All the best theatre, concerts and workshops happening at the Geelong Arts Centre this Spring

The city’s finally getting starting to get its warm weather groove back with festivals, outdoor events, plenty of great exhibitions…

Jimmy Carr’s ‘Terribly Funny’ tour to be the biggest comedy tour to ever hit Australia

Jimmy Carr, one of the biggest comedians in the world, is returning to Australia for a headline tour in February…

Australia’s largest ever Augmented Reality Art Trail arrives at the NGV

From a floating human skull to a neon pink warrior, visitors to the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) can experience…

Queenscliff’s unique outdoor art and photography exhibition to return, illuminating the pier with art

Bringing the Bellarine Peninsula into the spotlight as a cultural destination for summer, the Queenscliff Art Prize exhibition will return…

Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Musical is coming to Australia in 2023

Disney’s brand-new production of Beauty and the Beast is heading to Australia next year, premiering in Sydney in June 2023….

An immersive Monet exhibition is coming to cutting-edge digital gallery The Lume in October

Their newest season at The Lume Monet and Friends Alive bring Monet and other famous French Impressionist painters to life at Melbourne’s…

World renowned White Night returns to Geelong and Bendigo with a spectacularly bold after-dark program

From the light-beaming balconies of Bendigo to the glowing gardens of Geelong, the globally recognised late-night celebration of culture, art…

‘Layers of Blak’: Fed Square’s First Nations jewellery exhibition bringing beauty to an ugly and brutal history

Layers of Blak opens 1 October 2022 until 19 February 2023 at the Koorie Heritage Trust, Yarra Building, Fed Square. Layers…

Tyama is Melbourne’s extraordinary new multi-sensory, digital dive into nature 

Tyama is the new, multisensory and reactive digital exhibit that has taken over the Melbourne Museum, transporting visitors to Victoria’s…

Hawthorn AFL legend Shane Crawford to make theatre debut in new Melbourne production

Hawthorn AFL legend Shane Crawford will star exclusively as the Pharaoh, in Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing…

Geelong Illustrators is celebrating its 4th birthday with an art-fuelled party

Renowned as a community group of artists from Geelong and surrounds with the aim to inspire each other to high…

An evocative replica of Greece’s Parthenon is coming to Melbourne for summer

An evocative reimagining of The Parthenon on the Acropolis in Athens, Adam Newman and Kelvin Tsang’s Temple of Boom is the NGV…

Ever dreamt of joining the circus? The National Institute of Circus Arts opens auditions for 2023

Ever dreamt of joining the circus? Well, here is your chance to dream big. The National Institute of Circus Arts…

Claire Hooper leads stacked lineup for Geelong comedy night this week

Nothing beats hanging with your crew and laughing until you wheeze—and this Friday the Geelong West Town Hall will be…

Sip on booze and create retro neon art with Geelong’s new glow-in-the-dark paint classes

You know what they say: The best things happen when the lights go out, and that couldn’t be more true…

Australia’s largest regional LGBTQI+ festival ChillOut announces return for 2023

Celebrating 26 years in 2023, Australia’s longest-running and largest regional pride festival will take place in regional Victoria’s LGBTQIA mecca…

A musical biography of a true Aussie legend, Margaret Fulton, is heading to Geelong

Before Margaret Fulton burst into the nation’s kitchens in 1969 with her burnt orange crockpots and chunky stoneware serving dishes,…

Hugh Sheridan’s Solitary Man to premiere at Melbourne’s Hamer Hall

‘Solitary Man’ is a specially staged and produced Live Concert event which will see the talents of Hugh Sheridan given…

Ted Talk star, psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel announces Australian speaking tour

Bestselling author, podcaster, Ted Talk star, psychotherapist and relationship expert Esther Perel will embark on her first-ever Australia/New Zealand speaking…

Classic rock drama ‘Rolling Thunder Vietnam’ returns to Melbourne’s stage in 2023

The rock drama Rolling Thunder Vietnam makes its return to the stage in 2023 for its most extensive national tour to date….

Calling local photographers: Entries open for One Agency Surf Coast’s 2023 calendar photo competition

The Surf Coast marks the start of the Great Ocean Road and is home to some of the most spectacular…

Geelong Arts Centre announce brave, bold and creative recipients for this year’s Creative Engine grants

After a challenging couple of years for regional artists, the Geelong Arts Centre has unveiled the six local recipients of…

Melbourne International Film Festival brings bumper 70th-anniversary program to regional Victorian cinemas

Returning for its 70th iteration this month, Melbourne International Film Festival is bringing a monumental program to cinemas and screens…

Local entrepreneurs to get leg-up at new Pitch Party event, returning as part of Geelong Small Business Festival

Forming part of the Geelong Small Business Festival, selected startups will pitch in front of a live audience in Torquay…

 

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