After-work events in Melbourne this weekend: what’s on?
25 events from Friday, October 30 to Sunday, November 1, 2026. Highlights: Willowbank Grove | Mind Games Tour (The Espy (Hotel Esplanade), Friday, October 30), 100 Years Of The Thornbury Theatre (Thornbury Theatre, Saturday, October 31), 1-800 GIRLS (The Underpass, Sunday, November 1). Free: 8. Busiest venues: The Espy (Hotel Esplanade), The Drunken Poet, Wesley Anne.
Friday, October 30, 2026
Saturday, October 31, 2026
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4 PM
100 Years Of The Thornbury Theatre
Twine · Media Puzzle · Wet Kiss · Supernew · Acopia · Exek · Blue Communications
$70 Tickets
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5:30 PM
FORGE FESTIVAL
Scar the Surface · Transience · Bear the Mammoth · EKOSA · Binary Pulse · Rat Tomb · Matahari
$23.75 Tickets
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6:30 PM
Prom-O-Ween - Strawberry Fist Cake's Sweet 16th and 30 years of No Idea
Half Pints · No Idea · Strawberry Fist Cake · Trauma Cats
$23.50 Tickets
Sunday, November 1, 2026
Questions and answers
- After-work events in Melbourne this weekend: how many events?
- 25 events from Friday, October 30 to Sunday, November 1, 2026.
- After-work events in Melbourne this weekend: what are the highlights?
- Highlights: Willowbank Grove | Mind Games Tour (The Espy (Hotel Esplanade), Friday, October 30), 100 Years Of The Thornbury Theatre (Thornbury Theatre, Saturday, October 31), 1-800 GIRLS (The Underpass, Sunday, November 1).
- After-work events in Melbourne this weekend: which venues?
- Busiest venues: The Espy (Hotel Esplanade) (3), The Drunken Poet (2), Wesley Anne (2).
- After-work events in Melbourne this weekend: is anything free?
- Yes. Free: 8, including Free Wine Tasting with Pool Wines, David Craven and Jon S Williams.
- After-work events in Melbourne this weekend: which day has the most?
- Friday, October 30, 2026, with 9 events.
