Mid-Autumn Moon Festival 2025

6/10/2025 - 6/10/2025 4pm - 8pm

University Plaza and South Court

University of Melbourne Student Union

Join us to mark the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with an evening of light, culture and community, presented in partnership with Discover UniMelb.

Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival with music, food, and lanterns under the night sky. Explore the festival site with live performances from professional and student artists, free savoury and sweet food, and cultural activities.

🎶 On the main stage from 4:00pm, enjoy guzheng solos, dance crews, Japanese pop and rock, and more — featuring both student performers and professional groups including DJ K-pop, VietCharm, Walakado, and the Lion/Dragon Dance troupe.

🍵 Wander the UMSU Busy Street where student clubs bring cultural games, giveaways, and traditional sweets, alongside bubble tea, chè desserts and panna cotta at UMSU stalls.

🎨 Take part in hands-on activities across the site — such as lantern making with the Chinese Museum and shadow puppetry workshops and performance with Youbi Lee and Takashi Takiguchi, calligraphy, moon cake tasting, and the multilingual Poetry Tree.

📸 Snap a memory at the photo wall, or take a breather in the Low Sensory Zone inside MSD.

🌙 At dusk, the festival comes together for the Lantern Parade at 7:00pm — a glowing procession of handmade lanterns accompanied by live guzheng music.

🎟️ Free entry — all welcome. Book your free ticket here!