Discover the magic of Moomba as it returns for the 70th Moomba Festival from Thursday 7 – Monday 11 March 2024. Moomba will burst to life this Labour Day Weekend (7-11 March) with FREE events for all ages along the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River.
Moomba is Australia's largest free community festival, with millions of people attending every year. In 2023, 1.3 million people went to Moomba.
It's the 70th anniversary of the festival, so to celebrate the milestone, a very special headline event will relive one of the most iconic moments in the festival's history. World-famous tribute act Bjorn Again will recreate ABBA's famous 1977 performance at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday, March 9. If that doesn't sound like a fantastic time, then we don't know what does.
Across the whole five epic days of festivities, stacked program of events will include the much-loved Moomba Parade; the hilarious Birdman Rally, where competitors hurtle themselves over the Yarra River in homemade flying devices; the Moomba Masters water sports competition; the Moomba Carnival; the Moomba Skate Park Program; and a variety of entertainers, performers, play zones, feature films and food and drinks experiences, plus so much more. Top it all off with nightly fireworks across the Melbourne skyline and you've got yourself one helluva party.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Yarra River - Batman Avenue - Melbourne , Melbourne, Australia