# Festivals in Preston, VI 2026 | Culture & Street Fairs

- **Subtitle**: Your guide to festivals in Preston, Victoria 2026 — cultural celebrations, street fairs and food festivals. Find dates, locations and what to expect.
- **Category**: Festivals
- **Type**: category

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## Festivals Events in Preston

- **Event Name**: FUSE Festival | Ganbu Gulin: Burndap, neto!
  - **Description**: Ganbu Gulin: Burndap neto! is an event for Darebin’s diverse communities to come together and celebrate the contemporary artistic practices of First Nations peoples across music and art. Translated from Woi-wurrung as ‘One Mob: Deadly, Now!’, Ganbu Gul
  - **Date**: Sat Sep 05 2026 at 01:00 pm – Sat Sep 05 2026 at 04:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/fuse-festival-ganbu-gulin-burndap-neto-tickets/80003631986160
  - **Venue**: Ray Bramham Gardens
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: performances, music, festivals, art, workshops, entertainment, kids
- **Event Name**: Mudhoney - Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne - Friday 16th October
  - **Description**: Seminal Seattle four-piece Mudhoney return to Australia this October to play a bunch of club shows and headline 4ZZZ FM’s “Zed 51” Festival. The grunge pioneers also add a handful of New Zealand dates for the first time in over a decade.

Since forming i
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  - **Date**: Fri Oct 16 2026 at 08:00 pm (+11:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/mudhoney-thornbury-theatre-melbourne-friday-16th-october/200030356520025
  - **Venue**: The Thornbury Theatre
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  - **Categories**: music, art, theatre, festivals, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Macleod Halloween Spooktacular
  - **Description**: 🎃MACLEOD HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR IS COMING! 👻

We are beyond excited to announce that Mini Folks Events has partnered with Macleod village shopping to bring you an unforgettable community celebration this Halloween!

Get ready for a day packed with family
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  - **Date**: Sat Oct 31 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat Oct 31 2026 at 02:00 pm (+11:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/macleod-halloween-spooktacular/200030218745234
  - **Venue**: Macleod Reserve
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  - **Categories**: kids, shopping, calendar
- **Event Name**: Metro Season - Round 2
  - **Description**: 💙 METRO SEASON ROUND 2! 🩷

The action continues with a huge Round 2 of Metro Season featuring a double-header hosted by Victorian Roller Derby League at The Factory!

Victorian Roller Derby League
Comets (WFTDA)

WestSide Roller Derby
Glory (WFTDA)

Kings
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 62
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 08 2026 at 04:00 pm – Sat Aug 08 2026 at 08:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/metro-season-round-2/200030397799023
  - **Venue**: 2 Stott Street, Preston, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- **Event Name**: FESTA DELLA LIBERTA Ft Pauly J, Mark Pellegrini, Massimo Corrente & More!
  - **Description**: Join us for our annual Grand Final Eve spectacular of Italian music and culture at the Olympic Hotel!About this EventFESTA DELLA LIBERTÀ Annual Grand Final Eve Celebration!
  - **Date**: Fri Sep 25 2026 at 07:30 pm – Sat Sep 26 2026 at 01:00 am (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/festa-della-liberta-ft-pauly-j-mark-pellegrini-massimo-corrente-and-more/100001993817623183
  - **Venue**: Olympic Hotel
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  - **Price**: AUD 22 to 33
  - **Categories**: fitness
- **Event Name**: Onapulary
  - **Description**: Together is the best place to celebrate Onam
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 4
  - **Date**: Sat Aug 15 2026 at 10:00 am – Sat Aug 15 2026 at 04:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/onapulary/200030473354844
  - **Venue**: Cathedral Syro Malabar, Melbourne
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  - **Categories**: harvest-festival
- **Event Name**: Macleod Christmas Community Event
  - **Description**: 🎄✨ MACLEOD CHRISTMAS COMMUNITY EVENT ✨🎄

