Free Kids Events in Melbourne, Giveaways & Discounts
🎉 Featured Events
🎉 Climb N' Play - Maidstone Birthday Party Giveaway 🥳
🎈What's Included?
✅ Private party room + dedicated host
✅ Full access to climbing walls & giant playground
✅ Homemade pizza & unlimited drinks
✅ Free grip socks or climbing shoes for all guests
✅ Party invites & special gift for the birthday child
📍 3/98–108 Hampstead Rd, Maidstone (near Highpoint)
🎟️ Climbnplay.com.au
🎡 Winter Wonderland Skyline
Skyline Melbourne transforms into a dreamy winter escape! Think hourly snowfalls, daily Elsa meet & greets, free kids crafts, s’mores by the fire, fondue in cosy igloos, wintery treats, rides and more!
🗓 5–20 July
📍 Skyline Melbourne, South Wharf (outside MCEC)
🎁 Win an unforgettable day out for 4 people:
🎡 Ferris Wheel ride; ⛳ 9-hole Mini Golf; 🎠 Tea Cup ride; 🧀 Cheese Fondue + 4 drinks!
🌟 LOST – A Magical World 🌿
This winter, step into the extraordinary with LOST — a spectacular, large-scale art installation that brings the beauty of nature to glowing life.
These breathtaking creations turn Bunjil Place into a dreamlike garden straight out of Wonderland.
🗓 11 – 27 Jul
🕓 10am – 10pm
📍 Bunjil Place, Narre Warren
🎟️ Free Event. No bookings needed.
🐇 FRITZ
The Magician’s Rabbit On a Mission! Madame Magica has vanished… and her rabbit FRITZ is taking over the show!
Expect chaos, magic, and laugh-out-loud mayhem in this 50-minute slapstick adventure full of puppetry and clowning fun. Created by Emilie Bloom, directed by award-winning Clare Bartholomew. 🎩 All ages welcome!
🗓 Friday 11 July 🕓 11AM & 3PM
📍 Glen Eira Town Hall, Caulfield
🎟️ Tickets $15 | Kids under 2 free
😍 Don’t forget to check out the full Storytelling Festival program to see what else is happening!
🐳 Island Whale Festival 2025
🗓️ 11–13 July
📍 Phillip Island
Winter on Phillip Island means one thing — WHALES are back! 🐋💙 Dive into a magical weekend celebrating the majestic humpback and southern right whales that grace our shores.
✨ Family fun alert! Whale watching cruises, kids’ crafts, citizen science, mind-blowing VR experiences, and a chance to meet real marine scientists!
🎶 Yamaha Music Education - 10% OFF!
Give your child the gift of confidence, coordination, and social connection through the world-renowned Yamaha Music Education System.
🌍 Trusted in 40+ countries | Loved by 650,000+ students
🎓 Backed by over 50 years of experience in Australia
✨ Special Offer: Get 10% off tuition for all new students enrolling in Semester 2!
🎉 Plus, join us for a FREE trial class – on 6th July
📍 Yamaha Music School: 1030 Dandenong Rd, Carnegie
❄️ Springvale Snow Fest
Get ready for a winter wonderland in the heart of Springvale! Bring the whole family for a magical day packed with:
⛄️ Snow Play; 🎭 Roving performers & stage shows; 🎡 Amusement rides; 🍔 Food trucks & market stalls; 🎨 Children’s activities galore!
🗓 Sunday 27 July 🕓 11am – 6pm
📍 Buckingham Avenue, Springvale
🎟 FREE event
🕵️ Crime Busters
Junior detectives, get ready! 🕵️♀️🕵️♂️
These school holidays, solve mysteries at Old Melbourne Gaol:
🗝️ Examine clues
🗝️ Crack puzzles
🗝️ Unravel Ned Kelly’s and Ann Davis’s secrets
Explore at your own pace in this fun, self-guided adventure! 🏰
🗓 Winter School Holidays
🕓 10am to 5pm
📍 Old Melbourne Gaol, Melbourne
🎭 Yong
Yong is a powerful new Aussie play for ages 10+, blending history and storytelling in an epic journey from China to the Ballarat goldfields in 1857. 🌏⛏
Based on Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son by Janeen Brian, this moving adventure explores family, courage, and finding strength when it matters most.
🗓 30 July – 2 August
📍 The Show Room, Arts Centre Melbourne
✨ Auslan interpreted performance: 2 Aug
❄️ Whitehorse - Winter Holiday Program
Stay entertained these school holidays with a range of fun and affordable activities! From sports to arts, environment, history, and family fun, there's something for all ages.
🏀 Basketball, Netball, Pickleball
🎭 The Listies
🍫 Hot Chocolate Scavenger Hunt
🐉 How to Train Your Dragon Craft
🦋 Insect Art & Textile Butterflies
🍣 Mini Master Cooks
🌼 Winter Garden Workshop, and a lot more!
