Leisure

  • Exciting lineup for Newstead Live

    Exciting lineup for Newstead Live

    Folk-roots musical festival Newstead Live has announced its line-up for 2024.

  • Get ready to Run the Rock

    Get ready to Run the Rock

    Registrations have opened for this year’s Run the Rock event at Hanging Rock to be held on April 20.  Runners can select either 22K, 13.5K, 5K or a ‘kids 2K’ and experience the unique and natural scenery at one of Victoria’s most iconic landmarks.  Participants will be running alongside the native wildlife while they push…

  • Louis takes on Big Brother

    Louis takes on Big Brother

    Kyneton local Louis Phillips made it down to the final three contestants on the latest series of Big Brother Australia.

  • CSC bandmates reunite

    CSC bandmates reunite

    Castlemaine Secondary College bandmates of popular local 90s group ‘Smokers Run Faster’ have pulled a finger out and reformed and will be performing for one night only at Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal this Friday.  Twenty-three years after their last gig, the former reprobates and misfits are looking forward to reuniting for the reunion show.  SRF played…

  • Joe Dolce in Woodend

    Joe Dolce in Woodend

    Shaddap You Face singer-songwriter Joe Dolce will feature at Chamber Poets reading in Woodend this month.

  • Rock legend to visit Castlemaine

    Rock legend to visit Castlemaine

    Australian rock legend Paulie Stewart will visit the Castlemaine Library this Thursday to speak about his memoir All the Rage.

  • Wicked Weeders at work

    Wicked Weeders at work

    Wicked Weeders have breathed new life into an overgrown herb garden at Kyneton Botanic Gardens.

  • Show smashes records

    Show smashes records

    They came from Malmsbury and Montreal, Tylden and Taiwan, Drummond and Dublin, from Castlemaine and the Czech Republic, Sidonia, Sweden and Scotland, Newham, New Zealand, Indonesia and Japan. In total, more than 9300 people attended the 161st Kyneton Show.

  • They’ll flock to hear Annie

    They’ll flock to hear Annie

    Local culinary celebrity Annie Smithers will be the guest speaker at next week’s Birds of a Feather gathering in Woodend.

  • Market favourites

    Market favourites

    Lancefield and District Farmers Market returns this Saturday.

  • Have a wonderful day out at Castlemaine Artists Market

    Have a wonderful day out at Castlemaine Artists Market

    Castlemaine Artists Market lights up the centre of town with more than 70 artist stalls, live music, children’s activities, workshops and demonstrations by talented local artists.

  • Crank up the dance floor

    Crank up the dance floor

    Breaking hearts and starting dance-floor fires since 2013, Sugar Fed Leopards are coming to Castlemaine on Friday.