Events You Need to Know About this November 2019

All the top events across Australia in November 2019.

VIC

EXHIBITION Collecting Comme

Until 26 July 2020 | NGV International, Melbourne
Showcasing the lasting influence of Comme des Garçons, this special retrospective is the first Australian exhibition of the revolutionary fashion house’s work. Highlights from Rei Kawakubo’s early collections, including her first presentation in Paris in 1981, will stand alongside 65 other garments that helped cement the Japanese label’s reputation as a trailblazer. Pieces on show include Sweater 1983 and selections from the iconic 1997 Body Meets Dress-Dress Meets Body ready-to-wear collection.

CRICKET T20 International – Australia vs Sri Lanka

1 November | MCG, Melbourne

HORSERACING Melbourne Cup

5 November | Flemington Racecourse

ART Desert Lines: Batik from Central Australia

Until 17 November | Bendigo Art Gallery

FESTIVAL Queenscliff Music Festival

22-24 November | Queenscliff

OPERA Faust

27 November-7 December | Arts Centre Melbourne

NT

OPERA Opera Gala at Uluru

2 November | Ayers Rock Resort

ART Sidney Nolan’s Ned Kelly Series

From 16 November | Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.

TAS

ART Simon Denny: Mine

Until 13 April 2020 | Mona, Berriedale

FESTIVAL Effervescence Tasmania

8-17 November | Tasmania-wide

FESTIVAL Farmgate Festival

23-24 November | Tamar Valley

WA

TENNIS Fed Cup finals

9-10 November | RAC Arena, Perth.
Catch the action courtside in Perth as the city hosts the finals of the Fed Cup. Led by golden girl Ash Barty, the Aussies will take on France after reaching the finals for the first time since 1993.

COMEDY Steve Martin and Martin Short: Now You See Them, Soon You Won’t

8-9 November | Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre

CYCLING Tour of Margaret River

8-10 November | Margaret River

OPERA Opera in the Valley of the Giants

30 November | Valley of the Giants, Tingledale

SA

CRICKET Women’s Big Bash League

9-10 November | Karen Rolton Oval, Adelaide

THEATRE Black is the New White

13 November-1 December | Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide

THEATRE West Side Story

28 November-8 December | Adelaide Festival Centre

ACT

COMMEMORATION Remembrance Day National Ceremony

11 November | Australian War Memorial, Canberra

ART Hugh Ramsay

From 30 November | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

NSW

BALLET The Nutcracker

30 November-18 December | Sydney Opera House.
Ease in to the festive season as the Christmas classic pirouettes onto the stage at the Sydney Opera House. Tchaikovsky’s timeless score and the costumes by John F. Macfarlane are magical.