Melbourne Royal Show 2024: ticket prices, deals, new attractions revealed
Cut-price tickets to the Melbourne Royal Show are available from today, with discounts of up to 70 per cent. See all the details here, plus what’s new at this year’s event.
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Fifteen-thousand people will score $15 tickets to this year’s Melbourne Royal Show, while kids aged 14 and under will go free on the final day of the event.
The “super saver” tickets – a 70 per cent discount on the full-price adult rate of $49.50 – will be available on a first-in basis from midday on August 8 and valid for Monday September 30, Tuesday October 1 and Wednesday October 2.
Anyone who misses out on the deal can still snap up discounted early bird tickets, including an $89 family pass for two adults and two children, until September 22.
Children aged four and under will go free throughout the 11-day event – which kicks off on September 26 – and that offer will be extended to all kids aged 14 and under on the last day, October 6.
Entry after 5pm will cost $30 for adults and attendees can save up to 25 per cent on rides by adding passes to their ticket purchases.
Ticket prices have increased slightly from 2023. But Melbourne Royal had strived to keep the event affordable via “incredible ticketing offers”, and ensuring the entry price included access to more than 100 experiences, activities and entertainment acts, chief executive Brad Jenkins said.
“(We are) offering show-goers up to 12 hours of family fun and festivities each day,” he said. “And we’ve worked with our Show partners to freeze prices of many popular food and beverage items.”
Nightly fireworks displays are making their much-anticipated return for the first time since 2019.
Mr Jenkins also highlighted the “high-octane” Superdog Spectacular, BMX Freestyle and working clydesdale demonstrations as new must-see showcases, alongside returning favourites the woodchopping, more than 3700 arts, crafts and cookery exhibits and 11 daily stage shows for kids.
He said the Show would celebrate 60 years of the beloved Animal Nursery with a “bigger and better” offering that allowed attendees to “get up close and cuddly with more than 250 farm animals” and experience a new interactive element.
Esteemed equestrienne event the Garryowen also turns 90 in 2024.
More than 350 showbags will be up for grabs for between $5 and $50.
The most affordable offerings include the classic Bertie Beetle (blue) bag, Wizz Fizz Lil Fizz and Cadbury Dairy Milk. The costs of all Bertie Beetle varieties have been frozen from 2023 prices.
The priciest include NBA bags at $36, and the premium Card Bot Trading Card showbag at $50.
Attendees will be able to easily access the event via Metro trains travelling to Showgrounds Station, and enjoy more than 55 rides and 80-plus food and beverage outlets. A new dining precinct, Golden Fortune Garden, will notably feature Shandong Mama and Miss Wonton Gold Coin.
The 2023 Show delivered more than $222m in social and economic value, drawing more than 450,000 visitors.
Get your free Show Guide with the Herald Sun on September 14.
Melbourne Royal Show prices
What you’ll pay this year:
Show Super Saver: 15,000 tickets for $15^, children 14 years and under free on October 6
Adult: $49.50 ($42 early bird*)
Concession: $36 ($31.50 early bird*)
Children aged 5-14: $26 ($23.40 early bird*)
Children 4 and under: Free
Family pass: $99 ($89 early bird*)
After Dark (entry after 5pm): $30 adults and concession, $16 children aged 5-14
Bertie Beetle (blue) showbag: $5
Other Bertie Beetle varieties: from $8-$25
^Available on a first-in basis from midday August 8, valid for September 30, October 1 and October 2
*Available before 10pm September 22
What you paid last year:
Adult: $47.50 ($40.37 early bird)
Concession: $34 ($30.60 early bird)
Children aged 5-14: $25 ($22.50 early bird)
Children 4 and under: Free
Family pass: $99 ($89 early bird)
After Dark: $29 adults, $15 children
Bertie Beetle (blue) showbag: $5
Other Bertie Beetle varieties: from $8-$25
10 standout attractions
1. Animal Nursery: to celebrate 60 years of the attraction, a new 3D immersive and sensory experience will form part of the nursery for one year only
2. Sushi Hub Superdog Spectacular: the ultimate high-flying and agility canine show
3. Airtime FMX and BMX Show: featuring motorbikes and world-class BMX riders performing gravity-defying stunts
4. Evening fireworks: a spectacular display choreographed to music, accompanied by new After Dark entertainment including country music artists and a fire and light show
5. New live entertainment shows for kids: 11 performances every day
6. More animal experiences: including working clydesdale and Australian wildlife demonstrations
7. Food and beverage outlets: more than 80 vendors, including Little Havana by Atlas Dining and Nomi Katsu, Shandong Mama, Miss Wonton Gold Coin and DeMochi in the new Good Fortune Garden precinct
8. New rides: 55 rides will be on offer, including new offerings The Phoenix and Wave Swinger
9. Blue ribbon events: thousands of animals and competitors will vie to win more than 2200 coveted Melbourne Royal blue ribbons – from cattle, sheep, alpacas, horses and championship dogs, to woodchoppers and arts, crafts and cookery creators
10. Showbags galore: more than 350 showbags will be available in the biggest Showbag Pavilion in the Southern Hemisphere
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