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Fast 5

Your top weekday events guide + the best posts for under 5s

Event Picks

🌟 Featured Event

The Wiggles: Sparkle! BIG SHOW (Saturday 28 Nov) Australia's favourite family group return with a new arena tour packed with music, colour and non-stop sparkle. 📍 CBD

🗓️ Melbourne CBD ➝ More CBD picks

Auslan Storytime (Monday 20 Jul) Deaf storytellers bring stories to life in Auslan at this inclusive session for kids aged 3 to 5, with no bookings required. 📍 CBD

Stompers (Tuesdays + Thursdays during term) This weekly library program builds a love of books in toddlers aged 18 months to three years. 📍 Docklands

Jams for Juniors (Saturday 25 Jul) This 30-minute musical workshop introduces under-5s to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade with the MSO's Jams Ensemble. 📍 Southbank

🗓️ Melbourne NORTH ➝ More north-side picks

Read, Play and Connect (Monday 20 Jul) Enjoy story time and games at the local library, with a chance to meet your council's Early Years team. 📍 Lalor

Navigating the Newborn Weeks (Thursday 23 Jul) This relaxed session with a GP is designed for parents of babies aged six to twelve weeks. 📍 Brunswick

Forest School (Tuesdays during term) Little explorers aged 3.5 to 6 enjoy nature play, bush safety and campfire cooking at Brimbank Park. 📍 Keilor East

🗓️ Melbourne SOUTH ➝ More south-side picks

An Uncertain Time (Wednesday 22 - Friday 24 Jun) This sensory theatre performance explores love and hope, made especially for babies and their carers. 📍 Albert Park

Scribble Club (Friday 24 Jul) Kids aged 0 to 4 get messy with art materials while grown-ups enjoy free coffee and zero cleanup duties. 📍 Sunbury

Messy Play (Fridays during term) This open-ended sensory play session is for ages 1 to 5, and parents are welcome to get messy too. 📍 Aspendale Gardens

🗓️ Melbourne EAST ➝ More east-side picks

All In: Our Community Exhibition (Tuesdays - Sundays until 30 Aug) This free exhibition showcases artwork created by local kindergarten and school children, celebrating community and reconciliation. 📍 Healesville

OmNomNom (Thursdays, 23 Jul - 10 Sep) This 8-week program for ages 2 to 5 explores food through baking, soup-making and picnic prep, with a new theme each week. 📍 Burwood

Bumble Bee Baby and Children's Market (Sunday 26 Jul) 65 stallholders sell new, handmade and preloved kids' goods, with $2 entry and free entry for kids under 12. 📍 Berwick

🗓️ Melbourne WEST ➝ More west-side picks

My Time (Mondays during term) This support group is for parents and carers of pre-school children with disability or additional needs. 📍 Tarneit

Music for Hip Toddlers (Mondays + Thursdays during term) This eleven-week course brings dance and percussion fun to toddlers aged 6 months to four years. 📍 Maidstone

Sing and Sign with Hey Dee Ho (Thursdays, 23 Jul start) This 8-week program teaches Auslan through song, dance and props for ages 0 to 5. 📍 Truganina

New + Noteworthy

The Sandpit Supreme

This huge indoor sandpit comes with ride-on diggers and a ball pit, great for ages 1 to 8.

Tame the Mini Mane

These Melbourne hairdressers specialise in kids' cuts and know how to handle a wriggly toddler.

Grazing Ground

This outdoor food and entertainment precinct in Spotswood has 50+ vendors, three bars and live music.

Step Into the Scene

Kids can surf a giant wave or float through outer space at Australia's first immersive trick-art gallery.

Built for Two Generations

Hoopla is huge, imaginative and full of surprises - designed with both kids and parents in mind.

Hot Off the Feed

🎂 Kids take the stage at NGV

The Children's Gallery is now a playful stage, art studio and cushion-cake sculpture zone, all in one.

🗓️ 26 Jun - 4 Oct at NGV International. Free entry.

HOT tips:
✅ All ages welcome
✅ Relaxed sessions available

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