Australia\u2019s First Notable Town, Maldon, is gearing up for a 17-day explosion of all the creativity that lies at the heart of Victoria\u2019s goldfields as part of ‘Maldon In Winter 2022’.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maldon Inc president Clif Edwards said the festival, from June 24 \u2013 July 10, coincided with the winter solstice and was a celebration of darkness and of winter\u2019s light with candlelit recitals, a community bonfire and fairy-lit shop windows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There\u2019ll also be music and theatre, poetry and markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Visitors can arrive in true goldfields style on the steam train from Castlemaine or catch a coach drawn by great Clydesdale horses,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The centrepiece is the Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas, with its Gothic and Victorian Picnic, performance by the legendary dark alternative band IKON, electronic rock and deep and dark poetry, and the Phoenix Burlesque troupe to bring life out of the darkness of deep winter,” Edwards said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The entertainment covers all bases. Award-winning classical guitarist, Clancy McLeod, opens the festival with Bach and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Rising star classical guitar virtuoso, Clancy McLeod, is an international prizewinning artist who has demonstrated himself to be a guitarist of the highest calibre and a captivating, expressive and very musical performer,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There will also be nostalgia with a Neil Diamond tribute and all the hits of the \u201860s, as well as Goldfield Gothic\u2019s focus on contemporary culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n