fairy Park for the kids, Mica Grange Gardens. Wyndham Harbour Craft Market is a brand new market in the west on Sunday 29 Oct. Slow Foods Market in Spotswood.
Halloween Workout (Altona)
Workout to spooky music. Yeah! FREE event but book ahead (Altona). Bring the kids along for a trick or treat. Kid friendly, FUN Halloween themed class. Lolly scrambles, snacks, drinks and a prize for BEST DRESSED. 7PM Thurs 26 Oct at Altona Finnish Hall, 116 Pier St.
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Moonee Valley Fright Night
Moonee Valley Fright Night, Fri 27 Oct 5PM-8:30PM. FREE event! DJs, treats from food trucks and Halloween cookie decorating! Show off your best Halloween fits, get your face or body painted with glow in the dark designs.
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Slow Food Melbourne Farmers Market (Spotswood)
Slow Food Melbourne Farmers Market (Spotswood)
Slow Food Melbourne Farmers Market (Spotswood)
Cooking Demonstrations (Williams Landing)
Cooking Demonstrations (Williams Landing) at the Williams Landing Shopping Centre, 100 Overton Road , Williams Landing , VIC 3027. Come along and try some of the delicious food from Williams Landing Shopping Centre fresh food stores!
mage: www.williams-landing-shopping/whats-on/
Mica Grange Gardens
Mica Grange Gardens offers a delightful blend of horticulture and art, making it a must-visit for garden enthusiasts, art lovers, and anyone looking to experience a slice of tranquility in Victoria's scenic countryside. Beautiful decorative gardens, sculptures to view and for sale, have a bite to eat and enjoy the panorama. Get out into Country Victoria.
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Williamstown Highland Celtic Festival
The Williamstown Highland Celtic Gathering is day of dancing, pipe bands, heavy events, folk music tent, displays, clans and stalls. A Celtic Festival with a difference. Fees apply. Sat 28 Oct, 10am to 3pm, Seaworks, Williamstown. Adults (16 and over) $25, Concession $20, Children under 16 – FREE. Please book ahead of the event.
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Halloween (West Footscray)
Halloween West Footscray Event, Sat 28 Oct 4PM - Tue, 31 Oct 8PM at West Footscray Village. Trick or Treat, Tues 31 October, 4PM-8PM throughout Barkly Village at participating shops. Starts at The Op Shop at 592 Barkly St. Food trucks and face painting (31 Oct). Halloween Haunted Hell House (Sat 28 Oct till Tues 31 Oct 4pm till 8pm every night at 594 Barkly St. next door to Op Shop West Footscray.
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Halloween Treasure Hunt (Seddon)
Halloween Treasure Hunt (#seddon) 28-30 Oct. Between Sat 28 October to Tues 31 Oct kids can pick up an entry form and find the hidden pumpkins in Seddon Village shops. All completed forms can be returned for an instant small prize (while stock lasts). Pick up your entry forms (and return completed forms for prizes) at Far Fetched Designs, Community Bank Seddon and Foodworks.
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Little River Community Day
Little River Community Day, Sat 28 Oct 10AM-12PM. Connect with community, Council, and other local organisations. Grab a FREE coffee and chat with police, learn about the free programs and support that’s on offer to residents in the Little River area. Check out the CFA truck, chat to local Landcare groups and volunteers, and take home a free native plant for your garden.
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Springfest Carnival (Point Cook)
Springfest Carnival (Point Cook) Sat 28 Oct 12PM-5PM. Carnival games and rides, live music, roving entertainment including Juggling and Hula Hooping, roller skating, face painting, ircus performances and more.
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
Halloween (Williams Landing)
Halloween (Williams Landing) Sat 28 Oct at the Williams Landing Shopping Centre. Celebrate Halloween with a very special spooky pop-up park! Starts 12pm. Sweet treats and live entertainment to enjoy, with trick or treat candy and Halloween themed face painting for the little ones.
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Halloween Street Party (Watergardens)
Halloween Street Party (Watergardens Shopping Centre, Station Street) 5PM-9PM. Live DJ, facepainting, sweet treats, dancing!
