Outlook: Melbourne Cup, extended show runs, festival fever and big ticket sales

Fremantle Festival enters its final week, Matchbox Twenty play Adelaide on Thursday, the same day Parramasala Festival begins, running throughout the weekend in Parramatta, and don’t forget to snare your seat at the extra La Soirée shows announced for Melbourne, extending its run to the end of November. Yesssss!

Also on our hit list:

Monday:
- The Living End play the second of the their four day straight residency in north Perth

Tuesday:
- Melbourne Cup Day is back for another year, so check out our essential event guide to Spring Racing

Wednesday:
- Ringo Starr tickets go onsale
- Iggy and The Stooges tickets are up
- Tickets to Tracy Morgan’s first Australian tour are available
- The Imperial Russian Ballet visit Mandurah with their rendition of Sleeping Beauty

Thursday
- Get you and your dad tickets to Black Sabbath from midday
- Get you and your mum tickets to Bryan Adams
- Pause Digital Festival begins today and ends Sunday in Melbourne
- Icons, a tribute to the history of The Australian Ballet opens in Sydney

Friday
- Riverstock begins for the weekend in Moorook
- It’s officially cricket season as the Vodafone First Test Match is on in Brisbane: Australia vs. South Africa!

Saturday
- Wil Anderson is in Darwin to tell a bunch of jokes

Sunday
- Angus Stone rounds out the weekend playing tunes for the Sunshine Coast