April School Holidays

The Little Food Festival is Australia’s first food festival created especially for kids. A free community event, it promotes health, wellbeing and sustainability education, focused on the food system.

A free live music concert for all kids and families, particularly neurodivergent people, featuring music from Nat Bartsch’s new album, Forever Changed.

Enjoy some of your favourite Studio Ghibli films on the Big Screen these school holidays. Studio Ghibli Afternoons presents a daily double-feature, showcasing the iconic films of Hayao Miyazaki and his team.

Play Date is a dance party for little people and their families with pop music duo Turtle and Sugar Rush. Come early to enjoy colouring-in activities before the show. Registrations are required – it’s free to register.

One massive day of free-flowing family fun on Good Friday! Kick off the Easter long weekend with a huge day of laughs at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Take the kids to walk through the Test Garden at Fed Square, to see what’s growing, and watch the bees busily gathering nectar from the flowering plants. Can you spot a native blue-banded bee? Enjoy the experience at your own pace.

Journey through the past, present and future of the moving image through interactive experiences, digital innovation and captivating stories at ACMI’s free centrepiece exhibiton – open every day during the school holidays.

Why toddle when you can dance? Join DJ Monski Mouse and her dancers for this award-winning, epic session of bopping, bonkers, beautiful fun. Expect high-energy smiling to retro beats and thumping nursery rhymes. Get your disco-dancing booties on!

Jon & Jero love telling stories – but they’ve forgotten how they go! The Forgotten Tales is an improvised comedy experience for the whole family presented by Melbourne’s tallest comedy duo, Jon & Jero, alongside a live musician on piano.

Sam and Justin will be once again hitting the stage with brand-new illusions direct from a Las Vegas stage! Joining them will be the enchanting Ringmaster who, after searching far and wide, has finally found The Greatest Magic Show – and will do everything he can to keep it on track!

Playhouse Pantomimes is proud to present… absolutely anything you want! Their hilarious team of improvisers will make up a brand-new musical pantomime on the spot. But they need your help! Bring along a head full of ideas and they’ll create a fairytale based on suggestions that you, the audience, give them!

Tricky Nick is the funniest magician… ever. Laugh your guts out with Tricky Nick, the funniest, funnest and most extraordinary magician you’ve ever seen. 100% giggle guarantee.

Join Monski Mouse, and her super talented friends, for a live musical sing-a-long cabaret extravaganza of nursery classics, song, puppetry and bonkers fun for 0-5s and their parents/carers. All the big topics covered– elephants, fish, wiggly worms, transport and the existential ways of the toddler.

Our premier First Nations comedians present a one-off kids show. Laughs, singalongs, dance and an education for all no matter where you’re from and who’s your mob. Starring comedians Andy Saunders, Elaine Crombie, Janty Blair, Jay Wymarra, Kevin Kropinyeri & Sean Choolburra.

Join Emma and Corina for a hands-on workshop where you’ll make your own string and turn it into a one-of-a-kind necklace! Emma will show you how to twist together cool natural materials like flax and raffia, while Corina helps you design a personalized charm that connects to your identity and Country. You’ll leave with a unique piece of wearable art, and maybe a new appreciation for string. It’s creative, cultural, and totally fun!

Get ready to craft some cool jewellery with Wiradjuri artist Ange. In this relaxed workshop, you’ll make a necklace and bracelet using natural materials like emu feathers, seeds, and gumnuts. It’s all about having fun, embracing your own style, and breaking the rules—no pressure, just creativity! Come create something awesome and totally you!

This special family weaving workshop using recycled materials and raffia. Ange’s workshops offer a fun, meaningful and culturally safe space to learn simple weaving techniques to make a bracelet or earrings. It’s the perfect chance for families to get creative together and have fun crafting something special!

Get ready for a fun school holiday workshop with Emma where you’ll create awesome botanical prints on fabric. Use a portable press to press plants and watch tannins work their magic, creating unique prints. Experiment with different fabrics, discover cool Indigenous plants, and take home your own nature-inspired artwork. It’s a hands-on, creative adventure you won’t want to miss!

The exhibition features stunning creations by eight visionary First Peoples Designers from the KHT’s Blak Design Program 2024 and celebrates First Peoples fashion and textiles as powerful expressions of culture, history and identity. The pieces in the exhibition blend rich cultural traditions with bold contemporary design expression, seamlessly interweaving the history and identity of each individual designer.

These tours uncover the hidden histories and stories of Narrm. Led by a First Peoples guide, the tours provide a unique opportunity to touch and hold replica artifacts, including a possum-skin cloak, clap sticks, and a spear-thrower, while learning about their cultural significance.

Dalmatians, tabby cats and labradoodles! Cats and dogs come in many different colours, patterns, shapes and sizes. Celebrating the NGV exhibition Cats & Dogs, drop by NGV Australia, these school holidays and join drawing activities inspired by these much-loved furry friends.

Are you working on your art folio at school or perhaps you enjoy drawing in your free-time? Sharpen up your observational drawing skills with a local artist in these drop-by drawing sessions just for teens. These sessions are created especially for secondary school students aged 12 to 18 years. No prior art experience is required, and all materials will be provided.

Numbers are limited so booking is recommended.

Are you hungry to draw? Drop by The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia and draw your favourite food. Will it be pizza, a bowl of noodles or a big plate of beans? Eating healthy food, drawing pictures and spending time with family and friends helps make us feel good inside and out.

From dachshunds to danes, tabbies to tortoise shells, see how these beloved pets have captured our hearts through 250 works of art and design – plus, see your own pet displayed on the Gallery walls.

Showcasing the outstanding creativity and dedication of emerging artists across Victoria, Top Arts returns for its 31st year. Selected from over 1400 applicants, this year’s exhibition celebrates the exceptional talent of 40 students who have excelled in the VCE subjects of Art Making and Exhibiting and Art Creative Practice.