A Year Of Melbourne Festivals
Having made my Melbourne my home for the last 20 years, there are many things that I love about this great city. Its unpredictable weather I could definitely live without, but on the whole it has so much to offer that I can tolerate this!
A definite attraction of Melbourne that is the plethora of festivals and major events that the city has. There is often so much going on it is difficult to choose where to spend your time and dollars.
This started me thinking about whether it would be possible to get to a major event or festival in Melbourne for every month of the year? Well it is certainly possible! Many months there are a number to choose from. For the sake of brevity I have only chosen one per month and created a year of Melbourne Festivals!
January: Midsumma Festival
February: Sustainable Living Festival
March: Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
April: Melbourne International Comedy Festival
May: Melbourne International Jazz Festival
June: Melbourne Winter Masterpieces (Dali this winter)
July: Melbourne International Film Festival
August: Melbourne Writers Festival
September: AFL Grand Final (Australian Rules Football)
October: Melbourne International Arts Festival
November: Melbourne Cup Carnival (Horse racing)
December: Boxing Day Test (Cricket)
I would love to try attending all of these events one year. It would be exhausting and cash depleting but lots of fun! What is your favourite Melbourne Festival?
Being an expat new south welshman now living in Victoria, i too think Melbourne has a lot to offer (weather excepted). Isn’t it great that we have such a diverse program of social and cultural events to entertain, educate and enthrall us. no other cith in Australia comes even close to Melbourne when it comes to quality of living.
I didn’t realise there were so many things and I live here! There’s also a Writer’s Festival here this month and we’ve just recently had Moomba.
Other things that aren’t festivals but happening at the moment is the Air Show and soon after, the Grand Prix.
Hi – I am living in the Scotland and thinking of taking a year out to come to come to Melbourne for a year , I have stayed there before , In Richmond – I like to live in a Lively Leafy part of town – That has plenty going on – Any bloggers out there got any recommendation – I am thinking of leaving the UK – November December ,