Castlemaine Fringe Festival
-
Fantastico local talent
Castlemaine’s Fantastico! Variety Show is back for 2024! Taking place for the second time at the Castlemaine Town Hall this Friday, Fantastico! is a smorgasbord of talent brought to you by Castlemaine Fringe Festival – a night of comedy, cabaret and cocktails. Fantastico! features a stellar lineup of local talent including Castlemaine favourites Lady Fun…
-
Art under the microscope
Lisa DennisAs part of the Castlemaine Fringe Festival’s ‘Art Window Trail’, passionate local backyard composter Mikaela Beckley has created an art installation that celebrates microbes and the Yes in My Backyard community compost initiative. The artwork on ‘The Hub’ Building in Barker Street incorporates paper mache, recyclable materials and a video presentation and celebrates the…
-
Fringe film premiere tonight
The Castlemaine Documentary Festival is teaming up with the Castlemaine Fringe Festival and the Theatre Royal tonight to present the premiere screening of Walking The Fish. Celebrating 30 years of the Castlemaine Fringe Festival, this film by Michael Harkin commemorates how it all began. This premiere will also be accompanied by a stand-out selection of…
-
The Revolution of Music
Lisa DennisAn exhibition of Ned Middleton’s latest larger than life works, The Revolution of Music, will launch tomorrow at The Taproom as part of the upcoming Castlemaine Fringe Festival. One of the Castlemaine artist and Shedshaker Brewing team member’s eye-catching works has also been installed in the window of Jellis Craig Real Estate in Castlemaine…
-
Where dreams and humanity die
An exploration of survival, the need to belong, and how to cook the perfect soufflé, Cloverlea is the post-apocalyptic soap opera comedy the world has always needed. In their first-ever theatre show, screenwriters Beth Knights and Georgia Powick have created a timely (and only mildly bleak) comedy, marrying the absurd with the existential. Beth told…
-
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…
-
Fringe media partnership with MainFM
Castlemaine Fringe has announced an official media partnership with MainFM 94.9 for the 30th anniversary of Castlemaine Fringe Festival in 2023. Festival chair Jacqueline Brodie-Hanns said they were pleased to be joining forces with MainFM for next year’s event. “We’ve got an exciting program in the works with the Shop Windows Art Tour happening again, Scrabble…
-
Fantastico to showcase local talent
A cast of more than 50 performers are coming together to show off their skills at the Castlemaine Fringe’s Fantastico Variety Show this Saturday at the Castlemaine Town Hall. With a great mix of theatrical acts and colourful costumes, opera, soul, folk and funk the cast has performers ranging from age eight to (well, we won’t say…
-
Check off that Christmas list
Castlemaine traders will be open late again this Friday evening as part of two late night shopping nights that have been coordinated by Business Mount Alexander and supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council in partnership with the Castlemaine Fringe Festival and local businesses. Business operators will be open until 8pm providing the perfect opportunity to…
-
Time to Re-Activate
This Saturday for one night only the streets of Castlemaine will come alive with seven hours of free entertainment as part of the 2021 Castlemaine Fringe Festival. There will truly be something for everyone with a Teddy Bears Picnic at Victory Park, projections on the exterior of the Market Building, a pop-up disco, a hula…
-
New publishing co-op launches first book
Friends since their days at the Victorian College of the Arts, Martine Murray and Anna Read are now launching a not-for-profit publishing cooperative in Castlemaine. As the two local creatives launch Parachute Press during the Castlemaine Fringe Festival, they’ll also be celebrating the publication of their very first book hot off the press. The Wanting…