About this Event
🌈 Season 5 is here - Melbourne, let's kick it! ⚽
Join our Spring Season 2026 of Emerald City Kickball
We're bringing back all the colour, camp and inclusive energy, with our biggest season yet!
Everything about the Melbourne season - dates, venues, FAQs and the give-a-go days - lives at kickball.com.au/melbourne.
⚽ Want to try before you commit? Two free give-a-go days, both from 2pm - Sunday 13 September at Princes Park and Sunday 20 September at Fawkner Park. Grab a free ticket below so we know numbers, or just rock up on the day - anyone who turns up, or anyone you bring along, gets to play! 🙌
🎟️ Player rego opens Sunday 13 September - A$90 for the season, and A$45 for women and gender-diverse players with positions held for them until the team rosters are finalised. Queer Squad social membership (cheer, don't play) is A$50.
🗓️ Key dates
📍 Games are Sundays at Fawkner Park, South Yarra.
- 13 Sept - ⚽ Give-a-Go Day 1, free, 2pm - Princes Park, Carlton North
- 20 Sept - 🌈 Give-a-Go Day 2, free, 2pm - Fawkner Park, South Yarra - with the Guardians info session on the day
- 24 Sept - 🎉 Opening Party info night, 6:30pm at Mollie's Bar & Diner - to be confirmed
- 27 Sept - 💪 Training Day (Grand Final weekend)
- 4 Oct - Game Day
- 11 Oct - Game Day
- 18 Oct - Game Day
- 25 Oct - Game Day
- 1 Nov - 🎳 Skittle Games Day (Halloween & Melbourne Cup weekend)
- 8 Nov - Game Day
- 15 Nov - Game Day
- 22 Nov - Game Day
- 29 Nov - Game Day
- 6 Dec - Game Day
- 13 Dec - 🏆 Mixed Teams Tournament Day
- Jan 2027 - 🥂 Closing Party & Awards Night
Season runs September to December 2026, with the Closing Party and Awards Night in January 2027.
Your registration includes:
- 🎽 Team jersey - show your true colours each week
- ⚽ Weekly games - build skills, make connections
- 🏆 End-of-season tournament - compete for glory and bragging rights
- 🎉 Opening & closing parties - celebrate community at the start and finish
- 🍻 Regular social gatherings - because the best connections happen off-field too
- 🎭 Theme weeks - express yourself with our camp dress-ups (always encouraged, never required)
👯 Join with a friend? Yes! During registration, you can nominate a friend to be paired with - we'll do our best to place you on the same team. Just make sure you both register and nominate each other!
Kickball is the excuse - community is the point 🤝 LGBTQIA+ pride, play and people, every Sunday 🌈
✨ New to kickball? Perfect! It's designed for everyone - no athletic background needed. Think childhood joy meets adult friendships, with a big bouncy red ball that makes everyone look like a champion.
At Emerald City Kickball, we're creating joyful, affirming spaces where you can be your authentic self. Come be part of Melbourne's growing kickball family.
Cost shouldn't be a barrier - payment plans and support available, just ask
🛡️ NEW for Melbourne: the Guardians League
(register your interest)
Something exciting is on the cards, kickball family. We're exploring bringing Guardians to Melbourne - our competitive, upskilled division for kickballers ready to level up.
All the colour and camp you know, with faster, feistier play - multiple pitching styles and longer innings, played at a sharper level. This is your next challenge: for players who've found their feet and now want to test them, sharpen their game and see how far they can go.
Not quite there yet? No pressure at all - Guardians will always sit alongside our open league, never instead of it, and this season we're simply gauging interest. If levelling up sounds like your kind of fun, pop your interest on the registration form below and we'll keep you in the loop as things take shape.
Have a read of the Guardian Division rules at kickball.com.au. Want to hear about it in person? Join the Guardians info session at Give-a-Go Day 2 - Sunday 20 September, Fawkner Park.
Peace, Love, KICKBALL!! 🌈⚽💚
Event venue & nearby stays
Fawkner Park, 24-88 Commercial Road, South Yarra, Australia
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