Melbourne is the music festival city. There’s something for everyone, all year long. While we’ve said goodbye to some favourites in recent years, the good City of Melbourne is constantly conjuring up more music-fuelled festival activities to keep the walls from closing in.If anything, there are too many music festivals in Melbourne. If only there was a dedicated guide to help you keep all of them in one place…
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Here’s our guide to the best, greatest, and most unmissable music festivals in Melbourne.The baby sibling of the widely beloved Port Fairy Folk Festival, the Port Fairy Jazz Festival takes place from 7-9 February, in the quaint beachside town about a three-hour drive south-west of Melbourne.Port Fairy, Victoria, tickets and info here.Laneway started out in 2005 as a cool, DIY-style festival in a CBD – you guessed it – laneway, and now it’s one of the country’s biggest one-day music festivals. Usually held at Flemington Racecourse, the Laneway lineup frequently draws big international acts, as well as home-grown favourites. It’s filled with underage kids and vape smoke.448 Epsom Road, Flemington, tickets and info here.
1. Port Fairy Jazz Festival
2. St Jerome’s Laneway Festival
3. St Kilda Festival
4. Brunswick Music Festival
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5. Port Fairy Folk Festival
6. Golden Plains Music Festival
7. Pitch Music and Arts Festival
8. RISING Festival
9. Woodend Winter Arts Festival
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10. Mornington Winter Music Festival
11. Now or Never
12. The Eighty-Six Music Festival
13. Melbourne International Jazz Festival
14. Always Live Music Festival
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