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Australian Open Tennis Championships
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14 - 27 January
The Australian Open attracts the world's best
tennis players and over 500,000 spectators over
the fortnight, making it the highest attended
annual sporting event in Australia.
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Melbourne Chinese New Year Festival
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9- 10 February
A weekend of new year festivities featuring
a variety of activities and events to celebrate
the beginning of the Year of the Rat
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The Melbourne Food
and Wine Festival
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22 February - 8 March
The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival have grown
to be the largest food and wine festival in
the southern hemisphere attracting over 250,000
lovers of food and wine from Australia and around
the globe to over 100 events.
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2008 Melbourne International Motor Show
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29 February - 10 March
The Melbourne International Motor Show has long
been established as an annual automotive event.
It is one of the longest running in the world
and by far the longest running in Australia.
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L'Oréal Melbourne
Fashion Festival
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2 - 9 March
Held annually each March, L'Oreal Melbourne
Fashion Festival (LMFF) is a large scale fashion
event of extraordinary richness and diversity.
LMFF launches Australia's autumn/winter collections
to the public, the fashion industry and the
media.
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Moomba Festival
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7
- 10 March
The Moomba Festival is a huge outdoor Melbourne
festival which had its start in 1954 as a focus
of city celebrations and activities. Traditionally
it ends with a colorful street parade with floats,
costumed participants, and a crowned Moomba
Monarch.
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Formula 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix
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13 - 16 March
The FORMULA 1 Foster's Australian Grand Prix
marks the dawning of a new decade of Formula
One racing at Melbourne's beautiful Albert Park.
A four-day carnival of speed, glamour and excitement
featuring the world's best drivers in their
incredible F1 machines.
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Melbourne
International Comedy Festival
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19 March–13 April
More than 200 different shows and over 2,200
performances tickle the funny bones of almost
400,000 comedy lovers in venues all across the
city.
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Australian International Air Show
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24 - 29 March
Hundreds of planes from air forces and industry
across the world will gather to celebrate man's
triumph over gravity. Prepare for a totally
sensory experience as these hi-tech leviathans
strut their powerful stuff to the roar of their
mighty jet engines in the Australian International
Air Show.
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Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show
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2 - 6 April
The Melbourne International Flower and Garden
Show allows for a form of escapism from the
city's hustle and bustle to literally smell
the roses featuring a wide range of floral species.
With over 350 exhibits, showcased throughout
the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
representing horticulture, nursery products,
landscape gardening and design, floristry and
cut flowers at their very best.
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Melbourne
International Film Festival
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1 July - 31 August
Held over three weeks, this is one of the largest
and longest running film festivals in the Asia
Pacific region and is arguably Australia’s most
significant film festival. During its three-week
run, the festival screens over 400 films from
over 50 countries.
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Melbourne
Fringe Festival
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1 September - 31 October
The Melbourne Fringe Festival is the largest
annual celebration of independent arts in Australia
and covers a range of forms including performance,
comedy, music, cabaret, visual arts, movement,
dance, spoken word, circus as well as a series
of special events.
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Melbourne International Arts Festival
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October (tba)
The Melbourne Art Festival is a free event held
each year on the fourth full weekend in April
in historic downtown Melbourne, Florida is a
juried art show featuring over 250 artists from
around the country.
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