Here Comes the Bride Maling Heritage Centre. 190A Canterbury Road, Canterbury Monday 28 September to Friday 9 October (Monday to Friday 2pm to 5pm. Sunday, 11am to 5pm) Over the last few months, the Canterbury History Group and the Surrey Hills Historical Society have been researching the social history of...
Come and Try Croquet Croquet is a game of skill for all ages. It does not require speed or strength but does help develop hand-eye co-ordination and strategic thinking. It is as much a mental game as a physical one. Kew Croquet Club is always keen to attract new members....
Koonung Heights Uniting Church Open Day Koonung Heights Uniting Church Sunday 11 October from 10am to 12noon There has been a church building of some kind on the corner of Belmore and Winfield Roads since 1952. Back then it was a small, prefabricated Methodist church on an undeveloped block....
Thursday Girls Group Thursday Girls Group is a small not-for-profit which has been delivering free, weekly, professionally-led group counselling to women with this diagnosis for nearly 30 years across all of Melbourne, but predominantly in the eastern suburbs. Each year, we run one major fundraiser to help boost our funding,...
Kew Historical Society. 2026 Dickinson Lecture Wednesday, 14 October at 8pm Just Theatre, Kew Court House, 188 High Street Kew Vanessa Kowalski, the Head of Conservation at Grimwade Conservation Services will present and discuss Recent Projects for Materials Conservation.
N’Dene Riley. Exhibition - Ancestors Country Nature and Ocean. Launch ceremony Saturday 24 October, 2pm - 3:30pm Murnong First Peoples’ Gathering Place 100 High Street, Glen Iris adjacent to St Oswalds Church Exhibition showing until 12 December Gallery Opening Hours: Tuesdays 11am to 3pm, Wednesdays 11am to 3pm, Saturdays 11 am to 3pm
A Spiritually Reflective Afternoon Saturday 17th October, 2pm - 5pm. Parish Centre, St Faith’s Anglican Church, 6-8 Charles St, Glen Iris Join us in embracing a breathing space for reflection with Spring. Through poetry, music, prayer and walking the labyrinth, we offer you the space to explore what you would like to...
Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill. Box Hill Historical Society. Whitehorse Spring Festival Sunday, 18 October 2026 Whitehorse Civic Centre Precinct, 379-399 Whitehorse Rd, Nunawading Visit us at the Whitehorse Spring Festival and share with us your memories of the Box Hill Town Hall, at stall 11...
Camberwell Chorale and Camerata Orchestra - Mendelssohn's Elijah Sunday 18 October at 2.30pm Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn
Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre - Workshop: Pathways to Volunteering for Migrant and Refugee Women This workshop will discuss the benefits, challenges and barriers migrant and refugee women face, and explain how the Wellsprings for Women co-designed resources, Pathways to Volunteering, can be used in your organisations. Pathways to Volunteering resource...
How Hawthorn Changed from Village to City Tuesday 20 October, 12pm to 12.45pm Library Lounge, Town Gallery, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn. Historian Liz Yewers traces Hawthorn’s transformation from a riverside settlement into a thriving municipality and explores some of the developments that shaped the community we know today. Presented by...
Camberwell Music Society - Beethoven and Mozart wind quintets Camberwell Music Society is proud to present a program of Beethoven and Mozart wind quintets. Elyane Laussade (piano) will bring with her Philip Arkinstall (MSO, clarinet), Josh de Graaf (OV, oboe), Jack Schiller (MSO, bassoon) and Carla Blackwood (French horn). Tuesday,...
Scottish Country Dance: Casual Try Out Intro Box Hill and District Scottish Society has a big year in 2026 with its 70th Anniversary and a move to North Balwyn. To celebrate we have a double welcome deal- two fun events on back to back Tuesdays. Come to one or both! No...
Discover the Story of Your House. Wednesday 21 October, 11am to 11.45am Library Lounge, Town Gallery, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn. Discover how maps, rate books, newspapers, photographs and other records can help uncover the history of a Hawthorn home. The session includes the Society’s How to Research Your Homeguide. Presented...
Women of Influence Thursday 22 October, 12pm to 12.45pm Library Lounge, Town Gallery, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn. Discover the lives of Kate Campbell, Doris Blackburn and Nancy Weir, and the contribution women have made to Hawthorn through medicine, reform, education, civic life and the arts. Presented by Hawthorn Historical Society...
Lighter Footprints Candidates Forum - Kew If you care about the natural environment and climate change and want to know the policies of your elected representatives before you vote, then these forthcoming events organised by community group Lighter Footprints are for you. State Election Vote Climate Campaign Kick Off: Sunday...
