Moomba Festival
Moomba is Melbourne's free community festival and among the largest free festivals in Australia, held on the banks of the Yarra across the Labour Day long weekend in March. Running since 1955, it delivers carnival rides, water sports, parades, fireworks each night and the gleefully absurd Birdman Rally, in which homemade flying machines launch off a platform into the river.
What to expect
Attendances across the weekend top a million. The riverbank precinct from Alexandra Gardens to Birrarung Marr carries most of the program, all walkable from the CBD. It is unpretentious, family-first Melbourne, and the Monday holiday keeps the whole weekend easy.
- Family Festival
- Community Event
- Major Event
Getting there by bus
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