What's on in Clayton for free?
36 upcoming events
We've rounded up 36 upcoming events in Clayton for free — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — updated every day. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Clayton for free
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Wed 7 · 1 PMFree
🤝Volunteering🎒Students
Welfare on Wheels Week 10
Sir Louis Matheson Library
Wed 7 · 4 PMFree
🎒Students🌳Outdoors
Monash's Got Talent!
Monash University Lemon Scented Lawn
Thu 8 · 8:45 AMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Monash Health Neuroscience Open Haus
Monash Medical Centre
Thu 8 · 3 PMFree
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+🎒Students
Queer Beers Semester 2 (week 10)
Sir John's
Fri 9 · 2 PMA$0
🗣️Talk
Talk Session 1: How Languages are Learnt
Learning and Teaching Building
Sat 10 · 10 AMA$0
🧾Drop-in services
SRL Community information session
Clayton Hall
Sat 10 · 12 PMFree
✂️Workshop
WEM x Robogals Science Fair
Monash University Clayton Campus
Sun 11 · 3 PMFree
🌐World music🪕Folk / Acoustic
2026 Melbourne ZhiYin Choir Concert
Alexander Theatre, Monash University Clayton Campus
Tue 13 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
Library Workshop - Navigating Burnout: Flourishing in Work and Life
Sir Louis Matheson Library
Thu 15 · 3 PMFree
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+🎒Students
Queer Beers Semester 2 (week 11)
Sir John's
Thu 15 · 5:30 PMA$0
🎒Students🤝Volunteering
MSA x Open Table: Community Dinner
Lever 4 Auditorium, Green Chemical Futures
Thu 15 · 6 PMFree
📜Poetry📜Poetry slam
Future Karaoke Presents Bodies of Water
The Count's
Fri 16 · 6 PMFree
🎬Cinema
Movie Night - Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sir Louis Matheson Library
Fri 16 · 6:30 PMFree
🎪Street party🎊Socials
Diwali and Garwa Celebration Event
Clayton Hall
Thu 22 · 8:30 AMA$0
🏷️Other
Supply Chain Intelligence in Manufacturing | Breakfast Seminar
PARKROYAL Monash Melbourne
Thu 22 · 11:30 AMA$0
🔬Science
SOLIDWORKS Innovation Day 2027 Melbourne
PARKROYAL Monash Melbourne
Thu 22 · 11:30 AMA$0
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Talk Session 2: Human Language, Artificial Mind
Menzies Building - Rooms WG04/WG05
Thu 22 · 3 PMFree
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+🎒Students
Queer Beers Semester 2 (week 12)
Sir John's
Fri 30 Oct · 11 AMFree
Keynote Lecture by Professor Sir Robert Lechler
The Chancellery Room, Chancellery, Clayton Campus
Thu 5 Nov · 9:45 AMFree
Educational Excellence Showcase 2026
Menzies Building - Rooms WG04/WG05
Sun 15 Nov · 11 AMFree
Monash Newborn Family Reunion Day
Monash Children's Hospital
Thu 19 Nov · 9 AMA$0
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Emerging Technologies in Organoid Research
Clayton
Thu 19 Nov · 9 AMFree
2026 Velos Innovation Showcase -Translating Innovation into Impact
Monash Velos Accelerator
Fri 27 Nov · 12 PMFree
💼Career🔬Science
Monash FutureFest 2026
Monash University Clayton Campus
Sat 28 Nov · 7 PMFree
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Isabel Deng's Piano Recital 2026
Monash David Li Sound Gallery
Sun 13 Dec · 3 PMFree
Family Christmas Celebration - Enjoy Church Melbourne East
Enjoy Church Melbourne East
Tue 15 Dec · 8:30 AMFree
Monash Medical Education Conference 2026
Learning and Teaching Building
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Sat 3 · 8:30 PMA$35
💜Soul / Funk🕺Disco
GROOVE DIMENSION
Oakleigh Carnegie RSL
Fri 25 · 7:30 PMA$16–24
🎫Concert
The World Approaches by Luca Edwards
The MUST Space, Monash University, Clayton
Sat 10 · 8 PMA$27.23
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Live Jazz at the VJC with Smithy's Harlem Swings
Clayton RSL
Wed 7 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at The Bank Carnegie
The Bank Carnegie
Sun 18 · 2:30 PMA$10–35
🎻Classical🎷Jazz
Exalt Strings Concert
St John's Anglican Church Bentleigh
Sat 24 · 6 PMA$0
🎤Karaoke
ARIA AFTER DARK: KARAOKE NIGHT
645 Penny Lane, Bentleigh East
Sat 24 · 7 PMA$10–35
🎻Classical🎷Jazz
Exalt Strings - Serenade at Sunset Concert
585B North Rd, Ormond
Tomorrow · 2 PMFree
🎻Classical🎫Concert
Symphoria Charity Concert
Stonnington Church, Malvern East
Sat 3 · 12:30 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
Spiritsong Singers
Stonnington Community Uniting Church, Malvern East
Wed 7 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at The O.C. Public Bar
The O.C. Public Bar, Murrumbeena
Tue 6 · 7 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Grill'd Burgers - Chadstone Village
Grill'd Burgers - Chadstone Village
Sat 10 · 6 PM
🎪Street party🤝Volunteering
Fundriasing Gala Dinner for Myanmar
Salesian College Chadstone
Tomorrow · 4 PMA$8.66–31.57
🎪Street party🤝Volunteering
Fundraising Dinner
Minerat College, Springvale
Sat 3 · 7 PMFree
🎪Street party
Adult Simchat Torah
Mifgash Centre, Bentleigh East
Fri 9 · 6 PMA$5–10
🎪Street party
FAM Turns One!
