Leisure
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Town Folk Festival to return
Following the good-time success story of Castlemaine’s first ever Town Folk Festival early in 2022, festival organisers have announced it will be back for a second instalment on February 11, 2023. At Thursday’s announcement, Town Folk Festival spokesperson Jeremy Furze said the 2023 event would feature a huge lineup of acts including Big Scary, Phoebe…
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Resonance presents ‘You’re the Voice’
Resonance String Orchestra is set to present a special concert event, You’re the Voice, at the Castlemaine Town Hall this Saturday. The latest performance comes a month after the orchestra’s sold out show at the same venue. Artistic director Heather Cummins said Saturday’s offering would showcase talented local singers and choirs from across the region.…
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Didgeridoo and Debussy
Didgeridoo, Debussy and the Birds of Oz is a vibrant art music program featuring Claude Debussy’s wonderland dreamscapes Syrinx (1913) and the Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp (1915), blended with contemporary Australian ensemble and solo compositions themed around our connections to nature and to each other. The compelling experience is inspired by the joy…
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Art classes arriving soon
Newstead’s RedShed Arts Workshop will begin running a series of classes exploring life drawing, printing (etching and screen printing), painting and drawing, from February 2023. Held in the former Railway Goods Shed, the classes will run in 10-week blocks, with at least half a dozen offered weekly. “We’re also hoping to start running art therapy…
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House brings festive cheer to Kyneton
The Kyneton Twilight Festival and Market is back! After successfully running the festival in 2018 and 2019, Kyneton Community House had to pause their favourite event due to the coronavirus pandemic. The market moved online for the past two years as a way to support small businesses impacted by markets being unable to be run.…
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Buttlejorrk’s 46th exhibition
Buttlejorrk’s annual art exhibition is a celebration of creativity, friendship and lifelong learning. What began in 1976 as a group of potters wishing to share their knowledge and hold joint exhibitions, like some of the founding members who are still active, has just got better with age! While many members still focus on ceramics, the…
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Dosed doco to screen
Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal will screen the Canadian documentary, Dosed 2 – The Trip of a Lifetime, this coming Sunday at 1.30pm. Organised by the Victorian Goldfields branch of the Australian Psychedelic Society, the screening and panel discussion will be followed by a performance in the courtyard by the local psychedelic rock group, Aplegate. Dosed 2…
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Masterclass and music
After the roaring success of LOCALS at this year’s Castlemaine Documentary Festival they’ll be doing it all again in 2023! In order to assist entrants to prepare for the 2023 event, CDOC is hosting a Storytelling Masterclass at Castlemaine’s Northern Arts Hotel with three veterans of the documentary world next month. CDOC director Claire Jager…
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Fun for everyone at the truck show
Excitement is building for the 2022 HHA and Larsen’s Castlemaine Rotary Truck Show. It is being held November 26 and 27 at the Campbells Creek Recreation Reserve and is the local service club’s major annual fundraiser. Live music will be performed by the Country Rock ‘n’ Roll Music Roadshow starring Peter Coad OAM, the Coad…
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Writers celebrate place, story, nature
The inaugural Mountain Writers Festival was a draw for booklovers and nature-lovers alike. Held earlier this month, the festival was the flagship event for the Macedon Ranges Literary Association and carried the theme ‘Place Story Nature’. It was the first Australian literary festival to solely focus on environmental and ecological writing, and the impact literature…
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Your chance to share in $6000
We’re sliding headlong into Christmas and that means one thing! The Midland Express’s Christmas Candy Card is back! It’s your once-in-a-year opportunity to share in the chance to win great cash prizes and vouchers. It’s easy, it’s fun, and it will help you get your Christmas shopping done! Take part and go in the draw…
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View the world differently
The news: We read it, we watch it, we listen to it, we scroll our devices looking for it. But how aware are you of the choices you are making and how they are affecting your health – and your life? Cate Mercer, editor/publisher of The Art of Healing, is celebrating 20 years of producing…