What's on in Eltham for free?
44 upcoming events
We've rounded up 44 upcoming events in Eltham for free — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — updated every day. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Eltham for free
Sun27
Sunday 27 September
Wed30
Wednesday 30 September
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Thursday 1 October
Fri2
Friday 2 October
Fri 2 · 11:30 AMFree
✂️Workshop
Spring Holidays: Car Maintenance
9/256 Bolton St
Fri 2 · 12 PMFree
📖Story time📚Literature3–8 yrs
The Garden for All — storytime with Tamara
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Sat 3Free
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
Diamond Valley Arts Society Art Show
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Sat3
Saturday 3 October
Later
Sun 4A$0
🎨Creative workshop🌳Outdoors10–13 yrs
Sunday ReePURPOSE - Junior Crafternoons
5/4 Brisbane St
Wed 7 · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
How to move from gas to electric heating
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Thu 8 · 11:30 AMFree
👴Seniors🌳Outdoors
Seniors Festival Lunch
Eltham Community and Reception Centre
Fri 9A$0
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Makers Space
5/4 Brisbane St
Fri 9 · 6 PMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Dusk Platypus Picnic
Griffith Park
Sat 10 · 1:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
Catch, store, use: Working with water outdoors
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Sat 10 · 2 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌱Ecology
Home Composting for Beginners
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Tue 13 · 9:30 AMFree
✂️Workshop🧘Wellness
Creative Connections @ Eltham
healthAbility
Wed 14 · 9:30 AMFree
🌳Outdoors🧘Wellness
Walk and Talk Morning for Heart-First Founders
Eltham Copper Butterfly Playspace (next to the mini-trains)
Wed 14 · 10 AMFree
🥾Hiking🌳Outdoors
One Step at a Time @ Eltham
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Thu 15 · 6:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Electrification 102: Ask an expert
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Fri 16 · 6 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
Exhibition Opening: Roses Close Up | Karin Motyer
Barn Gallery
Fri 16 · 6 PMFree
🥂Opening🖼️Exhibition
Exhibition Opening: Bridges of Art: Eurasia to Australia
Barn Gallery
Fri 16 · 6 PMFree
🥂Opening🖼️Exhibition
Exhibition Opening: BOLDLY
Barn Gallery
Sat 17 · 12 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌱Ecology
Lost Skills: Caring for timber
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Tue 20 · 9 AMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Weekday Bird Walks - Eltham North Reserve
Eltham North Reserve
Tue 20 · 10 AMFree
✂️Workshop
Are You Grant Ready? Oct 2026
Eltham Living and Learning - Pavilion Room
Tue 20 · 10:30 AMFree
🗺️Guided tour👴Seniors
Seniors Festival - healthAbility Party Bus
healthAbility
Tue 20 · 11 AMFree
👴Seniors🎪Street party
The Wok & Roll Over 55s Disco High Tea
Eltham Senior Citizens Centre,
Tue 20 · 8 PMA$0
🧘Wellness🌳Outdoors
The Sanctuary, Eltham - free spiritual awakening support
Eltham
Thu 22 · 9:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk👴Seniors
AI for Seniors
Eltham Community and Reception Centre
Wed 28 Oct · 10 AMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Farm Tours for Children's Week
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Wed 28 Oct · 10:30 AMFree
🗣️Talk
Dementia Awareness Community Seminar
Eltham Leisure Centre
Wed 28 Oct · 11 AMFree
🐣Animals📖Story timefrom 3 yrs
Sensory-friendly storytime and meet the animals
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Thu 29 Oct · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
Installing solar at home
Eltham Library
Sun 1 Nov · 1 PMFree
Weaving Workshop
Barn Gallery
Sat 7 Nov · 8 PMFree
Insect Surveys - Lenister Farm with Friends of Biodiversity Hohnes Hill and Entomological Society of Victoria
Lenister Farm Wetlands
Mon 9 Nov · 3 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Opening the conversation: Death, Dying and Lived Experience
Eltham Library
Wed 11 Nov · 9:30 AMFree
Melbourne - November 2026 - Walk and Talk Morning for Heart-First Founders
Eltham Copper Butterfly Playspace (next to the mini-trains)
Thu 12 Nov · 6:30 PMFree
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
Installing home batteries
Eltham Library
Sat 14 Nov · 2 PMFree
✂️Workshop🌳Outdoors
Introduction to Worm Farming
Edendale Community Environment Farm
Thu 19 Nov · 10 AMFree
Cultural Walk at Garambi Baanj
Garambi Baanj
Mon 30 Nov · 10 AMFree
🗺️Guided tour🌳Outdoors
Seeds of Summer Nature Walk
Meruka Park
Thu 3 Dec · 6:30 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
Unseen Worlds of Christmas Hills opening
Eltham Library
Sat 13 Feb · 1:30 PMFree
Catch, store, & use water outdoors