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Jazz Westside (Footscray)
Jazz Westside (Footscray), 29 Oct 2PM-6PM. FREE Event!!! Head on down to Footscray’s grassy Maddern Square to enjoy a range of live performances that showcase the incredibly diverse, hip-swinging rhythms and beats flowing out of Africa.
Image: www.melbournejazz.com
Halloween (Point Cook Pop-up Park)
Halloween at Point Cook Popup Park, Sun 29 Oct 11:30AM-3PM.
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Trick Or Treat (Altona)
Trick Or Treat at Hecho En Mexico (#altona), Sun 29 Oct from 12PM. Book ahead.
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Spookyville (Sunshine West)
Spookyville Kids event in Sunshine West. 11AM-3PM, Sun 29 Oct. FEES apply.
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Wyndham Harbour Craft Market
Wyndham Harbour Craft Market Sun 29 Oct 9AM-2PM brought to you by Craft Markets Australia. Handcrafted treasures, from jewellery and artwork to clothing and decor. Some of the freshest talents in the region. One of the newest and most anticipated markets! An array of food vendors onsite.
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Taylors Lakes Lions Community Festival
Taylors Lakes Lions Community Festival and Market Sun 29 Oct 10AM-2PM at Taylors Creek Linear Park. A day of fun, food, bargains, displays, entertainment and kid's activities. Expect around 75 stalls, plenty of food, community performances!
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Halloween Monster Hunt (Sanctuary Lakes)
Halloween Monster Hunt at Sanctuary Lakes Shopping Centre 11AM-2PM 29 Oct. Visit the Halloween craft station outside ALDI and create your own trick or treat bag. Use the map to find and collect all the monster stickers.
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Kids Halloween Party (Yarraville)
Kids Halloween Party in Yarraville at the Yarraville Club Tues 31 Oct 5PM. FEES apply and BOOKING required. Includes Spiderman appearance!
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Spooktacular (Manor Lakes)
Halloween Spooktacular at Manor Lakes 31 Oct 5PM-9PM. Don't get spooked get even! Have fun on the night!
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.au
Halloween Yarraville
Halloween Yarraville. Have fun on Halloween in #yarraville, Tues 31 Oct 4PM-6PM in Yarraville Village. Live music, magic, activities!
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Halloween at Hoppers Junction
Halloween Hoppers Junction. Have fun on Halloween Tues 31 Oct 5PM-7PM. A range of fun activities. Dance the night away, Thrillers and Zombie walks with the incredible Beat Freakz Fitness. Transform with spooky face painting and hair colour spray. Go Trick or Treating.
Image: www.wyndham.vic.gov.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.
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District Makers Market (Docklands)
District Makers Market (Docklands), last Sunday of every month 11AM to 4PM, Docklands located near H&M and UNIQLO. Entertainment and creative, colourful market stalls. Arts, craft, jewellery, fashion, homewares, gifts and homemade and locally grown produce.
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RAAF Museum (Point Cook)
RAAF Museum. BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL! You MUST plan ahead for this event! 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
Flemington Farmers Market
Flemington Farmers Market runs every Sunday between 8:30AM and 12pm at Ascot Vale Primary School. The Flemington Farmers Market has everything from pasta sauce, dog treats, coffee and more. The market has fresh produce, fruit and nuts, meat, poultry, fish, eggs, honey, olive oil, baked goods and is home to many specialty producers.
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Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm (Daylesford)
Lavandula Swiss Italian Farm (Daylesford) has history, farm animals, wood fired pizza, decorative gardens, lavender and aromatherapy products and more!
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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)
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
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
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Lancefield and District Farmers Market
Lancefield and District Farmers Market
Lancefield and District Farmers Market
Newport Railway Museum
Newport Railway Museum, open every Saturday 12PM-5PM, 26 Champion Rd Newport. Entrance fees apply. Contains steam, diesel and electric trains as well as a host of other railway exhibits.
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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.
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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-4PM, Saturday.
- Queen Victoria Market, Sat 6AM-4PM, Saturday.
- South Melbourne Market, 8AM-4PM, Saturday.
- CERES Makers & Flea Market, 9AM-2PM (Sep - May). 10AM-3 (June - Aug), Saturday.
- Fitzroy Mills Market, 9AM - 2PM, Saturday.
- Lost and Found Market (Fitzroy), 11am -5pm, Saturday.
