Out On The Weekend expands into Ballarat and Korumburra

Dust off your two step - Out On The Weekend returns for 2024, celebrating ten years by expanding into country Victoria

Out On The Weekend hits the road this October, taking the beloved western-fest from Williamstown into Ballarat and Coal Creek, Korumburra for a celebration of country-feasts and music.

Sticking to it’s name, Out On The Weekend will be held across the weekend of 11 – 13 October, starting at Itinerant Spirits at The Goods Shed in Ballarat on Friday 11 October, heading to flagship location of Seaworks Williamstown on Saturday 12 October, and finishing up at Coal Creek Community Park and Museum, Korumburra on Sunday 13 October.

Out On The Weekend Details and Lineups

OUT ON THE WEEKEND: BALLARAT

• When: Friday 11 October, 5:30pm – late
• Where: Itinerant Spirits, located in The Goods Shed on the wrong side of the tracks.
• Lineup: Uncle Lucius | Nick Shoulders | Jonny Fritz & Joshua Hedley | Margo Cilker | Freya Josephine Hollick, James Ellis & The Jealous Guys and more!

OUT ON THE WEEKEND: WILLIAMSTOWN

• When: Saturday 12 October, 12 (noon) – late
• Where: Seaworks, Williamstown
• Lineup: Hurray For The Riff Raff | Nick Shoulders | Emma Donovan | Rose City Band| Sweet Talk | Margo Cilker | Jonny Fritz & Joshua Hedley | Uncle Lucius | Barb Waters’ Rosa Duet | James Ellis & The Jealous Guys | Hana & Jessie Lee’s Bad Habits | The Smith & Western Jury | William Alexander | No Sleep Till Texas

OUT ON THE WEEKEND: KORUMBURRA

• When: Sunday 13 October, 1pm – Sundown
• Where: Coal Creek Community Park & Museum, Korumburra
• Lineup: Hurray For The Riff Raff | Nick Shoulders | Uncle Lucius | Rose City Band | Jonny Fritz & Joshua Hedley | Margo Cilker | Freya Josephine Hollick and more.

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Ballarat will be the first destination for the finest golden nuggets of country music, bringing in talented American artists Uncle Lucius, Nick Shoulders, Margo Cilker, Jonny Fritz & Joshua Hedley. They will meet up with local talent, Freya Josephine Hollick and James Ellis & The Jealous Guys.

That lineup will load into a wagon and venture onto south country Victoria in Korumburra with Hurray For The Riff Raff and Rose City Band, but not before ducking into Seaworks Williams town with a huge lineup of the aforementioned Hurray For The Riff Raff and Rose City Band, along with Nick Shoulders, Emma Donovan, Sweet Talk, Margo Cilker, Jonny Fritz & Joshua Hedley, Uncle Lucius, Barb Waters’ Rosa Duet, James Ellis & The Jealous Guys, Hana & Jessie Lee’s Bad Habits, The Smith & Western Jury, William Alexander and No Sleep Till Texas. Expect more acts to pop up on the bill as the dates roll closer.

As presented by Love Police, the Out On The Weekend’s expansion comes in celebration of ten years at the Seaworks location.

BT of Love Police, promoter and curator for Out On The Weekend explains, “Opportunities present themselves every now and then that are undeniable. The ease to take a few musicals friends around the great state of Victoria and deliver a slice of Out On The Weekend on our 10th birthday year just felt right. See you there.”

Grab your cowboy hats, work on your two step and grab your ticket to Out On The Weekend here.

Words by Staff Writer