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Events Calendar

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  • August 2025

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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

August 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

Playing the works from their vast back catalogue that have earned the brothers justifiable recognition as Australia’s finest classical guitarists.

$52 – $65

0 events, 2

1 event, 3

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

August 3 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

Ethereal French melodies to elevate your soul and senses. This is truly music of the ethereal realm. A French program featuring…

$30 – $65

1 event, 4

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

August 4 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

Anna Rabinowicz, flute Molly Collier-O’Boyle, viola Melina van Leeuwen, harp Much like the creeping, evergreen perennial, Violets trio have hit the…

$22 – $30

1 event, 5

7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

August 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

Marking the 130th birthday of the German-American composer, violist, music theorist, conductor and teacher Paul Hindemith in a concert featuring works…

Free

2 events, 6

6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with conductor Shiyeon Sung. Join us for an hour in some…

$15 – $19
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

Take a peek behind the scenes at an open rehearsal with conductor Shiyeon Sung. Join us for an hour in some…

$15 – $19

3 events, 7

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

August 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

A celebration of trailblazing women composers. Join Melbourne musicians Jasper Ly (oboe) and Peter Dumsday (piano) for TENERA, a journey through…

$30 – $37
7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

One of classical music’s most striking and captivating musical personalities, Simone Lamsma makes her MSO debut performing Tchaikovsky’s expressive and virtuosic…

$20 – $127

1 event, 8

7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

August 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

'The most sought-after singer on the planet' - BBC Superstar soprano Danielle de Niese shot to stardom in Australia at the age…

$35 – $149

2 events, 9

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196
7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

One of classical music’s most striking and captivating musical personalities, Simone Lamsma makes her MSO debut performing Tchaikovsky’s expressive and virtuosic…

$20 – $127

4 events, 10

2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

Can music describe a person? Flinders Quartet explores this with new pieces by Eötvös, Singh, and Nicolas, and Borodin’s second quartet.…

$40 – $50
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander…

$30 – $167
3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

Choristry's second concert of 2025 features choral music about birds. This eclectic program ranges from Orlando Gibbons to contemporary pieces by…

$35
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 10 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

The power of the mind, the body, and music. Dive into an extraordinary multi-artform experience where the meticulous intellect of Johann…

$20 – $196

1 event, 11

7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

A celebration of the power of music featuring Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No.1 with superstar pianist Alexander…

$30 – $167

2 events, 12

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

August 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

Can music describe a person? Flinders Quartet explores this with new pieces by Eötvös, Singh, and Nicolas, and Borodin’s second quartet.…

$42 – $53
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

1 event, 13

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

The MSO is about to hit the road on its first European tour in more than a decade. Join Jaime Martín…

$37.40 – $49

1 event, 14

7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

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4 events, 16

7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 16 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

Choristry's second concert of 2025 features choral music about birds. This eclectic program ranges from Orlando Gibbons to contemporary pieces by…

$35
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

Omega Ensemble presents Elevator Music, a captivating showcase of the clarinet featuring legendary British clarinettist Michael Collins in his first Australian…

7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

An evening of romantic and dramatic chamber music. Witness three of Australia’s most compelling musicians unite for an evening of richly…

$20 – $53
7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

Victorian Opera presents a bold adaptation of Mozart’s early masterpiece, The Abduction from the Seraglio, reimagined as Abduction at the Palais…

$30 – $170

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7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

August 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

Liana plays the electro-acoustic pedal harp, coupled with amplification and analogue effects pedals to extend the sonority of her instrument.

$20

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1 event, 30

7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

August 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

Excelsis, Chime Choir and the Yarra Philharmonic Orchestra give the Australian première of Dan Forrest's 'Creation', with soloists Rachael Joyce (Soprano)…

$25 – $30

1 event, 31

2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

August 31 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

A Cathedral in Sound : Bach’s Mass in B minor

$70
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August 1
August 1 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Grigoryan Brothers: Amistad

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August 3
August 3 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Corpus Medicorum & The Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Atmosphere – Concert #3

August 4
August 4 @ 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

Tempo Rubato: Violets – Winter Tour : Vanishing Points

August 5
August 5 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Melbourne Conservatorium of Music – Hindemith: A Celebration

August 6
August 6 @ 6:30 am - 7:30 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presents Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 6 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Open Rehearsal with Shiyeon Sung

August 7
August 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Jasper Ly and Peter Dumsday – TENERA

August 7 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 8
August 8 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm

Australian Contemporary Opera Company: Danielle de Niese

August 9
August 9 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 9 @ 7:30 pm - 9:40 pm Event Series

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

August 10
August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Flinders Quartet at Montsalvat – Musical Friends

August 10 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 10 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 10 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Event Series

Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: Circa & The Art of Fugue

August 11
August 11 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Gershwin & Shostakovich

August 12
August 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

August 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 13
August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

August 14
August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 16
August 16 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

August 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 21
August 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

August 12
August 12 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Flinders Quartet: Musical Friends

August 12 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

August 13
August 13 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Send-off The Europe Tour Preview Concert

August 14
August 14 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

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August 16
August 16 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 pm Event Series

Choristry Presents A Flock of Birds

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

August 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:20 pm

Melbourne Recital Centre & Kristian Chong: Chong, Barltrop and Narroway play Trios

August 16 @ 7:30 pm - 9:45 pm Event Series

Victorian Opera: Mozart’s “Abduction”

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August 21
August 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm Event Series

Kew Court House Live: Liana Perillo

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August 30
August 30 @ 7:30 pm - 9:35 pm

Creation

August 31
August 31 @ 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Heidelberg Choral Society: J.S. Bach – Mass in B Minor

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