Melbourne Easter is about the gorgeous Autumn season in Melbourne. It's also a long weekend so fun is aplenty. Easter is also generally school holiday time and kids and adults alike can enjoy an Easter egg hunt along the featured parks of the Yarra River. Go on get out and about in Melbourne and scramble some eggs this Easter! Melbourne's restaurants and cafés and venues are welcoming with an Easter spirit with eggcellent themes that will add to the enjoyment!
Melbourne Hotels are hopping to it and making sure guests are welcomed in a special way. On Good Friday most restaurants will have Fish as the special of the day and some venues that specialise in seafood are booked out weeks before. So hurry scurry people and get your friends together to make the most of the fun that is Easter in marvellous Melbourne.
Melbourne Easter Ideas
Enjoy our guide of some ideas for things to do in Melbourne over the Easter long weekend.
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Temperance Hotel
South Yarra / 03 9827 7401Website | EmailEaster Long Weekend
Calling all Easter bunnies to come and party the long weekend away with free entry! Enjoy a great line up of DJs & LIVE music into the early hours plus some fantastic drinks specials including Chocolate Espresso Martinis.
Drinks Specials All Weekend
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Young & Jackson
Melbourne / 03 9650 3884Website | EmailEaster Weekend at Y & J
Grab your besties and enjoy all the Chocolate Beer & Food Specials on offer at this Iconic Melbourne venue. Young & Jackson is the perfect Easter destination to catch up with friends and family.
Open all long weekend.Hop on the Beers Easter Weekend
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Turf Sports Bar & Grill
Melbourne / 03 9670 1271Website | EmailEaster Weekend
Get your Easter Sporting fix at Turf Bar. Enjoy LIVE sport on the screens over the Easter Long Weekend plus yummy food and cold drinks to help celebrate every score.
Open Till Late Good Friday Eve, Easter Saturday & Sunday
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Rubira's
Port Melbourne / 03 9646 2746Website | EmailEaster Seafood Dining
Rubira's in Port Melbourne offer the freshest and best Seafood in town. If you want fish this Easter then come and dine with John.
Simply Sensational Seafood
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Amora Hotel Riverwalk
Richmond / 03 9246 1211Website | EmailEaster Accommodation
Enjoy beautiful scenic accommodation this Easter at the Amora Riverwalk just a short trip outside the Melbourne CBD. Not in need of a place to stay? Why not drop in for a lovely Easter Coffee.
Yarra River Accommodation
Eggcellent Plans for Easter in Melbourne
Looking to venture out this Easter? Check out our quick guide for some of the best locations and outings in the Melbourne over Easter.
| LOCATION | VENUE | EVENT | COMMENTS |
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| Richmond | Harlow | Easter Weekend | Kick the Easter Long Weekend off at Harlow in Richmond on Thursday with $7 Extended Happy Hour, $2 snags and Entertainment from 6pm. Then all week end enjoy footy on the screens plus some fantastic chocolate Easter specials! |
| Melbourne | Young & Jackson | Easter Long Weekend | Hop to it this Easter at a Melbourne Icon. Enjoy a long weekend full of live music and hop heavy beers. Head on in and be treated to some eggciting Easter food & drink specials. |
| Melbourne | Stamford Plaza Melbourne | Mad Hatter's High Tea | Embrace the Bonkers and Brilliant this Easter with the Mad Hatter's High Tea at the Stamford Plaza. Treat the family to an indulgent High Tea. Enjoy Prizes for Best Costume and check out the Accommodation on offer. |
| Southbank | Hopscotch | Easter Long Weekend | Join the team at Hopscotch over the Easter Long Weekend for some eggcellent Easter specials including themed Cocktail Tasting Paddles and Nitro Ice-Cream. Plus a huge line up of LIVE music and DJs. |
| Melbourne | The Wharf Hotel | Easter Weekend | Lots going on at the Wharf this Easter. Steak Night and Live Music on Good Friday Eve. Kids Eat Free on Good Friday. Take part in the Guilt Free Garden Party on Easter Saturday plus extended Happy Hours all weekend from 4pm-7pm. |
| Docklands | Platform 28 | Easter Long Weekend Footy | Get your fix of the Footy this Easter at Platform 28. Enjoy the big games from Good Friday to Easter Sunday LIVE on the Big Screens. Heading to a match? Join the Platform 28 team pre and post match. |
| South Yarra | Temperance Hotel | Easter Long Weekend | Party through the Easter Long Weekend at the Temperance Hotel. With fantastic Easter specials and DJ line ups all weekend. Plus All Day Drink Specials and LIVE music on Easter Sunday! |
| Southbank | BearBrass | Easter Weekend | BearBrass is open every day over Easter so join the team for some eggcellent eats and spectacular drinks by the Yarra this Easter. |
| Southbank | P.J. O'Brien's | Easter at P.J.'s | It's a big Easter Weekend at P.J.'s in Southbank with a Family Day on Good Friday in support of the Royal Children's Hospital plus LIVE music into the early Morning. Enjoy Live music and drinks specials the rest of the weekend and a Traditional Sunday Roast on Easter Sunday. |
| Southbank | Ludlow Bar & Dining Room | Easter Long Weekend | Ludlow will be open all Easter Weekend for Brunch, Lunch & Dinner. Enjoy the scrumptious a la carte menu in the dining room or select your favourites from the bar menu in the public bar and terrace. |
| Melbourne | Turf Bar | Easter Weekend | Turf will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday but open from 1pm till late on Easter Saturday and Sunday. So head in for some drinks and LIVE sport on the screens over Easter. |
| Abbotsford | Terminus | Good Friday Eve | Head into Terminus on Good Friday Eve and kick off your Easter Weekend with DJ's in the Beer Garden plus food and drink specials including $16 Parma's and $20 Cocktail Jugs. |
| Fitzroy | Perseverance | Easter Weekend | Enjoy some fantastic Drink Specials on Good Friday Eve and Easter Saturday at Perseverance. Live it up to some great Pop & RNB on rotation plus a special Adult Easters Egg Hunt on Easter Saturday. Perseverance will be closed on Good Friday. |
| Richmond | Fargo & Co | Death By Chocolate | Enjoy a Easter themed bottomless brunch this April at Fargo & Co. Head in on Saturday & Sunday's for this chocolate delight. Plus Easter theme cocktails that'll be to die for. |
| Melbourne | Riverland | Easter: Members Lounge | Fancy a bit of footy this Easter? Enjoy the Member's Lounge Pre-Game Experience at Riverland. Be treated to 2 hours of unlimited drinks, heaps of your favourite footy food plus a general admission ticket to the G (subject to conditions) for $59! |
| Melbourne | Transport Public Bar | Easter Footy Action | Enjoy all the Easter AFL action LIVE on the screens at Transport. Open all Easter Long Weekend. Grab a table and sample the 15 beers on tap whilst you get your footy fix. |
More Easter ideas
Tasty hot cross buns out for a fabulous breakfast with friends or a Easter egg hunt with the family. And Melbourne has some of the best parks and gardens to explore that look sensational in Autumn.
More Melbourne Autumn Big Days
Once the Easter bunny has left the next of the Big Days of Autumn for Melbourne is Anzac Day which is on the 25th April Make sure you checkout the ideas for planning ahead next Big Day being Anzac Day Melbourne.