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Vegelicious venues celebrated
The winners of the 2025 Edgy Veg Awards have been crowned and five local businesses in the Macedon Ranges and Mount Alexander Shires have been celebrated for their incredible vegelicious fare. The awards are now in their fourth year and expanded to Mount Alexander Shire for the first time in 2025. This event is the…
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Hot Variety 3.0 set to rock!
The Bridge Hotel, Boomtown Wines and Shedshaker Brewing are joining forces to present a New Year’s Eve spectacular ‘Hot Variety 3.0’ in Castlemaine. With the Taproom at Shedshaker Brewing joining the event for the first time, the 2024 NYE Party is set to be bigger and better than ever with a wide array of music…
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Music industry rallies support
Castlemaine’s live music industry has come together to raise money for Support Act, which supports musicians in their time of need. With Aus Music T-Shirt Day happening this Thursday, Adam Perrett, general manager of Shedshaker Brewing, said it was the perfect time to come together and raise much-needed money for a great cause. “All of…
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Blaze & Faörn – Introspection
Evie Dora’s exhibition Blaze & Faörn – Introspection will be on display at Shedshaker in Castlemaine until the end of October. Dora’s works highlight the importance of expressing deep emotions, versus suppressing them, a subject that will resonate with many, especially in regards to both physical and mental health and wellbeing. A central Victorian artist…
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Frock up for Fringe!
Get your Frocks on for Fringe and celebrate 30 years of Priscilla Queen of the Desert as part of a special fundraising event at Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal next month. The night will feature all the fun of a Fringe event, with local drag queen Polly Filla as MC, a catwalk Farshun parade starring you and…
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Ginger beer to kick goals for Falcons
A collaboration between Shedshaker Brewing and Mt Alexander Falcons has produced a new ginger beer that will raise money for the club and its community programs. The Falcons Non-Alcoholic Ginger Beer will be on sale through the club and at their home games, giving drinkers a big kick of ginger, a warm mark of cinnamon…
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Event to showcase local producers
A new food and drink festival is coming to Castlemaine to entice food enthusiasts and connoisseurs alike with a diverse array of workshops, master classes, tours, tastings and more. Running from Thursday April 25 to Monday April 29, the Mount Alexander Tastes Showcase promises a unique experience celebrating the shire’s exceptional food and drink producers.…
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You’ll never guess who lives down the road…
This month features Doug Falconer, Hunters and Collectors drummer, who chatted with the Express about the ups and downs of being in a band, his seven years of study to to become a doctor and the pressures of running a brewery.
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Keg for the Women’s Shed
Shedshaker Brewing’s Keg for Good is back today with the Castlemaine Surrounds Women’s Shed being this month’s recipient.
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Keg for Good is back
Shedshaker Brewing’s Keg for Good is back today and tomorrow, with Connecting Country being this month’s recipient. Since 2010, Connecting Country has worked with 450 landholders to restore over 14,000 hectares of land to support wildlife, including revegetation, fencing of remnant vegetation and weed control. Connecting Country director Lori Arthur said they had installed over…
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Make some noise with DEAD!
Lisa DennisLocal band/art project DEAD will be running a free all-ages ‘Noise Workshop’ in Mechanics Lane Castlemaine on Wednesday March 29. Band members Jem and Jace will back this up with a second all-ages show at ONI Streetwear in Forest Street, Castlemaine, on Friday April 7. It has been a whirlwind six months for the…
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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…