Fitzroy, Collingwood & Abbotsford
This bright red corner pub features a cosy front bar, an excellent line-up of bands most nights – from up-and-coming local acts to punk and indie big…
Must-see entertainment in Victoria
Geelong
This Australian Football League (AFL) stadium is sacred ground for locals as the home of their beloved team, the Cats, who play here during the footy…
Melbourne
This beautiful amphitheatre in the park is used for a variety of outdoor events, from popular concerts (think AC/DC, Neil Diamond and Florence and the…
Melbourne
Dedicated to promoting Australian works, this exciting company stages interesting productions in its own theatre, converted from an atmospheric old brick…
Bellarine Peninsula
Get your foot tapping with train trips that feature not one but four quality blues and roots bands on different carriages, along with dinner. The historic…
Victoria
The site of Ballarat's first official Australian Rules Football (AFL) game – Western Bulldogs versus Port Power in 2017 – the city's new stadium has an…
Sovereign Hill Lamplight Tours
Victoria
Get an insight into the darker aspects of life on the goldfields with these spooky lamplight walking tours. Actors give dramatic performances portraying…
Melbourne
Built in 1858, what was one of the state's oldest churches is now one of Melbourne's most intimate performance venues. Come here for up close and personal…
Fitzroy, Collingwood & Abbotsford
Yah Yah's has always had a reputation for general late-night messiness – good or bad depending on your goals. Bands play upstairs: check the website for…
Fitzroy, Collingwood & Abbotsford
With live bands seven days a week and a licence 'til 3am, the Old Bar's proof that Melbourne is the rock 'n' roll capital of Australia. It gets great…
Victoria
The beautifully restored Capital with its grand neoclassical facade is the city's main venue for performing arts, with hundreds of shows each year. Here…
Victoria
Opened within the old Sandhurst Gaol, this impressive 951-seat theatre complex has the largest stage in regional Australia. It hosts a varied schedule of…
Yarra Valley
Healesville's Memo (short for Memorial Hall) is a true community and cultural hub, hosting theatrical and musical performances, art exhibitions and…
Fitzroy, Collingwood & Abbotsford
The Workers Club pulls in some decent live gigs in the band room most nights, while the front bar and beer garden pack out with punters knocking back beer…
Fitzroy, Collingwood & Abbotsford
The Bendigo is everything that's great about Collingwood: dark, divey and straight down the line. It's got a great roster of local and international…
St Kilda, Elwood & Elsternwick
Theatre Works is one of Melbourne's veteran independent theatre companies. With award-winning creative director John Sheedy at the helm, the company's…
St Kilda, Elwood & Elsternwick
Recent releases and cult classics by the sea, with bar service and the option of renting blankets ($4) and bean-bag lounges ($9). Sunday screenings…
Warrnambool
A major venue for live productions and shows, the Lighthouse occupies a striking space that incorporates the original facade of the 1890 town hall. Check…
Geelong Performing Arts Centre
Geelong
Geelong’s major arts venue uses three theatres and a variety of outdoor venues to stage local productions, as well as touring professional dance, musical…
Victoria
Adding to the charm of a spectacular historical streetscape is this grand 1930s cinema that screens the latest Hollywood flicks. Online tickets bring…
Melbourne
On the outside Her Majesty's is painted-brick Second Empire; on the inside it’s 1930s Moderne. The home of musical comedy since 1880 and still going…
Victoria
Sale's contemporary arts centre hosts a quality program of theatre productions, live comedy and music performances. Check its website for the schedule.
Melbourne
This beautifully renovated 1854 theatre is the venue for super-slick musicals. It even has a resident ghost, that of opera singer Federici.
Geelong
A wool-industry building (c 1927) turned entertainment complex, the Wool Exchange has a good roster of Aussie indie bands.
Melbourne
Animal and adventure films in 3D screen on a grand scale here, with movies specially made for these giant screens.
Melbourne
The opulent Regent, built as a picture palace in 1929, hosts big-name musicals, opera, comedy and concerts.
Victorian High Country
Local cinema screening new releases with a bar for refreshments in a historic bluestone building.
Melbourne
Part of Arts Centre Melbourne, this large, round structure is well known for its excellent acoustics, with decor inspired by Australia’s mineral and…
Melbourne
Dedicated to innovation and accessibility, this opera company's program, pleasingly, doesn’t always play it safe. New Australian works and performances…
Melbourne
Known in AFL-mad Melbourne as the not-round ground, this rectangular pitch is enclosed within a striking honeycombed-bioframe stadium with a capacity of…
Melbourne
After the Public Bar, a much-loved local institution, closed, Last Chance took over in the same spirit. There's been no spit-and-polish here and it's just…
Victoria
On a balmy evening locals flock to the beer garden at the back of this lounge bar in a classic art-deco building. Local, national, original and mainstream…
Melbourne
Home to the Australian Open tennis championship, the Melbourne Park precinct has 34 courts, including its centrepiece, Rod Laver Arena, and Melbourne…
Melbourne
Taking over from one of Melbourne's most infamous rock 'n' roll bars (called Pony), this new version may be more sanitised, but the good news is it's…
Melbourne
Opening in 2000, this multi-purpose stadium is home to the Melbourne United basketball team (www.melbourneutd.com.au) and the Melbourne Vixens netball…
Melbourne
This easy-to-access Docklands stadium seats around 50,000 people for regular AFL games and the odd one-day cricket match, Rugby Union test and Taylor…
Melbourne
Boutique art-deco gloriousness is on offer at this golden-age cinema, with eight individual theatres named after old cinemas from around the western…
Melbourne
This small cinema, smack bang in the middle of the city, uses synchronising chair movements, wind and in some cases a splash of water to add an extra…
Melbourne
This giant, versatile space with a retractable roof is used for headline international concerts and the Australian Open tennis championship. It's not the…
