What's on in Hawthorn for free?
30 upcoming events
We've rounded up 30 upcoming events in Hawthorn for free — concerts, parties, theatre, exhibitions, family outings — updated every day. Pick a theme or just scroll.
Events in Hawthorn for free
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Sat 31 · 4:30 PMFree
🎉Parties
Halloween Dress Up Party - Bar Selecta
Bar Selecta Hawthorn
Thu 5 · 10:30 AMFree
💼Career🎒Students
Consultancy Excellence Awards
EN102, EN Building. Swinburne University of Technology
Thu 5 · 2:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Tech It Easy: Travel apps
Mitcham Memorial Library
Thu 5 · 7:30 PMFree
🪕Folk / Acoustic🎻Classical
Music and Meditation
Hawthorn Library
Sun 8 · 9 AMFree
One Ball Challenge
MCC Croquet Clubhouse
Mon 9 · 10 AMFree
📖Story time🐣Animals0–8 yrs
Community Helpers - Special Guide Dogs Visit at Storytime
Mitcham Memorial Library
Tue 10 · 11:15 AMFree
🏷️Other
Navigating MyGov with Services Australia
Hawthorn Library
Thu 12 · 6:30 PMFree
🏷️Other
Psychodrama Community Experience | Those Photo, Vidoes, and Memories
Hawthorn Library
Fri 13 · 7 PMFree
🎬Cinema
PASA, Police Credit Union & Police Health Free Movie Event
Wallis Cinemas Mitcham
Tue 17 · 6:30 PMFree
2026 Character Education - Visiting Fellow Address
Fraser Smith Theatre, Lithgow Centre at Scotch College
Thu 19 · 6 PMFree
St Columb's Community Meal - November Grill
St Columbs Anglican Church
Fri 20 Nov · 9 AMFree
MCC Golf Croquet Championships
MCC Croquet Clubhouse
Wed 25 Nov · 6 PMFree
🔬Science
Insights into ADHD, OCD & TMS
The Garden Room Leonda by the Yarra
Thu 26 Nov · 7 PMFree
Small Works, Big Heart Art Exhibition
639 Burwood Rd
Sun 29 Nov · 10 AMFree
Community Yoga in St. James Park with Be Well (FREE event)
3 Burwood Rd
Wed 2 Dec · 5:30 PMFree
📖Story timefrom 0 yrs
Christmas Storytime Evening with Special Guest Mike Lucas
Mitcham Memorial Library
Thu 3 Dec · 2:30 PMFree
✂️Workshop
Tech It Easy: Online shopping
Mitcham Memorial Library
Thu 10 Dec · 5:30 PMFree
Student and Staff Celebration
The Hawthorn Hotel
Ongoing
Thu 15 · 6 PMFree
🎪Street party
St Columb's Community Meal - Pasta Night
St Columbs Anglican Church
Thu 15 · 7 PMFree
♠️Card games♙Chess
The Game Room - Casual Board Games & Banter Session
Sabi Sounds Hawthorn
Wed 21Free
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Swinburne Writers Festival
EN102, EN Building. Swinburne University of Technology
See also in Hawthorn for free
Tue 27 · 7 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Bodriggy Brewing Company
Bodriggy, Melbourne
Tomorrow · 7 PMA$35–880
⚡Electro🌐World music
Desert Dwellers Live In Melbourne
Second Story Studios, Collingwood
Sun 25 · 3:30 PMA$20
🎻Classical🌳Outdoors
Convent Sounds | October
Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne
Fri 30 · 8:30 PMA$29.50–794.7(116)
🎻Classical🌏South Asia
Candlelight: Tribute to Arijit Singh
Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne
Fri 6 · 8 PMA$11.90–27.78
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Freya and the Vikings Debut Album Launch: Love, Pain and Immorality
Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abootsford
