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Downtown Melbourne Holiday Art & Wine Walk
  • Sip, shop & discover local art! Enjoy complimentary wine and light bites as you browse participating shops and galleries, meet local artists, watch live painting, and find one-of-a-kind gifts. Candlelight shopping until 8pm. 21+ to sip.

Christmas Events, Events, Festivals, Food & Drink Events, Kid Friendly Events, Seasonal Events

Downtown Melbourne Cookie Crawl
  • Grab your tin, downtown is baking! Stroll from shop to shop and fill your keepsake tin with cookies from participating downtown businesses. Plus photos with Santa & Mrs. Claus, the Grinch, and candlelight shopping until 8pm. Last year’s event sold out, so get tickets early!

Christmas Events, Events, Kid Friendly Events, Seasonal Events

Downtown Melbourne Tree Lighting Ceremony
  • Let’s light up downtown! Join us for the lighting of Downtown Melbourne’s holiday tree in Campbell Park, with performances by the Indialantic Chamber Singers and Melbourne BandWorks, the Grinch, and candlelight shopping until 8pm. New Haven Ave will be closed between Municipal Ln and the railroad tracks.

2026 Holiday, Christmas Events, Events, Holiday Season, Kid Friendly Events, Seasonal Events

Holiday Lights at Brevard Zoo
  • Select Nights: November 20, 2026 – January 2, 2027 Event Hours: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Final Admission: 8:00 PM November 20 – December 12: Friday and Saturday evenings December 18 – January 2: Nightly, excluding Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Make new family memories under the glow of…

Concert/Live Music, Cultural Events, Events, Music Events, Seasonal Events

Melbourne BandWorks presents New Year’s Eve Gala with Rock & Roll Revue
  • 7:30 – 8:30. Happy Hour. Three-hour open bar 8:30 – 9:30. Elegantly-served dinner with a live floor show featuring the Swingtimers Trio 9:30 – 12:30. Dancing to Art Martin’s Rock & Roll Revue with vocalists Tony Schillizi and the Swingtimers Trio Countdown to the New Year with the ball drop…

Concert/Live Music, Cultural Events, Events

Melbourne BandWorks presents Holiday Favorites
  • Start off the Holiday Season with your favorite holiday selections from way back when, such as: The Chipmunk Song, Frosty the Snowman, White Christmas & Sleigh Ride, to name a few. Join us for this free concert!

Events, Festivals, Food & Drink Events, Food Festival

Harbor City Hops Fest
  • Downtown Melbourne’s getting a BEER FESTIVAL! Harbor City Hops Fest is taking over New Haven Ave from Livingston to Waverly on Saturday, February 27th with 30+ breweries, live music, food trucks, local vendors and family-friendly activities. This is Downtown’s first-ever beer festival, and it’s benefiting a great cause: Survive First,…

Arts & Culture, Explore, Indoor Fun, Things to Do

The Creative Playground
  • The Creative Playground is a one-of-a-kind art lab and lounge located in Melbourne’s Eau Gallie Arts District. Part creative studio, part social hangout, it’s a place where visitors of all ages can make something, try something new, and enjoy the experience without needing any artistic skills. Explore an à la…

Events, Halloween, Seasonal Events

The Dark Garden Haunted Attraction
  • An Immersive, interactive horror experience for teens & up. Choose your own adventure…Will you stop the garden… …or help it grow?

Events, Fun Runs, Halloween, Kid Friendly Events, Running Events, Seasonal Events

Halloween Fun Run at Intracoastal Brewing Company
  • Run Club – Costume Edition! Join us for our annual Halloween Fun Run at Intracoastal Brewing Company! Ok, so we don’t expect you to go full dinosaur. But if you do, that’s cool. Costumes not required, but you’ll get an extra $1 off per pint if you show up decked…