Leisure
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Up close and personal with Elliot Goblet
Ever wanted to ask one of Australia’s funniest comedians the question you’ve always wondered about? Here’s your chance. Up Close and Personal is unlike any comedy show you’ve been to. Part live performance, part candid conversation, the intimate evening features a special guest performing before sitting down for a relaxed interview – with the audience…
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Karaoke to support local theatre
Kyneton Theatre Company is holding its annual fundraiser next Saturday, July 18, and this year, it’s a karaoke disco night. “It was all inspired by the ‘porch karaoke’ we used to have at cast parties,” committee member Lucy Watson explained. “We would all pull songs up on YouTube and sing them to the party on…
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Local art brightens the building
The work of more than 150 local artists is on display in Castlemaine’s historic Market Building as part of the winter season Market Building Art exhibition. Mount Alexander Shire Council’s team leader of visitor services, Aileen Walsh, said the exhibition had a range of paintings, sculpture, jewellery, glassware, prints, photography, textiles and more. “These exhibitions…
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Scales, feathers, fur and facts
This winter, Jubilee Hall in Macedon will come alive with scales, feathers, fur and fascinating facts as TV Zoologist Chris Humfrey and the Wild Action team present their unforgettable Winter School Holiday Wildlife Workshops. Children and adults alike are invited to Take a Walk on the Wildside and come face-to-face with an extraordinary lineup of…
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Bringing 80s synth-pop back to Castlemaine
Celebrating the music of 80s Synth Pop, New Wave and New Romantic era, the Blitz Kids will perform at the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine on Friday, July 10. Before the charts… before the world caught on…there was The Blitz Club in London—the birthplace of a movement. A scene of style, rebellion, and sound that ignited…
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Len Fox Prize launches
Castlemaine Art Museum has announced that entries are now open for the 2026 Len Fox Painting Award. This a biennial acquisitive painting prize and is awarded to a living Australian artist to commemorate the life and work of Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865–1915), the uncle of Len Fox, partner of benefactor Mona Fox. The Len Fox…
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Take a walk on the wild side
Families across the Macedon Ranges are invited to rug up, get curious and come face-to-face with some of Australia’s most extraordinary wildlife these winter school holidays, as TV Zoologist Chris Humfrey and the Wild Action Team bring their unforgettable live wildlife workshops to Jubilee Hall, Macedon. Running from Tuesday July 7 to 10, with sessions…
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Let’s rock for a reason!
Two of Castlemaine’s community groups are joining together for the first time to present a fundraising event – Rock for a Reason. Castlemaine Safe Space (CaSS) is a non-clinical drop-in space for anyone in emotional distress or experiencing loneliness or suicidal thoughts. Community designed and led, and staffed by trained peer volunteers with lived experience,…
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Move Ya Body at Cdoc!
We are just two days out from the 2026 Castlemaine Documentary Festival June 26-28 at the Theatre Royal Castlemaine and tickets are selling fast. Saturday night will once again be a highlight with the screening of Move Ya Body – The Birth of House at 8pm, and a chance to try out some of those…
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Creative couple make mixed media show
Local Macedon Ranges creatives, Darcy Prendergast and Josie Mackerras, have long been tinkering away on a gentle kids show concept, but now that dream takes one step closer to our screens, securing production funding from both Screen Australia and the Australian Children’s Television Foundation. Pit Pats is a gentle mixed media show, combining the duo’s…
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Build yourself a banjo
Renowned luthier Nick Carpenter, founder of Wildwood Instruments, is introducing a brand-new Banjo Making Course, adding to the range of popular instrument-making workshops he has on offer. Based in the foothills of Mount Franklin, Wildwood Instruments is a boutique workshop dedicated to the craft of instrument making. Nick’s hands-on courses are designed to introduce people…
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Castlemaine Documentary Festival: Three top picks
It’s midwinter. The nights are long. So the Castlemaine Documentary Festival has filled them with films that nourish, challenge and bring us together. Running from Friday June 26 to Sunday June 28 at the Theatre Royal, this year’s festival is built around a simple idea: Love – the antidote. Across three days and nights, the…