At 8 PMFree
🎷Jazz🎫Concert
Thursday Jazz Night — ISO Quartet | acidity. Richmond
acidity. Bar & Coffee — Richmond
Tomorrow · 7 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
Gusset Rats @ The Tote
The Tote, Collingwood
Tomorrow · 8 PMA$20
🌙Indie✨Pop
Holiday Sidewinder - Rodeohead Tour - Melbourne
Nighthawks, Collingwood
Sat 24
🎫Concert
Bootleg Rascal @ The Leadbeater Hotel
The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond
Sun 25 · 8 PMA$14–20
🎷Jazz🎹Blues
Jazz Sixten — Jazz + Soul + Blues Session
3/240 Victoria St, Richmond
Wed 4 · 7 PMA$25–30
🔬Experimental🪕Folk / Acoustic
𝓓𝓮𝓵𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓓𝓸𝓻𝓪 + 𝓕𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓲𝓼 𝓟𝓵𝓪𝓰𝓷𝓮
Collingwood Yards
Sat 7 · 7 PM
🎸Rock🎫Concert
leverson x RUNNER UP (aus/nz tour 2026)
Runner Up Rooftop Bar, Melbourne
Tue 27 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Terminus Hotel
Terminus Hotel, Abbotsford
Wed 28 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz🎫Concert
Trivia Night at Prince Patrick Hotel
Prince Patrick Hotel, Collingwood
Tue 27 · 7 PMFree
🪕Folk / Acoustic🌐World music
Moon's A Balloon Community Choir @ Clifton Hill
Community Church of St Mark, Clifton Hill
Sat 24 · 7 PMA$20–25
🔬Experimental🔊Techno
Club Sound Witches. at the Grace Darling with Vaughan & Wedd, Sasha Geyer and hvac
Grace Darling Hotel, Melbourne
Sat 24 · 8 PMFree
🎸Rock🎶Singer-songwriter
BackBeat "RocknRoll Music"- early Beatles & 60’s Merseybeat free show!
The Clifton Hill Hotel
At 6:30 PMFree
🌀Ecstatic dance🌳Outdoors
Human Behaviour ~ Community Dance
Djerring Centre, Abbotsford
Tomorrow · 8 PMA$10–25
🏳️🌈LGBTQ+🪑Flea market
Jocktoberfest
The Laird Hotel Melbourne, Abbotsford
Sat 31 · 2 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
Echo Beach VI
Collingwood Childrens' Farm, Abbotsford
Fri 20 Nov · 6 AM
🎷Swing
Melbourne Lindy Exchange 2026
Abbotsford
Tue 27 · 7 PMFree
❓Quiz🌳Outdoors
Trivia Night at The National Hotel
The National Hotel, Richmond
Mon 26 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at The Fox Hotel | Pub Collingwood
The Fox Hotel | Pub Collingwood
Sat 24 · 1 PMA$5–55
🎉Club💿DJ set
Decom2026: Liminal Playground (day) / Sub-Liminal (night)
Abbots Yard, Melbourne
Fri 30 · 8 PM
💿DJ set🥁Drum & Bass
DnB Fridays + Pulse Audio Halloween Edition
Trainscendence, Melbourne
At 9:30 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
WavyLand & CLUBHAUS presents: CAM GIRL
New Guernica, Melbourne
Tue 27 · 7:30 PMFree
❓Quiz
Trivia Night at Rochester Castle Hotel
Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy
Wed 28 · 7 PMFree
❓Quiz🌳Outdoors
Trivia Night at Local Brewing Co. Taproom & Pizza Kitchen
Local Brewing Co. Taproom & Pizza Kitchen, Clifton Hill
Sun 25 · 11 AMFree
👑Drag show☀️Open air
Boozy Bottomless Brunch Sundays
Evies Disco Diner, Melbourne
Tomorrow · 7 PM
🎉Club⚡Electro
Ratchet single launch
QQQ ST. Park, Collingwood
Tomorrow · 9 PMA$0–20
🎉Club
YOLO 2010s Party! FRI OCTOBER 23rd
Yah Yahs, Fitzroy
Sun 25 · 2 PM
🎉Club💿DJ set
i hate mondays with Sixten & VANNA
Smith St Hotel, Melbourne
At 6:30 PMFree
🎲Improv😂Comedy
Free Improv Workshop!
