Carlton's Lygon Street heritage meets modern Melbourne at community events that celebrate food, culture, and neighbourhood connection. From Italian festivals to university events, Carlton has something for everyone.
Curtain Square
A heritage-listed Victorian-era garden square in Carlton North with a playground, shaded lawns and a fenced dog park, managed by Yarra City Council.
La Mama Courthouse
La Mama is an independent theatre founded in Carlton in 1967 by Betty Burstall to nurture new Australian theatre, modelled on the off-off-Broadway coffee-house theatre scene she encountered in New York. La Mama Courthouse, in the former Carlton Courthouse on Drummond Street, has been one of its performance venues since the mid-1990s, hosting theatre, poetry, music and cabaret.
La Mama HQ
La Mama is an independent theatre in Carlton founded by Betty Burstall in 1967 as a playwright's theatre for new Australian work, modelled on the off-off-Broadway coffee-house theatres of 1960s New York. It has continued to support new and experimental theatre, dance and music for more than 50 years.
Piazza Italia
Piazza Italia is a public square on Lygon Street in Carlton, built as a joint project with Melbourne's twin city Milan. It regularly hosts the Lygon Street Market and the annual Carlton Italian Festa.
👨👩👧👦Family & Kids
👨👩👧👦Family & KidsSat 31 Oct at 3:00 PM
📍Carlton·Readings Kids
🛍️Markets
🎭Arts & CultureSat 7 Nov at 12:00 PM
📍Carlton·Sylvia Staehli Theatre - Dancehouse
🤝Community
🎭Arts & CultureSat 14 Nov at 1:00 PM
📍Carlton·Sylvia Staehli Theatre and Upstairs Studio — Dancehouse
🤝CommunitySat 14 Nov at 6:30 PM
📍Carlton·The Church of All Nations
Thu 26 Nov at 5:30 PM
📍Carlton·David P. Derham theatre (GM15), Law Building
🤝Community