Art Gallery of Ballarat is receiving a $5.5 million internal upgrade

Significant works to improve the infrastructure of the Art Gallery of Ballarat are due to roll out soon, intending to…

Shepparton Festival announces 2025 return and opens EOI’s

Multidisciplinary, regional arts festival, Shepparton Festival has announced its 2025 return, opening the gates for event expressions of interest across…

Comedy In The Vines returns to Mitchelton Wines in Nagambie

After a successful debut last year, Comedy in the Vines heads back to Mitchelton Wines in Nagambie Victoria loaded with…

Geelong Arts Centre crowned Performing Arts Centre of the Year

Geelong Arts Centre have been honoured by the Australian Performing Arts Exchange this week, receiving the crown of Performing Arts…

Sam Shepard’s celebrated contemporary theatre piece ‘True West’ comes to Geelong West

Over the years, many famed names have stepped into the roles of estranged brothers Austin and Lee in Sam Shepard’s…

Geelong landmark, National Wool Museum named Wotif’s Best Regional Museum

Geelong’s National Wool Museum has taken out the title of Best Regional Museum at the 2024 Wotif Uniquely Aussie Awards….

Wonder returns: 2024 Wonder Children’s Festival is back at Geelong Arts Centre

Following the resounding success of last year’s inaugural Wonder Children’s Festival, Geelong Arts Centre marks the return of the festival…

Finalists to the 2024 Len Fox Painting Award revealed

From over 300 entries (the most the award has attracted to date), 56 applicants have been selected as the finalists…

Festival of Australian Queer Theatre (FAQT) is coming to Ballarat

Ballarat is set to host a ground-breaking event this Australia for the inaugural Festival of Australian Queer Theatre (FAQT). Running…

Recipient of $30,000 Geelong Contemporary Art Prize revealed

Continuing a long tradition of acquisitive award exhibitions, Geelong Gallery’s has awarded the winner of their 2024 Geelong Contemporary Art…

Geraldine Hickey, Brett Blake and Lloyd Langford lead Geelong Comedy Festival 2024 program

Running from Thursday 31 October until Sunday 3 November, Geelong Comedy Festival returns for 2024, taking over the Little Malop…

Dowel Jones own their ten year anniversary thanks to National Wool Museum

When curating the great walls and floors of the restored 1872 bluestone woolstore that makes up the National Wool Museum,…

Local Word Writers Festival celebrates the words and music of prince of darkness, Nick Cave

In Australia, we have our own penman of the dark and melancholy, one Nick Cave. A shadow is cast wherever…

Arj Barker brings laughs to the Bellarine

Internationally acclaimed comedian, Arj Barker, arguably Australia’s favourite American comedian, will headline the inaugural Bellarine Comedy Night in October this…

August Arts Guide: After Walter Hopps, Diokno Pasilan and Geelong Contemporary Art Prize at the centre of arts in regional Victoria

August is the time that galleries across regional Victoria open their doors not only to visitors but to artists to…

The best festivals happening across regional Victoria this month

I’ve never really been one to shake my rump. Sure, sometimes, when the spirit moves me, should the mood strike,…

Parks and Rec star Ben Schwartz is touring his hit improv show in May

Having appeared in a wide range of projects over the course of his career, Ben Schwartz has continued to deliver…

Abbie Chatfield is going regional for The Trauma Dump tour

Following a sell-out metropolitan run in 2023, Abbie Chatfield is heading to the regional centres to share her stage show…

Final days to apply for Geelong Arts Centre’s Creative Engine Grants

Nurturing the spark of an artistic concept or have a project in the wings that needs some support? Geelong Arts…

A new art gallery is coming to central Geelong

Opening at the mouth of the Geelong Cultural Precinct on Little Malop Street, Untether Gallery is the passion project of…

Frida Kahlo pops up at Bendigo Art Gallery

The Bendigo Art Gallery has procured a world-class collection for their Bendigo International Collections under their 2025 exhibition program. Bringing…

Melbourne International Film Festival returns with huge 2024 program

Returning to Melbourne and Victoria in person, and Australia- wide online, the annual screen events Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF)…

The doors are open for these incredible stage shows coming to regional Victoria this month

What do Cinderella, true crime and Mao’s Last Dancer have in common? They will all be explored on the stage…

Moama Lights illuminates the Murray this month

Moama’s Horseshoe Lagoon acts as a backdrop to the stunning state-of-the-art installation, projection and cutting-edge moving light technology that makes…

 

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