The Improv Pit, Collingwood
At 7:30 PMA$30
🎤Stand-up
Comedy Night with Dave Thornton & Des Dowling
Terminus Hotel Fitzroy North
Wed 21 · 6:30 PMA$25–90
🕺Musical🎭Theatre
The Drowsy Chaperone
Collingwood Town Hall
Wed 28 · 7:30 PMA$20
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Tina's Lucky Dip
Grouse Melbourne, Fitzroy
Sat 24 · 6 PMA$56–282
⚽Team sports
Lucha Fantastica: Day of the Dead (Melbourne Adult Show)
Collingwood Town Hall, Melbourne
At 7:30 PMA$9.25–17.19
🎤Stand-up😂Comedy
Jest Genes Comedy at The Grace Featuring Bron Lewis!
Grace Darling Hotel, Melbourne
Sat 7 · 2 PM
📚Literature🗣️Talk
Forbidden Fruits - BTYB The Forbidden Chapter & Wild Secrets
Wild Secrets Head Office, Abbottsford
Thu 5 · 1 PMFree
🎬Cinema📚Literature
Orlando (1992)
Collingwood Library, Abbotsford
At 6:30 PMA$25
🗣️Talk
Travel Club by Poss and Ruby - Lapland - land of the Northern Lights
Molly Rose Brewery, Collingwood
Thu 8
🖼️Exhibition
Gemma Smith | Shadow Glass
Sullivan+Strumpf, Collingwood
Sat 24 · 5 PMFree
🖼️Exhibition🥂Opening
Wowatjumatj Woka, Exhibition Opening
Wukuṉ Waṉambi Project Space, Collingwood
Fri 30 · 2 PMA$0
🍽️Food
Proud Mary Ghost Rider Savic Edition Launch
Aunty Peg's, Collingwood
Sun 1 · 1 PMA$18.69
🏰Heritage🗺️Guided tour
Villa Alba Museum Open Day: 1st November 2026
Villa Alba Museum, Kew
Sat 7 · 9 AM
📸Photography
Holiday Photo Day
Bones & Harmony - Doggy Daycare, Abbotsford
At 6 PMA$16–18
🎬Cinema
Asian Cinema Collective presents: Ghost in the Cell (2026)
Eclipse Cinema, Collingwood
At 7:30 PMA$150
🍽️Food
A Taste of Colombia Vol. 2
Pincho Disco, Collingwood
Mon 9 · 7 PMFree
📚Literature
THELEMA Reading Circle - Fortnightly (Free)
Private Location, Abbotsford
Sun 1 · 7:15 PMFree
🗣️Talk
Improvisation Reimagined
The MIECAT Institute 374 George St, Fitzroy
Sat 24 · 11 AM
🍽️Food🌏South Asia
SPIRIT OF DIWALI MELBOURNE
Hotel Chadstone Melbourne - MGallery
Sat 24 · 2 PMFree
🗣️Talk📸Photography
Josh Robenstone: North Korea 2019 | An Artist Conversation at Helgoland
Helgoland Gallery, Collingwood
Sat 24 · 2 PMFree
🗣️Talk🖼️Exhibition
Artist Talk with Jazmina Cininas
Australian Galleries Melbourne, Collingwood
Sun 25 · 1 PMA$64.84
🗣️Talk♀️Feminism
Nostos Salon 12
Smith Street Studio, Collingwood
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Venues in Hawthorn for free
Hawthorn Library
4 events
EN102, EN Building. Swinburne University of Technology
4 events
Bar Selecta Hawthorn
3 events
Sabi Sounds Hawthorn
6 events
neurocare clinics Hawthorn
8 events
The Hawthorn Hotel
3 events
Auburn Uniting Church
3 events
The Garden Room Leonda by the Yarra
3 events
Ian Roach Hall, Scotch College
3 events
Geoffrey McComas Theatre
3 events