Leisure
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The best of Kate Bush
Step back in time to the 80s and 90s to experience the genius of Kate Bush’s music with the KB Band. Featuring some of her greatest hits and highlighting some lesser-known songs, the band will treat audiences to a moving and uplifting performance. Singer, saxophonist, trombone and sitar player, Teamo Henderson said he knew nothing…
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Storytellers to feature at Fringe
Celebrated Castlemaine storyteller Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky and fellow thespian Penny Glass will present their latest show La Digna Rabia, Dignified Anger, Stories for a Perilous Now as part of the 2025 Castlemaine Fringe Festival program at Northern Arts Hotel from March 27-29. The duo will cheekily debunk some old, worn-out stories that got us to…
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Bringing infinite possibilities to life
What if every moment in your life had an alternate version? What if love, heartbreak, and fate weren’t linear – but an intricate web of infinite possibilities? This is the mind-bending, deeply moving and often amusing journey of Nick Payne’s Constellations being presented at the Castlemaine Fringe. This highly regarded two-hander is the debut show…
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Rocky Riders to host camp out
Castlemaine Rocky Riders Mountain Bike Club is holding a Family Camp Out at La Larr Ba Gauwa (Harcourt Mountain Bike Park) on Dja Dja Wurrung country on Saturday April 5. Rocky Riders member Mandy Chilcott said they wanted to create an event that the entire family and mountain bike community could enjoy. “Finding an event…
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Woodend Haiku Festival is here
Pop-up haiku poets, haiku readings and workshops will be celebrated at the Woodend Haiku Festival to be held throughout April. Local poet and festival director, Myron Lysenko, is a representative of the Australian Haiku Society and has organised a range of activities to celebrate all things haiku, coinciding with International Haiku Day on April 17.…
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Piano project hits right note
Pianos began appearing across Castlemaine and surrounds late last week as the Maine Guerilla Pianos launched their 2025 Castlemaine Fringe Festival project. The local group is putting the spotlight on pianos and the fun of playing and listening throughout the Fringe (March 22-April 6) and is encouraging community members to jump on a piano and…
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CAM’s first blockbuster
In a blockbuster first for Castlemaine, an exhibition spanning the 50-year career of the well-known and much-loved artist ‘Sir’ Leslie Thornton will open at Castlemaine Art Museum this Saturday. The exhibition, which fittingly coincides with the launch of Castlemaine’s 2025 Fringe Festival, features paintings, drawings and sculptures that celebrate the artist’s whimsical and playful Australian-centric…
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Fringe fiesta!
The 2025 Castlemaine Fringe Festival gets under way this Saturday with a free ‘Opening Night Street Party Spectacular’. The event will kick off at 4pm with youth presentations in Mechanics Lane, and then continue until late with three stages in the Castlemaine Town Hall precinct featuring 150+ performers, dance acts, live art painting, projections, DJs…
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Firecracker poems to feature
PoetiCas’s monthly poetry gatherings in Castlemaine have become a cherished part of the community since 2015. For Castlemaine Fringe, local identities will bring us their chosen poems for an afternoon of ‘Firecracker Poems’ at the Northern Arts Hotel this Saturday March 22. Who met Seamus Heaney in Ireland – and will she read one of…
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Poets and storytellers on show
WORDSPOKEN is a local tradition in the making. The event series, which will return from a summer hiatus as part of the Castlemaine Fringe program, showcases local poets, musicians and storytellers in the shell of the old Melbourne tram at Lot19. WORDSPOKEN draws on this thread, providing a space for experimental and experiential artistic expression,…
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It’s better to read blind
Two bouts of sensory deprivation led Jahne Hope-Williams to pursue a life of spiritual practice. Jahne was born in England and spent the first years of her life living behind a Harrods’ department store. It was a troubled start to life; she was blind. The doctors could do nothing and on a whim, after advice…
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Find the perfect gift
Castlemaine Artists Market is lighting up the centre of town on Sunday March 23. Fossick through more than 50 stalls of fabulous, handmade artwork, and find the perfect gift for someone special. Enjoy delicious food and drink as well as live music on the grass. This month Castlemaine Artists Market welcomes back Ced le Meledo,…