GERMAN WEEK MELBOURNE | 20 – 27 October 2025
Discover the best of Germany in Melbourne. Deutsch Your Week.
After an incredible comeback in 2024, German Week returns for its second round in Melbourne!
From 20 – 27 October 2025, the city will once again transform into a vibrant stage of German culture, community and connection.
This year, the spotlight is on the dynamic relationship between Germany and Australia: a connection that sparks ideas, builds bridges and invites celebration.
Over the course of the week, you’ll experience how traditions meet innovation, how business and education create fresh perspectives, and how culture and cuisine bring people together.
Whether you’re German, love German culture, or simply curious to discover it – German Week is for you.
From flavors to ideas, from art to exchange, there’s something for everyone.
When Melbourne meets Germany, the possibilities are endless.
This year promises a week unlike any other.
Get ready to Deutsch Your Week!
Partners of Melbourne German Week
German Week Melbourne Schedule October 2025
Oktoberfest at Hofbrauhaus
Dates: 13.09. – 25.10.
Join us for Melbourne’s most iconic Oktoberfest at Hofbräuhaus in the heart of Chinatown as we celebrate our 57th anniversary.
German Language Competition
Dates: 21.09. – 26.10.
Ready to boost your German skills and explore the culture behind the language?
Oktoberfest Lunch at Changing Seasons Café
Dates: 21.10. – 26.10.
Join us at the Changing Seasons Café in Bayswater, overlooking the beautiful Dandenong Ranges.
SAGSE 56th Annual Presentation Evening
Date: 17.10.
Please join us for one of our favourite nights, SAGSEs 56th Annual Presentation Evening. We can’t wait to see you all there for a great celebration for our next Jahrgang.
Foosball Academy
Date: 19.10.
The Hofbrauhaus Melbourne will host the Foosball Academy as part of the German Week Melbourne.
Opening Night
Date: 20.10.
This is an exclusive invite only event for all sponsors, partners and officials of the German Week Melbourne. Want to partner with us for German week 2026? Get in touch!
AHK German Business Day
Date: 21.10.
As part of German Week, we are excited to invite you to an afternoon of business networking at the International Chamber House, bringing together leaders from government and industry.
German Pub Trivia
Date: 21.10.
Gather your smartest friends, release your inner Einstein and join our Trivia host Ben Sorensen for our special Tuesday Hofbrauhaus Trivia to celebrate German Week Mebourne.
German Day at BSPS
Date: 22.10.
Join us in celebrating our connection to German culture at the German Day assembly and parade.
German Schnapps Tasting
Date: 22.10.
Close your eyes and imagine yourself in a cosy tavern in Germany — a table filled with laughter, glasses of schnapps (fruit brandies), and plates of delicious German bites to share.
GABWA Business Breakfast
Date: 23.10.
German-Australien Business Woman Alliance VIC | Business Breakfast – Round Table Discussion
Café Klatsch at BSPS
Date: 23.10.
Enjoy culture and language in a relaxed social setting. Refreshments, games, movies and friendship.
German Movie Night
Date: 23.10.
The Goethe-Institut and German Week Melbourne proudly present the hilarious comedy Everything’s Fifty Fifty by German Iranian filmmaker Alireza Golafshan!
Pretzel Baking Workshop for Families
Date: 24.10.
Join us at Froebel Parkville for an interactive Pretzel Baking Workshop – perfect for families with children aged 2-5 years.
German Opera “The Merry Widow”
Date: 24.10.
For One Night Only! As part of German Week 2025, 45 William Street is transformed into a vibrant opera theatre for a spectacular performance by Co-Opera.
Celebrate German Culture at Deutsche Schule Melbourne
Date: 25.10.
Kaffeeklatsch, Foosball, Science, Flea Market, and Language at Deutsche Schule Melbourne
German Language Trial Sessions by the Goethe-Institut
Date: 25.10.
Discover how engaging, inspiring, and effective learning German can be. Our free trial sessions are the perfect place to start.
Foosball Kids’ Tournament
Date: 25.10.
As part of the German Week Melbourne, the Foosball Juniors Tournament will be held in the Deutsche Schule Melbourne, 96 Barkly St, Fitzroy North.
Live Talk
Date: 25.10.
Live talk on pronunciation and vocabulary from the podcast series ‘Teaching and learning German in Australia’ with Julia Grewe (SBS), Andreas Wiebel (DAAD) and Elisabeth Höbartner (DSM).
Oktoberfest at TSA Bayswater
Date: 25.10.
The German community in Bayswater will transform their community hall into an authentic “Festzelt” to celebrate the Oktoberfest.
Kraut Fest – Fermenting Workshop
Date: 25.10.
At this special GERMAN WEEK event, you will learn how to make Sauerkraut using the simplest and most authentic method! Including healthy and sustainability tips and tricks.
Foosball Adult Tournament
Date: 26.10.
Foosball, some call it table soccer or table football, is a quintessential part of German culture. Therefore, it cannot be missing at the German Week Melbourne.
Yoga in German
Date: 26.10.
Join this special yoga class led by Jessica in German as part of German Week Melbourne 2025.
Reformation in Word & Spirit
Date: 26.10.
Here We Stand! – Reformation in Word & Spirit. Celebrating Luther`s 95 Theses leading to the Protestant Reformation in 1517.
Science and the Arts Slam
Date: 27.10.
Inspired by the popular Poetry Slam format, this event sees PhD students take the stage to present their research – in an entertaining, accessible, and engaging way.
Staging German
Date: 27.10.
Join us for an evening of theatre and celebration as students from the German program at the University of Melbourne present Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, a seminal work by Heinrich von Kleist.
German Music Night
Date: 31.10.
We’re bringing you a 100% German music party – from the greatest hits of the 70s to today’s Rock, Pop, Punk, Neue Deutsche Welle, HipHop and Ska.
"More than cars and Lederhosen"
Fun Facts About Germany
It's bad luck to say 'Happy Birthday' before the actual day
Munich Oktoberfest starts in September, not October.
There are around 300 varieties of bread in Germany
Germans answer the phone with their surname instead of Hello
Gummi Bears were invented by the German Hans Riegel Sr. in 1922
German Johannes Gutenberg developed the printing press
70 percent of German highways have no speed limit
There are more soccer fan clubs in Germany than in any other country
Children get a giant cone filled with toys and candy on their first day of school
"The German Week is back in Melbourne! We have a week filled with culture, food, business, education and sport. All with a German theme. There is something for everyone. Ich freue mich riesig darauf!"
Honorary Consul-General of the Honorary Consulate-General of Germany in Melbourne
Michael Pearce
Honorary Consul-General of the Honorary Consulate-General of Germany in Melbourne
Suite 311, 370 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004.
+61 3 9645 8888
melbourne@hk-diplo.de
