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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jamie Martín Conducts Dvořák Smetana and Coll

2nd June, 2026

Melbourne University Choral Society and Box Hill Chorale: Bruckner Te Deum and...

25th May, 2026

Opera Australia – Gilbert and Sullivan: A Musical Celebration

23rd May, 2026

Australian String Quartet: Interwoven

22nd May, 2026

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Gran Partita

19th May, 2026

Opera Australia: 70th Anniversary Gala

19th May, 2026

Reviews

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Jamie Martín Conducts Dvořák Smetana and Coll

by Julie McErlain 2nd June, 2026

A truly fine Melbourne Symphony Orchestra delivered not only a superb Saturday afternoon concert at the conclusion of its three-part Symphonic …

by Julie McErlain 2nd June, 2026

Melbourne University Choral Society and Box Hill Chorale: Bruckner Te Deum and Dvorak “Luzany” Mass

25th May, 2026

by Heather Leviston 25th May, 2026

Opera Australia – Gilbert and Sullivan: A Musical Celebration

23rd May, 2026

by Heather Leviston 23rd May, 2026

Australian String Quartet: Interwoven

22nd May, 2026

by Sue Kaufmann 22nd May, 2026

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Gran Partita

19th May, 2026

by Maree Gladwin 19th May, 2026

News

News: OperaChaser Critics Awards (OCCAs) 2025 Winners

by Classic Melbourne 5th February, 2026

Here is what you have all been waiting for: the Winners of the inaugural OperaChaser Critics Awards (OCCAs) for 2025. Below …

by Classic Melbourne 5th February, 2026

News: Nominations for the OperaChaser Critics Awards 2025

31st December, 2025

by Heather Leviston 31st December, 2025

News: Peninsula Summer Music Festival 2026

17th December, 2025

by Classic Melbourne 17th December, 2025

Victorian Opera: Season 2026

8th October, 2025

by Classic Melbourne 8th October, 2025

News: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Season 2026 – Celebrating 120 Years

15th August, 2025

by Heather Leviston 15th August, 2025

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0 events 1 0 events, 1	0 events 2 0 events, 2	2 events 3 2 events, 3 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: First Voices Showcase June 3 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: First Voices Showcase Program James Howard Nyirrimar Ngamatyata / To Lose Yourself at Sea Aaron Wyatt The Things Which are Most Important Don't Always Scream the…, 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever June 3 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever Lock into two explosive and mesmerising works from Sydney Dance Company by Melanie Lane and Antony Hamilton. First Love Lock. Fantastical folk… $39 – $89	1 event 4 1 event, 4 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever June 4 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever Lock into two explosive and mesmerising works from Sydney Dance Company by Melanie Lane and Antony Hamilton. First Love Lock. Fantastical folk… $39 – $89	1 event 5 1 event, 5 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever June 5 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever Lock into two explosive and mesmerising works from Sydney Dance Company by Melanie Lane and Antony Hamilton. First Love Lock. Fantastical folk… $39 – $89	3 events 6 3 events, 6 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever June 6 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever Lock into two explosive and mesmerising works from Sydney Dance Company by Melanie Lane and Antony Hamilton. First Love Lock. Fantastical folk… $39 – $89, 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 6 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368, 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever June 6 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever Lock into two explosive and mesmerising works from Sydney Dance Company by Melanie Lane and Antony Hamilton. First Love Lock. Fantastical folk… $39 – $89	1 event 7 1 event, 7 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 7 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368
2 events 8 2 events, 8 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 8 @ 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368, 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 8 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368	1 event 9 1 event, 9 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 9 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368	2 events 10 2 events, 10 1:30 pm - 4:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 10 @ 1:30 pm - 4:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368, 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 10 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368	1 event 11 1 event, 11 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 11 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368	2 events 12 2 events, 12 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Melbourne Bach Choir: Rachmaninov All Night Vigil (vespers) Op 37 June 12 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Melbourne Bach Choir: Rachmaninov All Night Vigil (vespers) Op 37 Following their triumphant performance of J.S. Bach’s St Matthew Passion on Good Friday at Melbourne Recital Centre, the Melbourne Bach Choir… $15 – $60, 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 12 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368	2 events 13 2 events, 13 1:30 pm - 4:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 13 @ 1:30 pm - 4:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368, 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368	0 events 14 0 events, 14
1 event 15 1 event, 15 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 15 @ 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368	1 event 16 1 event, 16 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet June 16 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet The greatest love story. The grandest stage. John Cranko interprets Shakespeare’s immortal text into a beloved classical ballet. The story you… $68 – $368	0 events 17 0 events, 17	1 event 18 1 event, 18 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	1 event 19 1 event, 19 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 19 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	1 event 20 1 event, 20 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	2 events 21 2 events, 21 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Preston Symphony Orchestra: Preston goes to Paris June 21 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Preston Symphony Orchestra: Preston goes to Paris Take a trip to Paris with the next concert by the Preston Symphony Orchestra! This is a program that spans 100… $25, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64
1 event 22 1 event, 22 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 22 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	1 event 23 1 event, 23 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	1 event 24 1 event, 24 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 24 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	1 event 25 1 event, 25 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 25 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	1 event 26 1 event, 26 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 26 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	1 event 27 1 event, 27 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering June 27 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering Beneath the constellation of its creative and cultural legacy, Australia’s leading Indigenous performing arts company, Bangarra Dance Theatre, will present a program of three powerful works: 'Keeping Grounded', 'Brown Boys', and 'Sheoak', which honour Bangarra’s past while looking to the future. $64	0 events 28 0 events, 28
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June 3

June 3 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: First Voices Showcase

June 3 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 4

June 4 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 5

June 5 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 6

June 6 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 6 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 6 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 7

June 7 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 8

June 8 @ 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 8 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 4

June 4 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 5

June 5 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 6

June 6 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 6 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 6 @ 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm

RISING and Sydney Dance Company present Love Lock and Forever & Ever

June 7

June 7 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 8

June 8 @ 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 8 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 9

June 9 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 10

June 10 @ 1:30 pm - 4:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 10 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 11

June 11 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 12

June 12 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Melbourne Bach Choir: Rachmaninov All Night Vigil (vespers) Op 37

June 12 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 13

June 13 @ 1:30 pm - 4:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

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June 15

June 15 @ 6:30 pm - 9:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

June 16

June 16 @ 7:30 pm - 10:10 pm

The Australian Ballet: Romeo and Juliet

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June 18

June 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 19

June 19 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 20

June 20 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 21

June 21 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Preston Symphony Orchestra: Preston goes to Paris

June 21 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 22

June 22 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 23

June 23 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 24

June 24 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 25

June 25 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 26

June 26 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

June 27

June 27 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

Bangarra Dance Theatre: Sheltering

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