21 Chancellors Walk, Clayton
Fri 9 · 7 PMA$10
🎪Street party🏳️🌈LGBTQ+
MSA Queer Ball: Under The Sea
Sir John's, Clayton
Sat 10 · 2 PMA$10–30
🎪Street party
Class of 2016 10 Year Reunion
Huntingtower (School Tour 2:00pm) and The Nottinghill Hotel (4:00pm), Notting Hill
Sat 10 · 6 PMA$48.96–64.84
🧢Hip-hop🎊Socials
25 YEARS OF ZUMBA
Phoenix Park Community Centre, Malvern East
Sat 10 · 12 PMA$10
🎪Street party🍽️Food
Malaysia Day
Notting Hill Neighbourhood House
Sun 11 · 12 PMA$30–50
🎪Street party
OMEGA GROUP Luncheon - Sun 11th Oct 2026 - START 12:00 PM
KL Hawker Chinese Restaurant, East Bentleigh
Thu 15 · 7:30 PM
🎪Street party
FAK 2026 Parents Night Out
Oydis, Ashburton
Sat 17 · 6:30 PMA$99
🎪Street party
Wings Night 2026
Yarra Yarra Golf Club, Bentleigh East
Tue 6 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at The Bentleigh Social
The Bentleigh Social
Sat 10 · 6 PM
🎤Stand-up
Nightfest 2026
S1-S4 Lecture Theatres, Building 25, Clayton
Fri 16 · 4 PMA$29
🎭Theatre🧘Wellness
I Have a Pocket Full of Stars - Mandarin Drama and Wellbeing Program - Term 4 2026
Craig Family Centre, Ashburton
Thu 22 · 8:30 PM
🎤Stand-up
Joel Creasey | McKinnon | 22.10.26
McKinnon Hotel
At 2 PMA$0
🌊Contemporary🎭Shows
From one moment to the next | to the next | to the next
Deakin University Melbourne Burwood Campus
Thu 15 · 7:30 PMA$19–27
🎭Theatre
The Heart Beats in Counts of Eight by Madeleine Willshire
The MUST Space, Monash University, Clayton
Sun 4 · 10:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk
Dealing with Anger, Fear and Hurt
Hughesdale Community Centre
Tomorrow · 10:30 AMA$0
🍽️Food
NEFF PRE Purchase Cooking Demo
e&s Chadstone
Wed 7 · 6 PMA$15
🎬Cinema
Fan Out: Q&A Premiere
Campus Centre Cinema, Monash University Clayton Campus
Tue 13 · 6:30 PMFree
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
UNBROKEN: THE UNTOLD STORY OF SHEN YUN (Mount Waverley)
Valley Conservation Reserve, Education Hub (entry from Waimarie Drive carpark, Mount Waverley)
Thu 15 · 7 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Waverley Masonic Centre Development Plans
Waverley Masonic Centre, Mt Waverley
Sat 17 · 10 AMFree
🖼️Exhibition
Children's Art Exhibition at Explorers Ashwood
Explorers Early Learning Ashwood
Wed 7 · 7:30 PMA$30
🗣️Talk📚Literature
Michael Robotham in Conversation with J.P. Pomare
The Leaf Bookshop, Ashburton
Sat 10 · 7:15 PMA$10.50–16
🎬Cinema📽️Documentary
In My Blood It Runs
Murnong First Peoples' Gathering Place, Glen Iris
Sun 18 · 6 PM
🎬Cinema
EDA RAA MOVIE | M-City | 18th October | CINE 01 | 6.00PM
Village Cinemas M-City, Clayton
At 1 PMA$0–15
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Guided Tour - Duldig Studio 1:30pm
Duldig Studio Museum + Sculpture Garden, Malvern East
At 10 AMA$55–225
🗣️Talk
VCE Mathematical Methods Revision Lecture
Monash University Caulfield, Caulfield East
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Venues in Clayton for free
Learning and Teaching Building
2 events
Sir Louis Matheson Library
5 events
Sir John's
5 events
Monash University Clayton Campus
5 events
PARKROYAL Monash Melbourne
4 events
Monash Medical Centre
14 events
DuluxGroup
13 events
Dulux Training Academy - Clayton Head Office
9 events
Clayton Hall
2 events
Clayton RSL
2 events
111 Carinish Rd
2 events
Clayton Community Centre
2 events