Minnie and Liraz: The oddball romantic comedy with a dark edge

Coming to Geelong Performing Arts Centre later this month is the hilarious, yet riotous ‘Minnie and Liraz’, a play about loss, playing with hearts and most importantly, winning!

BallaRatCat Comedy celebrate four years with Tom Ballard, Oliver Clark, Peter Jones + more

BallaRatCat Comedy is celebrating their fourth birthday, and will be celebrating alongside Tom Ballard, Oliver Clark, Peter Jones, Alex Ward and more!

Mini-golf is returning to Melbourne’s Howler this July

Back by popular demand, Howler’s Mini Golf-O-Rama tees off in July.

An entrepreneurial life behind and in front of the camera

Previous Mayor of Geelong, Darryn Lyons is heading down to Entrepreneurs Geelong’s next In Conversation Breakfast to discuss his entrepreneurial journey and the many successes and pitfalls of his career.

MSO to Present Harry Potter Live in Concert

One of the highlights of their brilliant 2017 program, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will be bringing some magic to Melbourne with a capstone event.

Melbourne have an authentic French festival next weekend

This year, Melbourne are showcasing its French influence and the French people who contribute to making Melbourne the multicultural, food and entertainment hub it is today.

The Loft Dance & Yoga Studio are hosting an open day

The Loft Dance & Yoga Studio are throwing their doors open.

Bind Productions ‘Winter Warmer’ Workshops

Geelong will play host to elite dance workshops with three of Australia’s leading ladies in the entertainment industry.

Watch Mean Girls for a good cause

The 13th anniversary, of the iconic childhood classic, ‘Mean Girls’ is coming up and what better way to celebrate than a movie night at Geelongs, Pivotonian Cinema next Saturday while raising funds for a good cause at the same time.

The Workers Club are doing How I Bang Your Friends Themed Trivia

The Workers Club Geelong have gone all out and made a trivia night dedicated to all things How I Met Your Mother, Big Bang Theory and Friends.

Local talent launches self-published poetry book

There’s a new poet on the stands.

Raise your glass with lowercase poetry

lowercase poetry have another one in the pipeline, this time been held at Geelong’s Cafe Go.

Prepare for a ‘Black Mirror’ book series

Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker announced this week that his groundbreaking sci-fi anthology show will be coming in a high-tech ‘paper’ format – all thanks to a new deal with Penguin Random House.

Heyy Dream Swim launch their newest collection tonight

Shop the latest range of quirky psychedelic boutique swimwear by our local faves Heyy Dream Swim.

The Glitter Project Collective: The inspirational women’s speaker event heading to Geelong

The Glitter Project Collective is Geelong’s newest inspirational one day event for women, featuring a day’s worth of keynote speaker sessions, entertainment, workshops and stalls showcasing local businesses and creatives – giving you all kinds of inspiration.

The first-ever LGBTQIA pop culture expo in Australia

Hitting Melbourne this July, Oz Drag-Con Queer Expo is Australia’s first full-scale LGBTQIA pop culture expo.

A whole lot of art is heading our way

Art lovers in regional Victoria have a million reasons to celebrate with the latest round of Victorian Government grants providing support for a range of tours and programs in major regional centres and tiny towns across the state.

A Harry Potter film festival is coming to Melbourne

Celebrating 20 years since the first publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Potterfest arrives as a movie marathon screening all the Harry Potter films from start to finish, as well as a 70mm presentation of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

The Jungle Body announce permanent venue

The Jungle Body is Geelong’s fun, judgement free dancing class where you can dance like no one is watching – and are offering bring a friend for free class this Wednesday.

Ballarat International Foto Biennale unveils 2017 program with exclusive David LaChapelle exhibit

The 12th Ballarat International Foto Biennale lineup is here, showcasing over 100 exhibitions from local and international artists.

GIVEAWAY: Q&A session with director Peter Gleeson

The Pivotonian Cinema have a rare opportunity up for grabs!

John Safran is set to make an appearance at this year’s Bendigo Writers Festival

This August Safran returns to one of the key scenes in his book ‘Depends What You Mean by Extremist’, where the two sides of Australia’s extremism collided in Bendigo. He joins the likes of Clementine Ford, John Marsden, Maxine Beneba Clarke and more at the Bendigo Writers Festival.

A breakfast to help ‘Heat the Homeless’ is going down in Geelong tomorrow morning

A breakfast at The Hive in Geelong will take place this Friday, June 9 will serve as the launch of this year’s Heat the Homeless appeal.

The Melbourne International Film Festival announces first titles

Australia’s leading film festival is returning this August and they’ve just announced an impressive list of first glance titles set to feature at MIFF 2017.

 

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