🎟️ Booking required for most activities. Don’t miss out!
🎉 Roola Boola is BACK!
🎨 One of Melbourne’s most loved kids’ arts festivals returns these winter school holidays!
✨ 30+ events across venues including Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran Market & local libraries.
Workshops, multicultural cooking, magic shows, circus, music & more!
🎟️ Free & ticketed events for children aged 0–12.
📅 8–18 July | 👧 Ages 0–12
📍 Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran Market, local libraries & more
🏸 FREE Shuttle Smash Session
Looking for something fun (and free!) these school holidays? Bring the kids to Shuttle Smash, a high-energy intro to badminton designed just for them!
🏸 Games & activities
🏸 Free t-shirt
🏸 Filming for promotion (by registering, you agree to image use)
🗓 Monday 14 July 🕘 9am & 10am
📍 Narrandjeri Stadium, Thornbury
🎟️ Free but spots are limited!
🕰️ Time Travellers Scavenger Hunt
Step back in time at Pentridge Prison these school holidays! ✨
🔒 Follow clues & uncover hidden stories
🔒 Explore a fascinating former prison site
🔒 Fun for the whole family
This self-guided outdoor trail is perfect for curious minds—just bring adult supervision and dress for the weather!
🗓 5 - 20 July
🕓 10am – 4pm
📍 Pentridge Prison Tours, Melbourne
🧠 Brainchild: A Magic Show with a Mindful Twist!
Bring your family to Brainchild Created by the hilarious Big Bobby and his cheeky (invisible) sidekick Rhodneey, this brand-new magic show blends belly laughs, mind-blowing tricks, and a powerful mental health message your kids will actually remember. It’ll Blow Your Mind at the 2025 Melbourne Magic Festival!
🗓 Wed 16 July
🕓 11am (Pre-show Games 10.30am)
📍 5a Jamieson Street, St Albans
🎟️ Tickets $10
🦖 The ULTIMATE Dinosaur Experience DinoFest! 🦕
Rug up, grab a coffee, and get ready to travel back to the Jurassic! Meet our walking Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Spinosaurus, Pachycephalosaurs, and Ankylosaur, and lots of cute baby dinosaurs on the school holidays! 🦕
🗓 28 June - 20 July
📍 Nortons Park, Wantirna South
🦢 Musical Storytime: Bila’s Big Dance 🎵
🌧️ The Wheeler Centre and Orchestra Victoria bring Bila the Spoonbill to life with live music, storytelling, and a heartwarming tale of community and courage. Will Bila's big rain dance save the day? 🎻 Relaxed, interactive shows where kids help tell the story through music – perfect for ages 5–8 (but everyone’s welcome!)
🗓 10 – 12 July 🕓 10am, 11:30am & 1:30pm
📍 The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne
🎪✨ Elmo’s Circus Dream ✨🎪
Get ready, Melbourne! A magical new live show is hitting Caulfield Racecourse these July school holidays! 🎉
Join Elmo in a dreamy circus adventure packed with acrobatics, illusions, stunts, and all your favourite Sesame Street friends – Abby, Cookie Monster, Grover, Bert & Ernie! 🎪
🗓 27 June – 3 August
📍 Caulfield Racecourse
🎬 Children's International Film Festival
Get ready for the wildest, sweetest, and most magical kids' films from around the globe! This year’s lineup features a fresh twist on Bambi, fan favourites like the Moomins, Ernest & Celestine, the Elfkins, and Captain Sabertooth.
🗓 7 June – 20 July
📍 Lido, Classic & Cameo Cinemas
🎉 The Quizzical Mr Jeff
Step into a world of circus, comedy & impossible magic with the one and only Mr Jeff — a family fave that’ll have everyone grinning from ear to ear. Expect giant balloons, optical illusions, jaw-dropping tricks, and a whole lot of laughs. 🏆 Winner – Best Children's Show – Melbourne Magic Festival 2023 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Super fun show with laugh-out-loud moments for the whole family” – Eventalaide
👨👩👧👦 Perfect for all ages – mums, dads, kids, and even grandparents! 🗓 8–12 July 📍 Arrow on Swanston
🔥 Illumina at Flowerdale Estate 🌟
This winter, the historic grounds of Flowerdale Estate will come alive in a breathtaking celebration of light, music, and memory. 🌟 Wander glowing gardens 🔥 Toast marshmallows under the stars 🎨 Neon face-paint 🍽️ A la carte or casual eats 🏡 Accommodation available
🗓 10 – 13 July
📍Flowerdale Estate, Strath Creek
💣🔥 Melbourne, Can You Beat the Boom?
