Major events
From colourful racing carnivals to Grand Slam tennis, there's always something exciting happening in Victoria. With food and wine events, jazz, and comedy shows, surfing tournaments, and flower and garden displays – Victoria celebrates with major festivals and special events throughout the year.
Melbourne
2 - 21 Mar 2012
Raise a toast to regional producers, hatted chefs and pioneering vintners and savour a meal and a glass of wine at delicious food festival events.
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8 - 15 Mar 2012
Step out with the seriously stylish at Australia's biggest fashion event featuring fabulous entertainment, runway shows and workshops.
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15 - 18 Mar 2012
Get the motor running and enjoy a long weekend of F1 action on and off the track including motor shows, air displays and of course, the big race.
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28 Mar - 1 Apr 2012
Sprout green thumbs in response to the sensory explosions of colour and design to be dug up at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show.
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28 Mar - 22 Apr 2012
Get your laughs on in Melbourne as it becomes the funniest place on earth every April when the best comedians descend on clubs and notable venues.
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4 - 8 Apr 2012
Witness the spills and thrills as cyclists from 40 countries contest the final track cycling qualifying event before the 2012 London Olympics.
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1 - 10 Jun 2012
Seek something new in Melbourne's jazz bars and clubs over the Queens Birthday weekend, and catch exclusive international acts and local newcomers.
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1 - 5 Aug 2012
Think of the Melbourne Art Fair as a local gallery opening on a massive scale, with art to blow your mind, fashionable people, and a drink to be had.
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2 - 19 Aug 2012
Ensure your winter's complete by cramming your minipass with every award-winning, big-budget, no-budget, international, local film and events at MIFF.
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24 Aug - 2 Sep 2012
It might be a festival of and for writers, but in 2011 the Melbourne Writers Festival is seeking Stories From Every Angle in film, song and politics.
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7 - 29 Sep 2012 (dates to be confirmed)
Choose a team, scoff a meat pie and barrack hard with passionate Melburnians at this spectacular crescendo of 22 weeks of the Aussie Rules season.
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15 Sep - 18 Nov 2012 (dates to be confirmed)
Soak up the buzz on and off the track as glamourous punters and champion thoroughbreds descend on Melbourne for six weeks of Spring Carnival action.
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10 - 27 Oct 2012
Cram a year's worth of high art into two weeks and see the cream of Australian and international theatre, dance, visual arts, opera and music.
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3 - 10 Nov 2012
Get your gladrags on for the style, fashion and glamour of Flemington in November, and don't forget to have a flutter on the Race That Stops A Nation.
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26 - 30 Dec 2012
Get out the zinc and the novelty hat and join up to 100,000 seasonal cricket fans for a sporting event that's become a fixture in the festive season.
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Regional Victoria
24 - 26 Feb 2012
The SBK Superbike World Championship is one of the top three global motor sport series alongside Formula 1 and MotoGP.Attracting approximately...
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3 - 15 Apr 2012
Surf's up at Bells Beach every Easter, when the world's top ranked surfers carve up the waves and compete for the most sought after trophy in surfing.
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1 - 3 May 2012
Spend a day or a week in Warrnambool for a combination of country racing charm and premier events, including Australia's longest thoroughbred race.
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8 - 11 Jun 2012
The National Celtic Festival is held annually over the June long weekend in Portarlington. It is now the southern hemisphere's largest and most...
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26 - 28 Oct 2012 (dates to be confirmed)
Make the pilgrimage to Australia's home of motorcycle racing with friends and family, meet up with old mates and celebrate on an island full of fans.
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