October 2026 in Melbourne

We’ve added heaps of new shows to help us celebrate our 30th birthday 🪩

Syzygy X 🤫🤫 on the 8th of October

Drag Bingo with Barbra Who

Jack Earle Quartet Live at Bird's Basement

The Bruno Mars Experience live and intimate at Paris Cat Jazz Club

f5ve + The Deep Australian Debut

Sidney Phillips Album Launch

FLANNYS AT FANNYS

Sarkodie Live in Melbourne

Sacred Trancefusion - Divination Dreaming Afterparty

Special bonus quartet gig

Tony & Gaga: An Opulent Big Band Experience

Mushroom Jazz

Housewarming

mdc returns to @solace.bar for a special deep-space delivery with Eora/Sydney’s Cousin activating club mode alongside DJ Possum and Myles Mac.

DOWNSTAIRS DISCO #16

Internet Romance ✦ Hometown Launch ✦

Melbourne and Sydney Tour Stops - Group of 5 Passes

@sarkodie is bringing the heat to Melbourne 🔥

YOUR #1 SUNDAY NIGHT FOR OVER 5 YEARS! KING’S BIRTHDAY EVE CELEBRATION

First interstate show at Grace Darling hotel

THE LANDLORD IS COMING. Sarkodie LIVE in Australia

MARCUS CHEN & LEO NGUYEN: CHOPIN, MENDELSSOHN, LA TOMBELLE & HONEGGER

The BIG ASS World Tour

Post Malone: BIG ASS World Tour

Flannys on Fannys

SETTING THE TONE.

Only Melbourne show coming up fast

Fool Nelson return!

Dancehall Ting

OUR LAST SHOW OF 2026!

THE EV MARKET

Fool Nelson - The WA trio return to the bandroom celebrating their deluxe EP and latest single ‘Keepsake’

Sip, swirls, & sing-alongs...Live In The Vineyard recap!🎶

RAFET live at Northcote Monastery on October 10 - with special guests @christian.evripidou Axion Estin Byzantine Choir @firasmassouh

Employee of the month

One year of House Cat

THE SEEDLING Series 3

Love letter to the 90s

From Ashes To New Australian Tour

OCTOBER AT SELECTA. A month of good pours, good food, and a few nights worth dressing up for.

Clan Analogue's Emerge event

MELBOURNE! 13-18 OCT! @trainscendencemelbourne! 7:45PM! LINK IN BIO! Enter a cool house cat, leave an even cooler lion/tiger/leopard/whichever large feline you prefer. Our @melbfringe split bill!

MARIA GADÚ COMING UP

NERD NITE MELBOURNE

SYNTHESIS: TALKS AND PERFORMANCES CURATED BY MESS

first gig of my own music in a long while!

in some news, i have some shows next month

Heading Home Australian Tour

TOTEM QUARTET playing two improvised sets at @baroussou Oct 15 come a stranger leave a friend

Ghosts of Grunge: The Voices That Lived Loud and Died Young

AD returns to the Sub Club basement with two very special EU technicians of dance

Don Walker - Love Songs Tour

You know the drill. Melbourne were back at it with a fully stacked lineup inside @newguernica

SOEN + THE OMNIFIC Australian shows

Discoteca Italiana: Arrivederci Roma

Album Release Night featuring @shotkickersmelb, @moxiedelite, @kitty_obsidian and @belial.bzarr

yama | Friday 16 October 2026

Queer music, film and access collide at The Capitol!

Live Music Show at @ec_brunswick celebrating 20th birthday

Live @shotkickersmelb with @moxiedelite, @belial.bzarr and @kitty_obsidian. Phantom Panda power Wizard master smasher vinyl release.

THE CROXTON BLOCK PARTY

The Ultimate Luke Combs Tribute Show

Mudhoney heading back to the Torquay Hotel

Melbourne Rooftop Terrace Day Party

Day Clubbing

Jungle Mania Naarm

Telemuzik Springtime Sermon

SUBTERRAINEA: New Wave Alternative Britpop

NO CIGAR Australia

Apollo Anthems

Live hardware acts event at Sooki Lounge

Paris Cat Sessions October 17th-31st

Come Away With Me - Ladies Who Jazz

OLD SKOOL BINGO

Rooftop Terrace day party

Concierto Homenaje a Tito Rojas

LiuLiu’s Bizarre Adventure

The Weekend Is Coming Up

Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil) and The Family Dog

RE-UNITED

Rebirth Brass Band

No One Was Driving the Car Australian headline tour

Most large music venues take 10-20% commission on an artist’s gross merch sales. We don’t.

FRONT & CENTRE AT HOWLER

WAVYLAND & CLUBHAUS PRESENT CAMGIRL

FIFTY FIVE BAR x ZIVY ART EXHIBITION LAUNCH PARTY

Next Beep-boop adventure is my single launch

DJ OPTIMISM ALL NIGHT LONG

GOT THE SAUCE returns to @solace.bar with something special. INTRODUCING: HAUSM8S (LIVE)

The Nutcracker

WE’RE BACK. 🌐 — @waxmusiclounge Global sounds. No borders. 4 selectors. 1 dancefloor.

Thornbury Crawl 2026

THORNBURY CRAWL

THORNBURY CRAWL

THE REVOLVER BUILDINGS PARTY

Ruff Kutz @ qqqst.park - Lucid Release Celebration

EUPHORIA

Next gig ! Miss Implicit (NZ) supported by B2B DKRUZ

Stiff Gins with special guest Kerryn Fields

thornbury crawl

JHONNY RIVERA Australian Tour Melbourne

Meet us at Howler... Sunday 25 October 🪩

Rising of the Dead

THE GIVING GIG VOL. 3

Book Doof: A Rave for Readers!

Toby Barrett Quintet

This Sunday at @ngvmelbourne we're putting on a fun fundraiser that's hard to explain. It's happening from 10am to 5pm as part of #melbourneartbookfair. See you there!

FREE SHOW @brunswickartistsbar with the wonderful @harrietwraithh and @the_mischievous_insomniac

Fast, freaky, fun genre-fluid dance music tonight from Ireland's SHAMPAIN + locals CRŸBABY and C000KIE take the decks tonight for SLAMROSS1000's Dance Party. Tickets on the door all night, starting from 10pm!⁠

Evenings In Honduras National Tour

Phato Amano discotheque

Ms Collins Fridays Halloween Party

The Love Me Tour

Youth Group 20th Anniversary Show at The Ev

THANK YOU for celebrating the launch of NOCTURNA with us!!

END OF DAYS TOUR

FLAUNT RAVE

OYE FERIADO @ Baroq House

Death at the Prom

DARTZ WILL PLAY MELBOURNE ON HALLOWEEN

Plain White T’s Melbourne headline show

ASYLUM HALLOWEEN RAVE

James Pepper – Cup Weekend Saturday

Halloween DnB Set at Sooki Lounge

Alumbra Halloween Special

OCTOBER PROGRAMME // 17 YEARS OF NEW GUERNICA

A Derby Day Showcase

Derby Day Rooftop Party