Rehome's Spring Community Market Saturday 24 October 10am to 2pm 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell BHRR is a free, community-run group, making sustainability part of everyday life. How do we do it? Simple! Through BHRR's Facebook group, we connect people who have surplus "stuff" with others who want to reuse or...
Strzelecki Koala Action Team. Koalathon Sunday 25th October 2026 from 9am to 3pm Darling Park Basil Reserve Malvern East Walk, run or bike-a-thon to raise awareness and funds to save the Strzelecki Koala from extinction. This is the second event of its kind. We did it in March 2025. It...
Box Hill and District Scottish Society: Scottish Country Dance - Dance Night Box Hill and District Scottish Society has a big year in 2026 with its 70th Anniversary and a move to North Balwyn. To celebrate we have a double welcome deal- two fun events on back to back Tuesdays. Come...
Boroondara Reconciliation Network. Treaty & Reconciliation Campaign Launch Wednesday, 28 October. 7pm to 9pm Kew Seniors Centre. 533 High St, Kew Go here to register
The Rotary Club of Box Hill Burwood will be proud to present the annual Whitehorse Art Show 2026 in the magnificent Box Hill Town Hall, 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill from 29th October to 1st November 2026. This will be the 60th Annual Art Show held within the City of...
Halloween at Greythorn 2026 It’s going to be a spooky affair at Greythorn Central on Halloween Eve, Thursday 29 October when all the fun of the Halloween fair comes to Greythorn from 4pm-8pm. Join the spooks at the Greythorn Halloween Festival on Thursday 29 October Halloween at Greythorn Central, on...
Hear directly from Box Hill Candidates Menzies for Climate; Combined Residents of Whitehorse Action Group Thursday 29th October, 7.00 for 7.30 - 9.00pm Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station Street, Box Hill If you’re an eligible voter living in the Box Hill electorate, this is an event you will...
Together for Treaty Barnstorm Friday 30 October at 5.30pm Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn To register go here. At this event, you'll have the chance to: Hear from guest speakers - including Aunty Jill Gallagher AO, Gellung Warl Co-Chairs Meriki Onus & Djaran Murray-Jackson and more -...
Lighter Footprints Candidates Forum - Hawthorn If you care about the natural environment and climate change and want to know the policies of your elected representatives before you vote, then these forthcoming events organised by community group Lighter Footprints are for you. State Election Vote Climate Campaign Kick Off: Sunday...
Caring for Country - Wominjeka Garden Saturday 7th November 9am to 11am Murnong First Peoples’ Gathering Place 100 High Street, Glen Iris adjacent to St Oswalds Church
Boroondara Proms celebrates community through music Saturday 7 November 2026, 7.30pm Hawthorn Arts Centre, Burwood Road, Hawthorn Some of Boroondara’s best-loved community musicians will come together at Hawthorn Arts Centre on Saturday 7 November for the 2026 Boroondara Proms — a celebration of brass, voices, pipes and community singing. Presented...
Box Hill Historical Society. Guest Speaker - St Francis Xavier School Sunday, 15 November 2026 at 2pm, Box Hill Library, 1st Floor, 1040 Whitehorse Road Box Hill Our special guest Patsy Crotty will tell us about the history of the Saint Francis Xavier School at Box Hill, 1928-1974.
Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre Workshop: Recognising & Responding to Burnout in Volunteer Leadership When: Tuesday 17 November, 10.00am - 12.00pm Where: The Chamber Room, Hawthorn Arts Centre > Register This interactive workshop with Tracey O'Neill is designed to create a space for volunteer leaders to turn attention to themselves and the...
Walking sports open day at Ashburton Thursday 19 November 2026. 10 to 11.30 am and 11.30 am to 1 pm Ashburton Pool and Recreation Centre, 8 Warner Ave, Ashburton Walking sports are just what they sound like – versions of sports like netball or basketball that follow the standard rules,...
Handel’s Messiah, Sunday 29 November 2026 at 2.30pm Hawthorn Arts Centre, On Sunday 29th November 2026, at 2:30 pm, under the direction of Conductor, Douglas Heywood OAM, the Camberwell Chorale and Camerata Orchestra proudly present an afternoon performance of Handel’s magnificent “Messiah”. For this, the final performance in our 2026...
Boroondara Volunteer Resource Centre. Celebrate Boroondara’s remarkable volunteers. Tuesday 1 December, 4:00pm - 5:30pm Zelman Room, Hawthorn Arts Centre Audience: Volunteers and leaders of volunteers Cost: This is a free event, registrations are essential. If you're a leader of volunteers in Boroondara, don’t miss the chance to bring your volunteers...
Koorie Kristmas Market Saturday 5th December 11am to 2pm Murnong First Peoples’ Gathering Place 100 High Street, Glen Iris adjacent to St Oswalds Church
