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Melbourne has so many festivals there will always be something that will appeal to one’s interests. Here are but a few of the many on offer.

• Chinese New Year festival
  Chinese New Year
  Held on the banks of Crown, features Street Bazaar, food stalls and dragon boat racing.
• Lygon St Festival
  November
  3 day Street festival celebrating all things Italian.
• Melbourne Food and Wine Festival
  March
  www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au
  Celebrating all things food and wine, lots to taste and sip. A must for any food and wine enthusiast.
• Melbourne Fringe Festival
  Sept-Oct
  www.melbournefringe.com.au
  Showcases a variety of independent artist performances
• Melbourne International Arts Festival
  6-22nd October 2005
  www.melbournefestival.com.au
  One of Australia’s largest Arts festivals featuring performances in the fields of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, multimedia.
• Melbourne International Comedy Festival
  12th April – 7th May 2006
  www.comedyfestival.com.au
  The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is one of the three largest comedy festivals in the world. The aim of the Comedy Festival is to showcase both Australian and International comedy acts.
• Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)
  Approx. July- August each year
  www.melbournefilmfestival.com.au
  MIFF is the largest and longest running film festival in both Asia and Australia. The festival features over 400 films from over 50 countries.
• Melbourne International Jazz Festival
  Approx. May each year
  www.mijf.com.au
  Features a variety of both Local and International Jazz artists.
• Melbourne Queer Film Festival
  Approx. March each year
  www.melbournequeerfilm.com.au
  The Melbourne Queer Film Festival is the 2nd largest queer film festival in Australia.
• Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF)
  Approx. July each year
  www.muff.com.au
  MUFF features independent, low budget underground films.
• Meredith Music Festival
  Held mid December each year.
  www.mmf.com.au
  Three day alternative music festival held in a paddock in the small country town of Meredith in Victoria.
• Midsumma Festival
  J an- Feb runs for approximately 3 weeks.
  www.midsumma.org.au
  The Midsumma festival is Melbourne’s annual gay and lesbian festival featuring a variety of arts and cultural events.
• Moomba Waterfest
  Held Labour Day long weekend in March.
  Features water-skiing competition, birdman rally, entertainment.
• Port Fairy Folk Festival
  10th- 13th March 2006
  www.portfairyfolkfestival.com.au
  The festival presents a variety of International and National artists.
• Queenscliff Music Festival
  Last weekend in November
  www.queenscliffmusicfestival.com.au
  Features local, regional and national artists that will appeal to a variety of ages and tastes.
• St Kilda Festival
  February
  www.stkildafestival.com.au
  Featuring music, entertainment and street festival. Best part is most of it is free.