Melbourne Festivals & Events Calendar 2008

January

(1st) Hanging Rock Races

(1st) Maryborough Highland Gathering

(1-16) Van Gogh (Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(15th-16th) Delatite SummerFestival,Mansfeild

(17th-30th) Ford Australian Open (Tennis), Melbourne

(21st) Benson & Hedges World Series (Cricket), Melbourne

(26th-30th) Monsalvat Jazz Festival, Melbourne

February

(11th-20th) Melbourne Music Festival

(12th-13th) Southern 80 Boat Races (Torrumbarry to Echuca)

(17th-20th) Australian Masters Golf Tournament, Melbourne

(19th-20th) Macedon Wine & Music Festival

(20th) Echuca Riverboats Wine and Jazz Festival

(26th-20th Mar) Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

(27th) Harvest Picnic at Hanging Rock

March

(1st-20th) Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

(4th-14th) Ballarat Begonia Festival

(5th-6th) Yarra Valley Grape Grazing

(11th-14th) Port Fairy Folk Festival

(11th-20th) Moomba Festival, Melbourne

(12th-13th) Tastes of Rutherglen

(12th-13th) Wood, Wine and Roses Festival, Heywood

(13th) Gippsland Harvest Festival

(12th-20th) Garden Week, Melbourne

(19th-20th) Rutherglen Gourmet Getaway

(20th) Goulburn Valley Vintage Festival

(20th) Red Hill Food & Wine Festival at Coolart

(30th-23rd May) Arthur Boyd (Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(30th-5th April) Bells Beach Easter Surfing Classic

April

(1st-24th) Melbourne Comedy Festival

(1st-23rd May) Aurthur Boyd(Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(2nd-4th) Stawell Easter Gift (Foot Race)(3rd) Bendigo Wine Festival

(16th-17th) "Tour des Pyrenees" Cycling Event

(23rd-7th May) Bright Autumn Festival

(25th) Pyrenees Vignerons Race Meeting, Avoca

May

(3rd-5th) Warrnambool May Race Carnival

(7th-8th) Grampians Gourmet Weekend

(7th-8th) Mansfield Harvest Festival

June

(5th) Qantas Melbourne Marathon

(10th-13th) Winery Walkabout, Rutherglen

(10th-13th) Mornington Peninsula Wine Weekend

July

(2nd-4th) Daylesford Mid Winter Festival

(2nd-24th) Winter Fest In Warburton

(21st-8Aug) Melbourne International Film Festival

(22nd-5th Oct) Durer (Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(29th-2nd) Wool Heritage Week, Hamilton

(30th-31st) Melbourne Orchid Fair & Show

August

(1st-5th Oct) Durer (Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(9th-12th) Melbourne Exhibition of Victoria Winemakers

(20th-29th) Melbourne Age Writers Festival

(28th) Sip'n Sup in Sunbury

(20th-28th) Melbourne International Home show

September

(1st-5th Oct) Durer (Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(2nd-12th) Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival

(16th-20th) Golden Wattle Festival, Maryborough

(22nd-10Oct) Melbourne Fringe Festival

(17th-16th Oct) Tesselar's Tulip Festival, Silvan

(21st-31st Oct) Renoir (Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(22nd-23rd) Rutherglen Wine Show

(29th) Melbourne Arts Fair

October

(1st-5th) Durer (Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(1st-16th) Tesselar's Tulip Festival, Silvan

(1st-9th) Halls Gap Wildflower Festival

(1st-31st) Renoir (Art Exhibition), Melbourne

(2nd-23rd) Melbourne Fringe Arts Festival

(7th-23rd) Melbourne International Arts Festival

(7th-17th) Golden Gateway Festival, Ararat

(8th-19th Nov) Spring Racing Carnival, Melbourne

(11th-16th) Avoca Wool and Wine Festival

(14th-23rd) Rich River Festival, Echuca

(15th) Taltarni Cup at Avoca Races

(27th-1st Nov) Geelong Spring Festival

(28th-30th) Sunraysia Wine and Jazz Festival

(28th-1st Nov) Mansfield Mountain Country Festival

(28th-6th Nov) Castlemaine State Festival

(29th-1stNov) Wangaratta Festival of Jazz

(29th-Nov 1) Mornington Peninsula Carnival of Wine

(29th-Nov 6) Geelong Gourmet Wine and Food Week

(29th-30th) Macedon Budburst Wine Celebration

November

(1st) Mornington Peninsula Carnival of Wine

(1st) Mansfield Mountain Country Festival

(1st-6th) Castlemaine State Festival

(1st-6th) Geelong Gourmet Wine & Food Week

(1st-19th) Spring Racing Carnival, Melbourne

(13th) Yarra Valley Spring Wine and Food Festival

(19th-20th) Brown Brothers Wine and Food Weekend

(26th-5Dec) Eureka 150

December

(26th) Golden Spurs Myrtleford Rodeo

(27th-31st) Red Cross Murray River Ultra Marathon, Swan Hill