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Things to do in the Easter School Holidays Melbourne 2023
The Easter School Holidays are fast approaching, and Melbourne is bursting with fun and engaging entertainment to keep the kids amused. The Autumn School Holidays run from Friday 7 April 2023 – Sunday 23 April 2023.
These are my top picks for what’s on in the Easter / Autumn School Holidays in Melbourne.
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival
This year the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is back bigger than ever with tons of kid-friendly entertainment. Running from 24 March until 18 April 2021 at various locations around Melbourne. The Festivals’ treasured ‘free’ family program includes The (Very) Big Laugh Out at Fed Square and Melbourne Museum. Ticketed events for families and kids include Sean Choolburra’s Didj and Dance, Comedy Club for Kids and over 20 more shows.
Date: 24 March 2023 – 18 April 2023
Location: various locations around Melbourne
Music Play Families Festival
Melbourne Recital Centre is inspiring kids and families during the April school holidays with two jam-packed days of creative fun at the Music Play Families Festival. Families can enjoy Australia’s favourite entertainers and unlock new ways to learn, listen, play and discover music together. The festival features a series of big and mini concerts, workshops and free foyer fun.
Date: 17 – 18 April 2023
Location: Melbourne Recital Centre
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Tesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Tesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers is returning to the Dandenong Ranges this autumn, with well over three million flowers on display. Families can enjoy live entertainment and be enchanted by contemporary circus performances high above the flowers on sway poles, acrobats, mythical creatures and sprites. Kids aged 16 and under are FREE.
Date: 25 March 2023 – 25 April 2023
Location: 357 Monbulk Road, Silvan
Mr Stink
David Walliams’ award-winning book Mr Sink, will come to life on stage at Bunjil Place during these School Holidays. It all starts when Chloe, just about the loneliest girl in the world, makes friends with Mr Stink, the local tramp. Sure he smells a bit, but he’s the only person who’s ever been nice to her. So, when Mr Stink needs a place to stay, Chloe decides to hide him in the garden shed.
Now Chloe’s got to make sure no one finds out her secret, but she’s about to learn that some secrets have a way of leading to disaster.
Date: 12 – 13 April 2023
Time: 6 pm (Wed), 10.30 am (Thurs)
Location: Bunjil Place Theatre
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The Scientwits – MORE Wrong Experiments!
The Scientwits are back with another hilarious and brand-new show! Hop, skip or jump into their disastrous science lab for… ‘MORE Wrong Experiments!’
There will be science, there will be mess and sadly, for poor Scientist Sam absolutely nothing will go to plan thanks to Captain Chaos! This one-of-a-kind, high-energy and interactive sketch comedy show for kids is not to be missed.
Date: 12 – 23 April 2023
Time: various times
Location: Gasworks Arts Park, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park
Little Food Festival
Young foodies will be treated to a jam-packed program of fun-filled and free activities, workshops and performances at this year’s Little Food Festival.
The festival will be split into six activity zones, with fun things to do in each zone themed around an element of the food system: from growing food to moving it, buying it, cooking it, eating, and disposing or reusing it sustainably.
Date: 19 & 20 April 2023
Time: 10 am – 4 pm
Location: Main Square, Fed Square
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We try our best to provide accurate information on kid-friendly events around Victoria but do recommend parents check details directly to confirm dates, times, prices as some details may be subject to change.