Get ready for a festive day full of fun, laughter, and Christmas cheer! 🎅🎉

Join us at Macleod Reserve on Saturday 19th December from 9AM – 3PM for an unforgettable community celebration the whole family will love
  - **Interested Audience**:
    - Count: 21
  - **Date**: Sat Dec 19 2026 at 09:00 am – Sat Dec 19 2026 at 03:00 pm (+11:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/macleod-christmas-community-event/200030374044257
  - **Venue**: Macleod Reserve
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  - **Categories**: christmas, kids, music, live-music, entertainment
- **Event Name**: Celebrate Diwali with us!
  - **Description**: Celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights, through a guided, hands-on cultural craft workshop.About this EventCreate your own paper diyas or marigold garland while exploring the traditions, symbolism, and cultural signific
  - **Date**: Thu Oct 22 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu Oct 22 2026 at 07:00 pm (+11:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/celebrate-diwali-with-us/100001993305220573
  - **Venue**: Preston Library
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  - **Price**: Free
  - **Categories**: festivals, workshops, art
- **Event Name**: TENCH Live Instore - DESERT HIGHWAYS
  - **Description**: TENCH are bringing the Sydney Rd noise to Desert Highways!

As they gear up to record their next full length, they’ll hit DHWAYS for their first time to bash out some tunes from their debut record MIND BAIT, and preview some fresh chum.

Bring the family
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  - **Date**: Sat Aug 08 2026 at 02:00 pm (+10:00)
  - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/preston/tench-live-instore-desert-highways/200030384709902
  - **Venue**: 715 Plenty Road, Reservoir, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3073
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## Trending Events in Preston

- **Event Name**: The Drones w/ Mess Hall | The Thornbury Theatre [AUG 21]
  - **Description**: Back by popular demand after a 10-year sabbatical, The Drones are reforming for a one-off tour of Australia in 2026.


Sauntering along the edges of chaos and precision, The Drones built a reputation off the back of their iconic live shows, delivering epi
  - **Venue**: 859 High Street , Thornbury, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3071
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- **Event Name**: smalltown with Gerd Janson B2B Marcel Dettmann (5hrs)
  - **Description**: Gerd Janson and Marcel Dettmann go B2B for five hours as smalltown returns to Preston Warehouse.About this Eventsmalltown with Gerd Janson B2B Marcel Dettmann (5hrs)Saturday, 21st NovemberPreston Warehouse, Me
  - **Venue**: 32 Chifley Dr
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- **Event Name**: FUSE Festival | Ganbu Gulin: Burndap, neto!
  - **Description**: Ganbu Gulin: Burndap neto! is an event for Darebin’s diverse communities to come together and celebrate the contemporary artistic practices of First Nations peoples across music and art. Translated from Woi-wurrung as ‘One Mob: Deadly, Now!’, Ganbu Gul
  - **Venue**: Ray Bramham Gardens
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- **Event Name**: The Drones - 2026 Australian Tour
  - **Description**: Back by popular demand after a 10-year sabbatical, The Drones are reforming for a one-off tour of Australia.

Get ready to kick it all off Darwin as the band bring their hard-hitting Aussie indie rock to the INPEX Sunset Stage.

Sauntering along the edges
  - **Venue**: The Thornbury Theatre
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- **Event Name**: Amorphis, The Eternal in Melbourne
  - **Description**: 🎤 Join Amorphis LIVE at The Croxton Bandroom on Wednesday, September 23, 2026! 🎤  
Here is the moment you've been waiting for! Amorphis is coming to The Croxton Bandroom on Wednesday, Septem
  - **Venue**: The Croxton Bandroom
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- **Event Name**: Decades Of Dance ft John Course, Mark Pellegrini, Marcus Knight & Guests!
  - **Description**: '‘DECADES OF DANCE’ - NORTHSIDE .... WE ARE BACK!   
2 LEVELS | ONE MASSIVE EVENT. THE ULTIMATE DANCE & RnB CLASSICS SPECIAL EVENT!About this Event2 LEVELS | ONE MASSIVE EVENT
  - **Venue**: Olympic Hotel
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- **Event Name**: Mudhoney - Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne - Friday 16th October
  - **Description**: Seminal Seattle four-piece Mudhoney return to Australia this October to play a bunch of club shows and headline 4ZZZ FM’s “Zed 51” Festival. The grunge pioneers also add a handful of New Zealand dates for the first time in over a decade.

