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March 2017
‘Flash Tattoo’! Castlemaine Fringe Festival Grand Opening
Baroquial, Dirt Bird, Cathy Burke, Kestral, Maya, Meaghan Nightjar, Skip Sail, Steve D’Avis & more to be confirmed! Full set from KING STONE! BAGPIPE FANFARE by LANGLEY! Fireworks! Kids Face Painting! BYO Rugs, Food & Drinks!
Find out more »‘HeartStrings’
1pm Luke Watt 2pm Kestral 3pm Skip Sail
Find out more »Mutable Truths
Poklong Anading, Martha Atienza, Lyle Buencamino, Charles Buenconsejo, Buen Calubayan, Marina Cruz, Kawayan De Guia, Leeroy New, Mark Salvatus, Ronald Venture
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Open House
Kim Barter John Barter Phil Elson Kir Lawill Brendan McCarthy Weekends only!
Find out more »‘Quest for the Great Golden Ash’ & ‘In League with Whispers’
Yodhi Bergman and Katie Kilgore Exhibition Opening As part of the Castlemaine State Festival, this exhibiton will run from the 17-19th and the 22nd-26th from 10am-4pm
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Mutable Truths Visual Arts Symposium
10 Phillipino artists are exhibiting at La Trobe Uni Vis Arts Centre in Bendigo All 10 visiting artists will be participating in this symposium
Find out more »Newstead Open Studios.
Weekends only!
Find out more »Fridgehenge
A henge of fridges. Inside each fridge is a sample of the different foods we eat here in Australia in the present day. In stark contrast to the food we ate in the time of the henge of stone. According to the anthropologists, the builders of Stonehenge invented The Paleo Diet. (Patent pending) Fridgehenge was exhibited in The Lorne Sculpture Biennale. The biennale was visited by 70,000 people and Fridgehenge was voted the second most popular exhibit. It was then…
Find out more »Bowie Bookathon Filming
Bowie Bookathon is a commemoration and sharing of David Bowie’s taste in literature. Join in the challenge of reading as many of Bowie’s favourite 100 reads as possible leading into the Castlemaine State Festival. Bowie Bookathon participants are encouraged to dress up in Bowie-inspired clothing and makeup to be filmed by Trouble Magazine with a public screening to follow. NO BOOKINGS REQUIRED
Find out more »Light at the End
Director: Rose Turtle Ertler Even in the darkest of times, a mere glimpse of a new possibility is sometimes enough to get us through to the light at the end of the tunnel. Joined by Castlemaine refugee advocate Janet Galbraith, five local residents who have made Australia their new home invite audiences to join them in a moving celebration of shared humanity. Performed in a moody, improvised theatre space within a row of spectacular water culvert tunnels, Light At The…
Find out more »Castlemaine Idyll
Bad singing, Good fun!
Find out more »Big Walk to Golden Mounatin
Part 2 - Walking in the Footsteps During the gold rush, as part of the general persecution of Chinese people, they were charged 10 pounds when they arrived at Port Melbourne, so they chose to disembark at Robe, in South Australia and walk to the goldfields. A journey of over 500 kilometres.
Find out more »Frailty
La mama presents Pricking thumbs production FRAILTY Written & directed by SUE INGLETON Starring BEV GELDARD & BRIDGET HAYLOCK
Find out more »ULUMBARRA – GATHER TOGETHER
Uncle Jack Charles, Emma Donovan, Kutcha Edwards, Jida Gulpilil, Tjimba Possum Burns, Benny Walker, James Henry, Illana Atkinson, David Folley, Hope Csutoros, Helen Mountfort and David Bridie Directed by: David Bridie
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The Guildford Day Out!
1-6 Tequila Mockingbirds The Guilly Uke Crew Graham Dodsworth 7 oclock Acoustic Jam Session with Rex Watts
Find out more »Tarkine
Hosted by Bob Brown A collection of stunning artworks from the Tarkine in Motion project, coordinated by the Bob Brown Foundation. Tasmania's Tarkine is 450,000 hectares of jagged coastline, rainforests, mountains and wild rivers. Tarkine in Motion has artists journeying into the wilds to capture the essence of this wilderness and share it with the world.
Find out more »The Refusers Book Launch.
A Celebration of Poetry & Story Craft Dani Ryles Fuzz Guzardi Troof Sean Paisley Collins
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