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X-WR-CALDESC:The international calendar of where to be and when
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UID:gss-160@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173351Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261108
SUMMARY:Melbourne Cup Carnival
LOCATION:Flemington Racecourse\, Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:Four race days at Flemington across eight days in early Nove
 mber\, built around a two-mile handicap that closes the state of Victor
 ia for an afternoon.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/melbourne-c
 up-carnival\nDates: The Victoria Racing Club has the 2026 carnival acro
 ss four race days at Flemington: Victoria Derby Day on Saturday 31 Octo
 ber\, Lexus Melbourne Cup Day on Tuesday 3 November\, Oaks Day on Thurs
 day 5 November and Champions Stakes Day on Saturday 7 November. The VRC
 's own Cup Day page is filed under its 2026–2027 season and carries t
 he 3 November date.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/melbourne-cup-carnival
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Equestrian
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UID:gss-161@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173351Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20271030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20271107
SUMMARY:Melbourne Cup Carnival (expected)
LOCATION:Flemington Racecourse\, Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:Four race days at Flemington across eight days in early Nove
 mber\, built around a two-mile handicap that closes the state of Victor
 ia for an afternoon.\nhttps://globalsocialseason.com/events/melbourne-c
 up-carnival\nDates: The VRC had not published 2027 dates when checked o
 n 6 September 2026. The Melbourne Cup has been run on the first Tuesday
  in November since 1875 and the date is fixed in Victorian law as a pub
 lic holiday\, so 2027 falls on Tuesday 2 November\, with Derby Day Satu
 rday 30 October\, Oaks Day Thursday 4 November and Stakes Day Saturday 
 6 November. This is one of the most reliable date patterns in the calen
 dar.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/melbourne-cup-carnival
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Equestrian
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UID:gss-37@globalsocialseason.com
DTSTAMP:20261023T173351Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270201
SUMMARY:Australian Open
LOCATION:Melbourne Park\, Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:The first Grand Slam of the year and the best attended\, pla
 yed in the Melbourne heat across three January weeks.\nhttps://globalso
 cialseason.com/events/australian-open\nDates: Tennis Australia announce
 d the 2027 dates as 11 to 31 January at Melbourne Park: an opening week
  of qualifying and support events from 11 to 16 January\, the main draw
  beginning Sunday 17 January\, and the finals weekend on 30 and 31 Janu
 ary. Wheelchair events are listed from 26 to 31 January. The dates reco
 rded here are the main draw.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/australian-open
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Tennis
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DTSTAMP:20261023T173351Z
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270301
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270302
SUMMARY:Australian Grand Prix (date pending)
LOCATION:Albert Park Circuit\, Melbourne\, Australia
DESCRIPTION:Formula 1 around the lake in Albert Park\, usually the seaso
 n opener and the best-attended weekend on the calendar.\nhttps://global
 socialseason.com/events/australian-grand-prix\nDates: The 2027 Formula 
 1 calendar had not been published as of 6 September 2026\, and the prom
 oter's ticket pages were taking registrations for notification rather t
 han publishing dates. No usable pattern exists to estimate from: recent
  editions have ranged from late March and early April to the first week
 end of March. Melbourne's agreement runs to 2037 and requires the race 
 to be one of the first three rounds of the season\, so March remains th
 e typical month.
URL:https://globalsocialseason.com/events/australian-grand-prix
STATUS:TENTATIVE
CATEGORIES:Motorsport
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