Since forming i
  - **Venue**: The Thornbury Theatre
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- **Event Name**: İLKER AYRIK - GERÇEKLER ACIDIR - MELBOURNE
  - **Description**: 🎭 İLKER AYRIK – GERÇEKLER ACIDIR | MELBOURNE 🇹🇷🇦🇺

Türkiye’nin en sevilen oyuncu ve sunucularından İlker Ayrık, büyük ilgi gören interaktif komedi gösterisi Gerçekler Acıdır ile Melbourne’e geliyor!

📅 22 Ağustos 2026 Cumartesi
📍 Agora Theatre, Bundoora
  - **Venue**: Agora Theatre
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- **Event Name**: The Drones w/ Mess Hall | The Thornbury Theatre [AUG 22]
  - **Description**: Back by popular demand after a 10-year sabbatical, The Drones are reforming for a one-off tour of Australia in 2026.


Sauntering along the edges of chaos and precision, The Drones built a reputation off the back of their iconic live shows, delivering epi
  - **Venue**: 859 High Street , Thornbury, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3071
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## FAQs

- **Q**: What are the top Festivals events in Preston?
  - **A:** FUSE Festival | Ganbu Gulin: Burndap, neto! (Sat Sep 05 2026 at 01:00 pm at Ray Bramham Gardens), Mudhoney - Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne - Friday 16th October (Fri Oct 16 2026 at 08:00 pm at The Thornbury Theatre), Macleod Halloween Spooktacular (Sat Oct 31 2026 at 09:00 am at Macleod Reserve), Metro Season - Round 2 (Sat Aug 08 2026 at 04:00 pm at 2 Stott Street, Preston, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), FESTA DELLA LIBERTA Ft Pauly J, Mark Pellegrini, Massimo Corrente & More! (Fri Sep 25 2026 at 07:30 pm at Olympic Hotel).
- **Q**: What are the top free Festivals events in Preston?
  - **A:** FUSE Festival | Ganbu Gulin: Burndap, neto! (Sat Sep 05 2026 at 01:00 pm at Ray Bramham Gardens), Celebrate Diwali with us! (Thu Oct 22 2026 at 06:00 pm at Preston Library).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Preston this weekend August 7–9, 2026?
  - **A:** Metro Season - Round 2 (Sat Aug 08 2026 at 04:00 pm at 2 Stott Street, Preston, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), TENCH Live Instore - DESERT HIGHWAYS (Sat Aug 08 2026 at 02:00 pm at 715 Plenty Road, Reservoir, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3073).
- **Q**: What Festivals events are happening in Preston in August 2026?
  - **A:** Metro Season - Round 2 (Sat Aug 08 2026 at 04:00 pm at 2 Stott Street, Preston, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), Onapulary (Sat Aug 15 2026 at 10:00 am at Cathedral Syro Malabar, Melbourne), TENCH Live Instore - DESERT HIGHWAYS (Sat Aug 08 2026 at 02:00 pm at 715 Plenty Road, Reservoir, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3073).
- **Q**: How can I find Festivals events in Preston?
  - **A:** You can discover upcoming Festivals events in Preston on AllEvents.in. Browse by date, venue, or price to find events that match your interests.
- **Q**: How do I buy tickets for Festivals events in Preston?
  - **A:** You can buy tickets directly through AllEvents.in. Many events offer online booking with options for free, paid, and early-bird tickets.
- **Q**: What are the popular venues for Festivals events in Preston?
  - **A:** Some popular venues hosting Festivals events in Preston include Ray Bramham Gardens, The Thornbury Theatre, Macleod Reserve.
- **Q**: What is the price range for Festivals events in Preston?
  - **A:** Prices for Festivals events in Preston range from AUD 22 to AUD 33. Many events also offer free entry.
- **Q**: Who are the top organizers for Festivals events in Preston?
  - **A:** Popular organizers hosting Festivals events in Preston include fiona brook, Press Play Presents, Mini folks events.
- **Q**: Are there any online Festivals events available?
  - **A:** Yes, many Festivals events are available online. You can filter for virtual events on AllEvents.in to attend from anywhere.
- **Q**: How can I get notified about new Festivals events in Preston?
  - **A:** Follow the Festivals category on AllEvents.in to get notified when new Festivals events are listed in Preston.

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