Edendale Community Environment Farm
See also in Eltham for free
Mon 19 · 5 PMA$15–20
🌳Outdoors🎫Concert
2026 Art Tech Show and Spring Music Festival
Viewbank College Performing Arts Centre and J Block Courtyard stage
Sun 25 · 2 PM
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎫Concert
FOLK GOSPEL CAFE
St. Margaret's Anglican Church, Eltham
Sat 17 · 6 PMA$7–15
🎶Singer-songwriter🎫Concert
Songs of Resistance
The Agora Theatre, Bundoora
Sat 17 · 7 PMA$99–792
🎸Rock🎫Concert
The Great American West Coast Sound SAT 17th OCT doors 7pm
STUDIO A LIVE @ Empire Music Studios, Heidelberg West
Wed 30 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Moon Dog World
Moon Dog World, Preston
Fri 2 · 7 PMA$33.08
🎹Blues🪕Folk / Acoustic
Eaglemont Music Club: Geoff Achison
Eaglemont Cellars and Bar
Tue 6 · 6 PMFree
🪕Folk / Acoustic🌐World music
Rebetiko: Instruments, Sound and Story with Con Kalamaras
Reservoir Library
Wed 7 · 5 PM
🎻Classical🎫Concert
2026 Piano Competition
Theatre of All Nations (GA), EPPING
Fri 16 · 8 PMA$60–1,500
🌐World music🎶Singer-songwriter
THEOFILOS POUTAHIDIS - LIVE IN MELBOURNE
Q Room, Thomastown
Tue 13 · 6:30 PM
🎉Club🌳Outdoors
OCT 13 ConnectU Dance Group
Diamond Valley Specialist School Hall, Greensborough
Sat 24 · 7 PM
❓Quiz
WHPS Trivia Night Sat 24th Oct 2026, 7- 11pm
Watsonia Heights Primary, Greensborough
Sat 10 · 6 PMA$31.76
❓Quiz
Imagine Re-Evolution's Trivia Challenge
Eltham Bowling Club
Fri 16 · 7 PMA$20
🔢Bingo👑Drag show
DRAG BINGO @ THE COMMERCIAL HOTEL
820 Plenty Rd, South Morang
Sat 3 · 7 PMA$17.19–1,060
💿DJ set🌍Afro
Aura Lounge
COCO MELBOURNE, Reservoir
Tue 13 · 7 PMFree
❓Quiz
HP FILMS Trivia [RESERVOIR]
840 Plenty Rd, Reservoir
Wed 30 · 6:30 PMA$12
❓Quiz🤝Volunteering
Trivia Night 2026 - Dayuary Foundation
Steam Jacket Brewing, Reservoir
Tue 6 · 7 PMFree
❓Quiz
THE OFFICE Trivia [NORTHLAND] at The Sporting Globe
The Sporting Globe Bar & Grill Northland, Preston
Sat 17 · 1 PMA$0
🎭Theatre
Commemorative Memory Acts: a performance
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Fri 16 · 8 PMA$13–35
🎤Stand-up
Tony Martin at the Slovenian Club
Slovenian Club Hall, Research
Fri 9 · 6 PM
🌊Contemporary🎭Shows
Dance Showcase - Semester Two 2026
Theatre of All Nations (GA), EPPING
Fri 16 · 8 PMA$10
🎤Stand-up
Comedy at Moon Dog World (October)
Moon Dog World, Preston
Thu 1 · 7:30 PM
🎬Cinema
Banyule Screening - St Kilda Film Festival Vic Tour 2026
Hoyts Cinemas - Greensborough
Sat 3 · 2 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Electrification 101: Making the switch
Diamond Valley Library, Greensborough
Sat 3 · 12 PMA$5
🗣️Talk🌱Ecology
Fighting Fruit Fly
Greenwood Farm at Bundoora Secondary College
Tue 13 · 3:45 PM
🗣️Talk🧘Wellness
Helping Every Child Thrive
Northside Christian College, Bundoora
Mon 19 · 11:45 AM
🗣️Talk🏛️Politics & Economy
Lunch with Hon. Jeff Kennett AC
Heidelberg Golf Club, Lower Plenty
Sat 12 · 3 PMA$0
🗣️Talk
Rosanna Vic Lecture: A Path to Restoring Body, Mind & Spirit
Rosanna Fire Station Community House, Milligan Room at the rear of the Community House
Wed 30 · 8 AMFree
📚Literature🗺️Guided tour
Fly into Fantasy Month: ‘Threshing Day’ Early Opening at QBD Plenty Valley
QBD Books Plenty Valley, Mill Park
Wed 14 · 10 AMFree
🗣️Talk🔬Science
Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow: Exploring LISAF’s Research
AgriBio, Bundoora
Thu 8 · 6 PMA$10–200
🗣️Talk🌹Tango
Victorian ECMO Service Masterclass Series - Austin Hospital
Austin Hospital, Level 4 Education Precinct, Heidelberg
Sat 10 · 6 PM
🎬Cinema
EDA RAA MOVIE | Plenty Valley | 10th OCT | VPREM 03 | 6.00PM
Village Cinemas Plenty Valley, Mill Park
Fri 23 · 8 AM
🗣️Talk
Practical Urogynaecology Symposium at the Mercy 2026
Level 4 Lecture Theatre, Heidelberg
Tomorrow · 10 AMA$17–27
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
General Admission: Winter Spring Exhibitions
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
Wed 30 · 8 AMFree
📚Literature🗺️Guided tour
Fly into Fantasy Month: ‘Threshing Day’ Early Opening at QBD Northland
QBD Books Northland, Preston
Wed 30 · 5:30 PMA$0
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
'Your Story' - Exhibition Opening Party
Reservoir Community and Learning Centre
Thu 1 · 6 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
Inner Galaxies Art Exhibition Opening Night
Galleria Crocodillo, Reservoir
Tue 6 · 11 AMA$0
🗣️Talk🍽️Food
WOLF PRE Purchase Cooking Demo
e&s Preston
Sat 17 · 11 AMA$0
🍽️Food
AEG PRE Purchase Cooking Demo
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Venues in Eltham for free
Eltham Library
4 events
healthAbility
2 events
Saint Margaret's Anglican Church
4 events
Eltham Community and Reception Centre
3 events
5/4 Brisbane St
5 events
Eltham Leisure Centre
2 events
Barn Gallery
8 events
Edendale Community Environment Farm
23 events
Eltham Copper Butterfly Playspace (next to the mini-trains)
2 events