Leisure
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Ripping day in Guildford
The Guildford Grumpies Car Club will be presenting its annual Peter Turner Show and Shine event at the John Powell Recreation Reserve in the heart of Guildford this Sunday. This year’s event will feature some magnificent attractions including the incomparable Rolls Royce (Spitfire) Merlin engine. All 12 cylinders will be lit up in a ‘LOUD’…
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Live and Local is coming
Musicians are making the most of autumn’s stunning backdrop across the Macedon Ranges in the month of April.
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Festival committee seeks volunteers
The Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival committee is in search of a secretary and assistant. Festival vice-president Sharryn Smith said the festival threw an awesome party every year to celebrate the town’s beauty and creativity. “We’re looking for that special someone who loves getting involved in fun events and helping out behind the scenes,” Sharryn…
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Great Australian Bookshop Tour
Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion are visiting Stoneman’s Bookroom in Castlemaine and Aesop’s Attic Bookshop in Kyneton, on Saturday, March 30 as part of their Great Australian Book Tour.
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Autumn Festival plans released
Macedon Ranges Shire Council has released its plans to manage the influx of visitors expected for the Autumn Festival in April.
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Poultry auctions at Kyneton
Kyneton and District Poultry Club Helmsman style auctions are very popular and so once again the club is excited to be holding another of these auctions on Sunday March 24. As with previous auctions, this auction will be held in the Horace Don Poultry Pavilion, Kyneton Agricultural Showgrounds, Mollison Street, Kyneton. Go along and discover…
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Film review – Force of Nature: The Dry 2
The concept of being lost in the bush rings throughout the Australian psyche.
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Lior to perform
One of Australia’s most treasured singer/songwriters, Lior, is set to perform in Woodend on Sunday March 24.
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Celebrate women through song
Incomparable Irish-Australian singer/ songwriter Maggie Jackson, has curated an international concert to be held at the Phee Broadway Theatre for International Women’s Day on March 8.
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Ceberano in conversation
Northern Books in Castlemaine is hosting a visit by beloved Australian musician Kate Ceberano at the Phee Broadway Theatre next week.
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The Dusty Springfield story
Beloved Australian singer, songwriter and actress, Wendy Stapleton, will present her outstanding tribute to the songs and career of Dusty Springfield as part of a special performance at this year’s Harcourt Applefest. Dusty Springfield, Britain’s greatest female pop singer, enjoyed a 35-year career in music because of her unique heartbreaking voice, and her unfailing belief…
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Festival of Small Halls to visit
Festival of Small Halls is a series of tours that takes some of the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists and sends them on the road to halls in communities all over Australia. Each night on the tour is a beautiful occasion for original music, and a chance to catch up with family and friends…