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Special Events Australian Open, annual international tennis tournament, 13-26 Jan 2003, Melbourne Park Tennis Club Midsumma Festival, gay and lesbian festival featuring parades, dance parties and performances, 17 Jan-9 Feb, various venues Australian Grand Prix, 27 Feb-2 Mar, Albert Park Chinese New Year Festival, major celebrations held over two days, Feb, Chinatown Melbourne Moomba Festival, Australia’s largest outdoor festival, featuring performances and events, 8-10 Mar, throughout the city Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 27 Mar-20 Apr, various venues Antipodes Festival, festival celebrating the cultural heritage of Melbourne’s Greek community, centred on the National Day of Greece, Mar, various venues Melbourne International Film Festival, Jul-Aug, various venues Royal Melbourne Show, annual country show with agricultural and farming displays, late Sep, Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, Epsom Road, Ascot Vale Melbourne International Festival of the Arts, 17-day arts festival featuring music, theatre, opera and dance), mid-Oct-early Nov, various venues Fringe Festival, smaller arts festival commencing with a parade and street party, mid-Oct-early Nov, Brunswick Street and various other venues Spring Racing Carnival, six weeks of racing, street festivals and exhibitions and the world-famous Melbourne Cup, 5 Nov, Oct-Nov, Flemington Race Course |
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