festival

  • Flagship festival to launch

    Flagship festival to launch

    Now in its 47th year, the Castlemaine State Festival is launching its 2023 season with a preview event at Castlemaine…

  • Set for sound: Newstead goes live

    Set for sound: Newstead goes live

    Newstead is a town in anticipation just days out from its biggest event of the year. The annual Newstead Live…

  • Up in lights

    Up in lights

    Hollywood Theatre will soon light up for two young Woodend filmmakers. Flynn Mazza and Kale McQuade were named winners of…

  • Fun on the farm

    Fun on the farm

    Experience food, wine, beer and craft from across the region at the Carlsruhe Fire Brigade’s Wine and Food Festival on…

  • New festival collapses

    New festival collapses

    An arts and wellness festival awarded $450,000 in state government funding has been cancelled. Eyebrows were raised when the government…

  • On the write track

    On the write track

    Preparing for this month’s Bendigo Writers Festival, Barkers Creek-based festival founder Rosemary Sorensen has cause to celebrate. After working on…

  • Two Mad Italians – And a dinner at Braemar College

    Two Mad Italians – And a dinner at Braemar College

    Back by popular demand, and with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture, accordionist Pietro Roffi and violinist Davide…

  • Gillies showcase Mad King Ferdinand and other political leaders

    Gillies showcase Mad King Ferdinand and other political leaders

    The elastic features and sharp wit of the fabulous Max Gillies will be showcased at this year’s Woodend Winter Arts…

  • Homegrown jazz debut

    Homegrown jazz debut

    Castlemaine’s own Goldfields Jazz Orchestra is a testament to people power – and to the zest of the region’s homegrown…

  • Music and movement

    Music and movement

    This weekend Woodend will be bursting with colour, music and movement as the Woodend Winter Arts Festival launches with the…