Entertainment
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Join Windarring for an end-of-year wing ding
Windarring disability services is holding an end-of-year ‘Wing Ding’ concert, plus a special performance of Haiku, an award-winning play by the Cathouse Players, in the hope of welcoming the community to get to know its participants. Windarring board member and Cathouse director Bette Sartore said it had been her dream for seven years to host…
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Castlemaine radio’s night of nights
MAINfm is rolling out the green carpet for its inaugural Rogies – like the Logies but for radio, it’s an event to celebrate the talented and dedicated volunteer presenters at Castlemaine’s own radio station, 94.9 MAINfm. Awards in various categories including The Chatterati Award for ‘Best Talk Show’, The Rex Watts Music Award for ‘Best…
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Kyneton Show shines with record crowds
Organisers have declared the 159th Kyneton Show an enormous success with perfect spring weather on Show Day setting new attendance records. Kyneton Agricultural Society secretary Josephine Rutledge said more than 5800 people went through the gates over the two days, well up on the 5000 last year. She said the country-styled parkour obstacle course was…
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Free fun at Kyneton Show time
The creative team behind the Kyneton Show has put together two big days of family fun this coming weekend for the 159th show with loads of free farming activities and things to make to take home. See if you can make a whip crack with free lessons and demonstrations on Friday night as Keira Buzza…
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Fiesta de Salsa!
Castlemaine’s getting set to salsa. On Saturday November 16 the town’s Theatre Royal hosts Fiesta de Salsa. Fronting the fiesta is local salsa dance instructor Camila Serrano, originally from Colombia but now well established in Castlemaine where she’s helping locals unlock their latent love for things Latin with regular dance classes through her Salsa Social…
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It’s go, go, go for the Lancefield Show
The countdown is on to the staging of the 2019 Lancefield Agricultural Show this Sunday. A huge amount of work has gone into organising the show, one of the annual drawcard activities in the Macedon Ranges, and it promises to be a family-friendly something-for-everyone show. “Nearly all the local businesses have been fantastic with sponsorships,…
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Party in the park for Kyneton Music Festival
Now eight years old and grown in stature, Kyneton Music Festival will hit the town on October 25-26. A huge lineup for this year’s festival has just been announced with Ali Barter, Stonefield, Jade Imagine, The Putbacks, Hobsons Bay Coast Guard, Martin Frawley, Black Cab, Glitoris, Buried Feather, Ben Salter, Ryan Downey, Cry Club, Quivers,…
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Fun and games for Gisborne
Fun and games are expected to arrive in Gisborne with the town’s first arcade by the end of the year. Macedon Ranges Council last week approved an amusement parlour with 34 video gaming machines at the former 22 Brantome Street newsagency site despite some community reservations. Eight objections to the plan related to noise, antisocial…
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Top axemen head to Metcalfe
Many of the state’s top axemen are headed to Metcalfe this Sunday as the normally sleepy locale springs to life for the annual Vintage Tractor Pull and Wood Chop. Serving as a popular precursor to the Melbourne Show, the wood chop draws some high-profile competition with the state Under 18 Championship event and the Ginger…
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Documentary celebrates unique and quirky characters of Lancefield
A cinematic documentary about the unique and quirky characters that live and work in Lancefield is set to be launched at a local screening tonight at 6.30pm. Co-produced by Mike Jones, Harry Jon Nanos and Paul Carter, and co-funded by the Lancefield Community Bank and members of the Lancefield community, Lancefield Dreaming interviews a number…
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Prepare for Peter Panto
Castlemaine Theatre Company is giving the original tale of Peter Pan a contemporary makeover with a uniquely Castlemaine twist for its upcoming pantomime production – Peter Panto. Family friendly but with a script that caters for adult audiences, it’s scheduled to open at the Phee Broadway Theatre in late November with CTC now inviting anyone…
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An age-old challenge
Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal has come up with a membership scheme to help meet the challenges of operating a grand old theatre in a regional setting. Tim Heath and Felicity Cripps now manage the theatre on their own, having recently parted ways with their former business partners. The beautiful 150-year-old building is the cultural heart of…