Leisure

  • Step back in time

    Step back in time

    Learn all about Romsey’s heritage Seymour Cottage at a community open day on Sunday March 3. Romsey and Lancefield Districts Historical Society will host a day of heritage education, entertainment, activities and refreshments. Keynote speaker for the day is Mount Macedon nurseryman and former Gardening Australia presenter Stephen Ryan. Another feature will be two photographic…

  • Pedal on down to the Maldon Classic

    Pedal on down to the Maldon Classic

    Cycling enthusiasts are encouraged to pedal on down to the Maldon Community Centre this Saturday for the third Maldon Classic Bike Show. This unique show celebrates classic steel bicycles and brings together enthusiasts from across the country, to meet and explore classic and artisan bikes from across the eras, while raising vital funds for the…

  • Event of the year

    Event of the year

    Now in its 15th year, the Taradale Mineral Springs Festival will be held on the Sunday of the Labour Day long weekend – Sunday March 10 from 10am to 4pm.

  • Who was Shere Hite?

    Who was Shere Hite?

    Castlemaine Documentary Festival will screen The Disappearance of Shere Hite at the Theatre Royal in March.

  • Respected photographer to feature

    Respected photographer to feature

    Celebrated local photographer Julie Millowick is set to unveil her latest exhibition Surrounding at Castlemaine Art Museum this Thursday.  Julie Millowick: Surrounding exhibits a curated selection of the artist’s significant body of work including a new series seen for the first time, examining the beauty of central Victoria’s landscape in tumult and recovery.  Exhibition curator…

  • The valve and the hammer

    The valve and the hammer

    Combining the dynamic spoken word of Lydia Lunch and the dark humour and unnerving musicality of Joseph Keckler, Tales of Lust & Madness will bring two of New York’s most notorious performers together in Castlemaine next month for an intimate evening of provocative musical poetry. Lydia Lunch’s fierce energy and rapid-fire delivery lend testament to…

  • Inspiration in an ice cream van

    Inspiration in an ice cream van

    One of Castlemaine rising talents, Patti Fawcett, is about to star in Pilot, a comedy by young people, for young people, coming to the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Patti began a career in comedy at the age of just 14 and in 2019 became Class Clowns National Grand Final winner, the Melbourne International Comedy…

  • Idyll tickets on sale now

    Idyll tickets on sale now

    Tickets to Castlemaine’s annual talent contest Castlemaine Idyll at Lot 19 Arts Space are now live!

  • Celebrating LGBTQIA+ stories

    Celebrating LGBTQIA+ stories

    Queerthentic will showcase the authentic stories of rural and regional LGBTQIA+ Victorians from January 25 at The Old Auction House in Kyneton.

  • Arts program unveiled

    Arts program unveiled

    A new jam-packed program of arts and entertainment has been revealed for the Macedon Ranges.

  • Artist to unveil ‘mega’ exhibition

    Artist to unveil ‘mega’ exhibition

    Castlemaine artist Ned Middleton will launch his latest exhibition, The Revolution of Mega Music Videos, in the Phee Broadway Theatre foyer at Castlemaine Library this Thursday.

  • Folk and blues at the Taproom

    Folk and blues at the Taproom

    What do you get when you cross an English (but half Irish) singer-songwriter with a Scottish (but raised in the Netherlands) folk and blues singer?