Leisure
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Fringe program packed
The Castlemaine Fringe Festival will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2023 and three decades of local, grassroots and community-led arts events. The 2023 festival program will be launched this Sunday in the Castlemaine Botanical Gardens Tearooms. The Fringe was founded in 1992 by a group of Castlemaine creatives with a vision to showcase and celebrate…
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Inventi’s Enchanted Forest
Step into an enchanted forest with Inventi Ensemble at the Kyneton Town Hall this coming Saturday. Hear a new arrangement of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony and Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun along with a world premiere performance of a new Australian work by Melody Eötvös — The Baron in the Trees. A seven-piece…
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Chamber concert at Castlemaine
A stellar, international ensemble will unite in Castlemaine this Thursday to perform a program of chamber works by acclaimed local composer Anthony Pateras. ‘A Dread of Voids’ – Contemporary Electroacoustic Chamber Music will feature at the Castlemaine Town Hall for one night only this Thursday, February 16, as part of the ensemble’s whirlwind national tour.…
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Raising young voices
This year promises to be an exciting time of learning, singing, socialisation and performance for Young Voices of Macedon community children’s choir. Under the direction of teachers Jess Demare and Peter Hagen and accompanist Cathy Hutchison, the choir has groups for younger and older children. They are engaged in vocal development, musicianship, movement, language and…
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Cosmo to bloom
Artist Kevin Smith is exhibiting a series of new paintings titled ‘BLOOM’ at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Trentham across February and March. These new paintings, created in his Little Hampton studio during the past three years, capture the townscapes and landscapes of the central highlands and beyond in Kevin’s colourful, vibrant, expressionist style. The title…
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New exhibitions for CAM
Castlemaine Art Museum invites the community to the launch of the latest Terrace Projection installation Jesse Boylan’s ‘At the end of the day’, and the opening of the next Orbit exhibition by Tara Gilbee ‘Ellipses’ this Friday evening, February 3. Terrace Projection ‘At the end of the day’ is a new video work by local…
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‘Don’t stop us now’
The Woodend Warblers are inviting new members with an open rehearsal next week. The acapella group has a zest for music that continues to grow with direction of local choir leader Andrew Price. Formed in 2018 and with just less than 20 members at the first rehearsal, the choir has continued to grow not only…
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Pop up garlic farmers program
With its aim to give Australians hands-on experience and to grow a new generation of Australian farmers, Farmer Incubator has announced the return of its sought-after Pop Up Garlic Farmers program. Kicking off in February, people have the unique opportunity to participate in a program that teaches you how to plant and nurture a market…
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Big line-up for Town Folk Festival
The countdown is on until Castlemaine’s highly anticipated second annual Town Folk Festival on Saturday February 11. Bringing together 16 of the best contemporary artists from across Victoria and beyond, Town Folk Festival celebrates diverse, compelling and exciting music, which all fits vaguely or specifically under the ever-widening umbrella of folk. The one-day festival will…
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Folk-rocker gives back
Tim Rogers and The Twin Set will perform a CFA fundraiser gig at the Malmsbury Hotel on February 2, with all proceeds going to the Malmsbury and Taradale fire brigades. “Until I learn their skills I wanted to show that even D-List old folk-rockers appreciate their skills and time and compassion,” Rogers told the Express.…
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Calling young Shakespeare fans
Castlemaine Theatre Company is holding a Shakespeare Workshop for young people this coming Sunday. The workshop, ‘Speak the Speech’, is suitable for 15-25 year olds and runs from 10am-5pm. Four hundred years after his death, Shakespeare’s works continue to provide commentary to our lives and the human condition. This one-day intensive workshop will explore Shakespeare’s…
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Gear up for Newstead Live
Newstead Live is set to make its long-awaited return this weekend after two years of pandemic recess. The four-day festival gets under way this Friday and will run through until Monday. Newstead Live director Kelly Skinner said it had been a privilege to have been at the helm of the local festival since 2014. “I…