- Melbourne Book Market, 9AM - 4PM, Saturday.
- Hunter Markets (Pre-loved fashion), 9am - 1pm, Saturday.
- Pipeworks Market, 8AM - 4PM, Saturday.
- Ferntree Gully Market, 9AM-3PM, Saturday.
- St Andrews Market, 9AM - 2PM, Saturday.
- Bayswater Makers‚ Market, 10AM-2PM, Saturday.
- Leongatha Community Market, 8.30am - 12.30pm, Saturday.
- Coburg Farmers Market, 8am - 1pm, Saturday.
- Carlton Farmers Market, 8am - 1pm, Saturday.
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Future Events
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I Me She Him (St Albans and Footscray)
I Me She Him (St Albans and Footscray) theatre production with dates to be confirmed in November 2023.
When: Wednesday, 1 November
Suburb: Footscray and St Albans
Image: www.witinc.com.au
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Friday, 3 November 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Friday, 10 November 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
Makers and Shakers Market (Williamstown)
Makers and Shakers Market (Williamstown), 11-12 Nov 10AM-4PM at Seaworks. Over 100 stores of Australian made homeware, food, slow fashion and more! $4 entry for adults, $2 for children.
When: Saturday, 11 November 10AM-4PM
Suburb: Williamstown
Image: themakersandshakers.com.au
Homestead Coffee (Seabrook)
Homestead Coffee (Seabrook) is happening once a month at the Homestead Run. Enjoy a morning brew with friends and locals at the new monthly coffee cart. Bring a cup, or buy a cup, bring a friend and also a fold out chair. Cost of coffee or other beverage is $3. Limited seating, so bring a fold out chair. Homestead Run is located at Homestead Run Reserve, Seabrook, 3028.
When: Sunday, 12 November 10AM-12PM
Suburb: Seabrook
Image: www.hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Friday, 17 November 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
Seddon Makers Market
Seddon Makers Market at Seddon Uniting Church Hall Cnr Gamon & Mackay Streets, Seddon starting 9:30AM. The market showcases quality handmade gourmet food, art, clothing and more! The market in only 3 times per year so DON'T miss out.
When: Saturday, 18 November 9:30AM-3:30PM
Suburb: Seddon
Original image: www.facebook.com/SeddonMakersMarket/
Vegan Market (Williamstown)
Vegan Market (Williamstown) at Seaworks Sat 18 Nov. You can shop from over 100 local plant-based businesses. From vegan cacao and psychic readings to cool vegan DJs and vegan ice cream, you’ll find everything you were looking for plus more!
When: Saturday, 18 November 11AM-7PM
Suburb: Williamstown
Image: www.theveganmarket.com.au
St Anne's Farmers Market (Myrniong)
St Anne's Farmers Market (64 Garrards Lane, Myrniong) 3rd Sunday of the month, 9AM-1PM. Market stalls, live music, food, local produce. Get out into country Victoria.
When: Sunday, 19 November 9AM-1PM
Suburb: Myrniong
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Cooking Demonstrations (Williams Landing)
Cooking Demonstrations (Williams Landing) at the Williams Landing Shopping Centre, 100 Overton Road , Williams Landing , VIC 3027. Come along and try some of the delicious food from Williams Landing Shopping Centre fresh food stores!
When: Sunday, 19 November
Suburb: Williams Landing
mage: www.williams-landing-shopping/whats-on/
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Friday, 24 November 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Friday, 1 December 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Friday, 8 December 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
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
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Friday, 15 December 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Friday, 22 December 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
Anakie Fairy Park
Anakie Fairy Park provides a whimsical journey into the world of fairy tales, myths, and legends. A perfect day trip to keep the kids entertained and bring out the inner child in you. Relive Cinderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Jack and the Beanstalk and more!
When: Tuesday, 26 December 10AM-3PM
Suburb: Anakie
Image: West Melbourne and Beyond
That’s Mine Makers Market (Werribee)
That’s Mine Makers Market (Werribee), Sat 20 Jan 10AM-2PM. January market, petting zoo, facepainting, kids activities, food, stalls, live music.
When: Saturday, 20 January 10AM-2PM
Suburb: Point Cook
Image: www.instagram.com/p/CuQZffGrMvq/
