Around Melbourne

Lavazza Italian Film Festival

If you’re a film lover in Australia then you probably owe a debt of gratitude to the Zeccola family without knowing it. Brothers Antonio and Franco Zeccola arrived in Melbourne in 1957 at age 14 and 12 and went on to open cinemas for the purpose of screening...

Melbourne Fringe Festival 2016

RELATED: Time Out's top picks of the 2016 Melbourne Fringe Festival and our run-down of the Festival Club parties. First thing’s first: look to the sky. In a festival that is all about illuminating new ideas from new voices, it is fitting that the Fringe...

Spring Racing Carnival 2016

When the weather gets warmer, the thrills of the Spring Racing Carnival bring people from across the country to experience the fanfare, the fashion and the buzz of watching thoroughbreds streak down the track to the finish line.  And if you thought that...

Chocoholic Tours

Fans of the cocoa bean and all its wondrous forms will love to take a Melbourne's Chocolate Wonderland Tour of top chocolate shops, cafés and arcades. The tour includes tastings of chocolate, wine and raw cacao, as well as afternoon tea, tasting bag and...

RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride – a rolling bike festival

Experience Victoria as you never have before at the RACV Great Victorian Bike Ride, where you'll ride through Victoria's beautiful scenery from the Grampians to the Great Ocean Road. The annual bike ride has been running for 30 years and is quite possibly...

White Night 2017

In February 2017, the city will once again light up for a 12-hour art party, featuring spectacular projection art, mind-bending installations and unexpected experiences.  After last year's White Night drew record crowds to the CBD, organisers are extending...