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Photo: Chris Phutully from Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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Melbourne Cup is coming up.

Tuesday, 3 November 2026

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About Melbourne Cup

Australia’s most famous horse race, ‘the race that stops a nation’, run at Flemington.

In 2026 it falls on a Tuesday; in 2027 it’s on Tuesday 2 November, and in 2028 on Tuesday 7 November. Also in November 2026: US Election Day (3 Nov), National Sandwich Day (3 Nov) and World Basking Shark Day (3 Nov). From this page you can add it to your calendar, get an email before it, share the countdown, or show it full screen.

How we work out the date
It’s the first Tuesday of November.
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A fixed date in the Gregorian calendar, the same every year.

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Dates

YearDate
2026Tuesday, 3 November
2027Tuesday, 2 November
2028Tuesday, 7 November
2029Tuesday, 6 November
2030Tuesday, 5 November
2031Tuesday, 4 November
2032Tuesday, 2 November
2033Tuesday, 1 November
2034Tuesday, 7 November
2035Tuesday, 6 November

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