Entertainment
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Live and in the round
Tim Rogers, Kylie Auldist, Mick Thomas, Debra Byrne and a host of Victoria’s most cherished musicians join together and hit the road for the Keep The Circle Unbroken Tour this month. The series of concerts being presented across many of Victoria’s iconic regional towns featuring an incredible lineup performing songs inspired by one of the most influential…
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Banquet in the vines
This autumn, modern Thai restaurant Longrain heads north to central Victoria, bringing an exclusive Thai banquet to the picturesque winery and working farm, Sutton Grange. Longrain will offer weekend lunches at the Sutton Grange Winery, located a short drive from Castlemaine and Kyneton, each Saturday and Sunday from March 13 for a limited time only.…
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Big names, big music
Aussie legends The Black Sorrows are set to headline this year’s Macedon Ranges Music Festival in the event’s biggest lineup yet. Front man and ARIA Hall of Fame member Joe Camilleri will bring his electric presence and dynamic show along with his full band for the Gisborne event on Saturday March 13. Joining them on…
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First festival out the gate
Castlemaine Botanical Gardens sets the scene for this evening’s Castlemaine State Festival program launch – and what a festival it promises to be. The result of clever reformatting to cater for vagaries tossed up by COVID, CSF 2021 has been expanded by seven days and makes ample use of outdoor venues to carefully manage audience…
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Club Summer – poolside!
Poolside is looking like the place to be for the rest of summer – particularly if you’re young and local. Backed with a tidy sum from Vic Health, Club Summer @ Chewton Pool is a new pilot program packed with the sort of things summer memories are made of.Aimed at the 12-18 age set, the…
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Malmsbury made: Geoff Achison a blues ‘hall of famer’
Blues-roots legend Geoff Achison has helped put his hometown of Malmsbury on the map. The guitarist and singer-songwriter has seen international success and more recently been inducted to the Blues Music Victoria Hall of Fame. His new status recognises him as one of the significant contributors to blues music in Victoria and he was amazed…
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Filming in Fisher Street
An instalment of Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries was appropriately being filmed in Fisher Street Gisborne last week. St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church formed the backdrop for a scene in a second-season episode of the spinoff from the cult favourite Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. The series follows Miss Fisher’s niece and fellow sleuth Peregrine Fisher in…
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Roll up, roll up
The Castlemaine Circus Festival will be presenting one special online show only this coming Saturday evening. Spring Cabaret will be beamed live from the home of Castlemaine Circus Inc at The Goods Shed Castlemaine. Festival founders Caz Walsh and Mason West said they had to make the tough call last month not to go ahead…
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Hollywood comes to the Ranges
Liam Neeson’s new Hollywood action film will feature a slice of the Macedon Ranges. Works began last week to temporarily transform Macedon Reservoir for the $43 million film Blacklight, which is written, directed and produced by Ozark co-creator Mark Williams. Three days of filming will take place this week for the film that has been…
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Song with heart tops charts
Macedon Ranges country music artist Donna Fisk has topped the Australian Airplay country charts with her hit Shoulder at the Wheel. The song, produced by Robert Angello, Nashville, was the theme for a Trentham community led hay run to help “the forgotten” farmers and community of Lake Cargelligo, earlier this year. Fisk joined the convoy…
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Join the Royal family
Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal launched its second annual ‘Loyal Royal’ membership drive on October 1 and is once again inviting community members to join the Royal family and enjoy the benefits. The theatre team needs community support more than ever before after coronavirus lockdowns forced the shutdown of the independent cinema and live music and events.…
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Become a Loyal Royal!
Lovers of independent cinema, live music and the arts are once again being asked to make a contribution to help secure the future of Castlemaine’s iconic Theatre Royal by becoming a ‘Loyal Royal’ member. The inaugural ‘Loyal Royal’ membership drive in 2019 was a resounding success and has helped to ensure the theatre can continue…