123Boom! is the real-life arcade game experience that’s taking Melbourne by storm! Solve puzzles, dodge lasers, battle flying monsters—and most importantly, stop the bomb before time runs out! ⏳
👥 Perfect for groups of 4-8 💥 6 immersive challenges that test your speed, skill & teamwork
🎯 Avoid lasers, solve puzzles & dodge flying monsters ♿ Wheelchair accessible
📍 551 Little Collins St, Melbourne CBD
📅 Choose your date & time
⏳ Duration: 75 minutes 👀 Age: 12+
🌈 SENSAS: A Multi-Sensory Experience
🖐️ Test all five senses (sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing) in both pitch-black and ultra-colourful workshops
✨ Gather your team to take on exciting challenges and surprising experiences in the Sensory Labs
🤩 Conquer your primary fears and embrace your emotions
🪙 Collect as many sensory charms as possible—each charm means a donation to a local charity supporting people with disabilities
💖 Perfect for groups of all sizes. Age requirement: 7+. Duration: 2 hours. 📍 South Yarra VIC
🔒 Prison Island
Where escaping isn’t the goal… winning is! 💥
Gather your crew and take on 34 epic prison cells filled with wild mental and physical challenges. 🧠💪
🎯 90 minutes of non-stop action
👫 Teams of 2–5 (perfect for families, friends, or co-workers)
🎉 Awesome for birthdays, bucks & hens—bride/groom plays FREE!
📍 The District Docklands
👧 Ages 7+ welcome!
🚢 Titanic: A Voyage Through Time
🌊 Travel back to 1912 and walk the Grand Staircase, explore the deck, and meet the passengers & crew in this breathtaking VR experience. 🕰️ Step into the past and explore the Titanic in full VR ⚓ Walk through iconic spaces like the lavish dining halls & Grand Staircase 🌊 Dive to the wreck and see Titanic as it rests today 📖 Discover real passenger & crew stories 👨👩👧👦 Perfect for families, history lovers & Titanic fans!
📍 Melbourne
⏳ Duration: 45 minutes
👦 Age: 8+ | Wheelchair accessible ♿
🕯️ Swan Lake by candlelight
Swan Lake by candlelight? Yes, please.
Experience Tchaikovsky’s iconic music & ballet at Collingwood Town Hall, surrounded by the soft glow of hundreds of candles 🎻🩰
📍 Collingwood Town Hall | 65 mins | Ages 8+
🍷 Add a paired tasting experience with Sidedoor by AmazingCo for the full night out
🪄 Harry Potter™: The Exhibition
✨ Melbourne, get ready for magic! ✨⚡
Step into the Wizarding World at Harry Potter: The Exhibition! This interactive and immersive experience brings you closer than ever to your favorite characters, props, and locations from the films. 🏰⚡
✨ Conjure your Patronus & test your Quidditch™ skills
🧙♂️ Get up close with authentic costumes & props
🎬 Go behind the scenes & uncover movie magic
🏰 Explore iconic spots like Hagrid’s Hut & The Great Hall
📍 Exhibition & Experience Centre, Melbourne
📅 Open daily 10am – 7pm
👨👩👧👦 All ages welcome! Wheelchair accessible ♿
🍹 Alcotraz: The World’s First Prison-Themed Cocktail Bar
Alcotraz is Melbourne’s immersive prison-themed cocktail bar, where you’ll wear an orange jumpsuit, sip secret cocktails, and dodge the Warden 👮♂️⛓️
🍹 4 custom cocktails (or swap for beer/wine)
🎭 New stories, new cocktails, same unforgettable chaos
📍 Melbourne | 18+ only
🧛♂️ Dracula Dance Show in the Moonlight
We Call It Cabaret brings Bram Stoker’s gothic classic to life with all-original songs, fierce dance numbers & a hauntingly beautiful twist 🌕✨
📍 Capitol Theatre, Melbourne
📅 Multiple dates available
🔥 Vampires, cabaret, and a whole lot of drama—get your tickets now!
⚖️ The Jury Experience
You’ve been called for jury duty… The Jury Experience is a gripping live theatre show where you decide the verdict. The Jury Experience: An Immersive Courtroom Case
📍 Melbourne
⏳ 60 mins | Ages 12+
🧩 Examine witness testimony
🧬 Analyse forensic clues
⚖️ Deliver the final verdict
Will you vote guilty or innocent? The power is in your hands.
✨ We call it Ballet: Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty like you’ve never seen before! 🩰🌟
We Call It Ballet lights up Melbourne with a glow-in-the-dark twist on the classic fairytale
🎭 Capitol Theatre, Melbourne
🌈 6 local dancers + glowing costumes = pure magic
🎵 A dazzling mix of ballet, light & storytelling
For ages 5+ | 60 mins | Wheelchair accessible
Don't miss this glowing experience!
