New Yorker Nilaja Sun brings entire Lower East Side to life in Pike St

Acclaimed international performer Nilaja Sun will return to Geelong next month direct from Edinburgh Fringe with Pike St, part of GPAC’s 2017 Deakin University Theatre Season.

Entries are now open for the St Kilda Festival

Be a part of Australia’s biggest free music festival and join in entertaining 400,000 people along the St Kilda foreshore!

Lady Fox and friends for One Girl

Hosted at 360Q the event promises to be full of the best cabaret and burlesque there is on offer.

Queenscliff Music Festival expands its lineup

Just when you thought the lineup for Queenscliff Music Festival 2017 couldn’t get any bigger or better, they’ve just announced the fourth round of comedy and culture coming to the coast.

Breaky for Boobies – because everyone deserves a lifetime

They say alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. This couldn’t be more true for local fundraiser Breaky for Boobies, the brainchild of two Geelong mums – Emily Townsing and Clare Barnes.

Ballarat Cabaret Festival

Back for its sixth year, the Ballarat Cabaret Festival is Australia’s only regional Victorian festival dedicated to the art of cabaret.

Melbourne-based artist becomes Body Artist World Champion

Melbourne based, self-taught Body Paint artist, Andra Budaie, has always had a passion for all things artistic, creative and colourful.

The Ballarat International Foto Biennale announces winner for the inaugural Martin Kantor Portrait Prize

Fulfilling the brief, Bardas’ portrait portrayed ‘a significant, living Australian in the field of arts, letters, science, sports or politics’.

There’s five ‘Guys In Ties’ raising funds for A.B.I tonight

Raising funds for children with Acquired Brain Injury and Barwon Health’s Mckellar Centre, five ordinary guys have come together to try and make a difference.

Melburnians to celebrate 182 marvellous years with free festival

August 30 marks the anniversary of the founding of our wonderful city and we’re celebrating with a FREE Melbourne Day Family Festival and Concert at Docklands on Sunday, August 27, 2017 from noon till 3.02pm.

Beards, Beards and Beards

Forté magazine had the chance to catch up with Barbers Choice’s Brayden Dorney, who has been very busy preparing a new range of products for Barbers Choice clients.

Inside the Brick: Geelong 2017

INSIDE the BRICK is bringing their fantastic travelling Interactive Play & LEGO Model Exhibition to the City of Geelong.

The ANZ Geelong Small Business Expo Recap

For the second time the ANZ Geelong Small Business Expo was held celebrating and connecting small business owners with an expo and market.

Geelong girl set to showcase her work at the RAW Melbourne exhibition tomorrow night

RAW is a world recognised independent arts organisation who aim to help kick start budding artists’ careers by exposing them to the media, and creating a platform for the artists to be ‘seen, heard and loved’.

Western Edge Youth Arts presents Six Hours

Six Hours in Geelong is a show created and performed by the Geelong based emerging artist’s ensemble and is a story of loss, loathing, love, and racism.

BIFO & Laneways

Laneways after Dark returns to Ballarat for a third year in 2017, this time in association with the Ballarat International Foto Biennale.

There’s a dress for your brand workshop – and we want in

We all know how difficult it can be choosing our clothing every day – but add the fact that we are dressing for our brand and lifestyle, and it starts to get tricky.

Another busy month at the Potato Shed in Drysdale

There’s always something on at the Shed, we hope to see you there.

There’s a vintage hairstyling workshop coming up and we are so there

Well, this hands-on workshop will have you pin curling, tucking and teasing like a pro in no time. All styling tools and products are provided as well as coffee/tea and yummy nibbles. Win, win and win.

2 Worlds Festival to bring cultures together

The Marrma Rom Two Worlds Foundation are hosting a diverse new fundraising event – The 2 Worlds Festival, which aims to bring our cultures together in a fun, entertaining and interactive festival atmosphere, to the Fyansford Paper Mills this September.

ABBAsolutely Fabulous

Australian entertainer, Rhonda Burchmore, along with best friend and fellow performer, Lara Mulcahy, are touring Australia performing their self written ‘ABBAsolutely Fabulous’ show.

The awesome bearded man raising money to take kids to Disneyland

Ben Richards, a local construction worker and volunteer of Gateway Services Geelong is putting away his razor and letting his bear grow to raise money, with all money raised going towards giving kids with disabilities the opportunity to visit Disneyland in California.

Birregurra Festival and Art Show returns this October

Celebrating community life, the Birregurra Festival and Art Show combines the best in local gourmet food and wine with modern agriculture and regional artists.

Alma Customs Designs selected as a finalist for National Awards

As Warrnambool and Geelong locals, the girls have a passion for creating items for the one, and for their passion, they have just been selected as a finalist in the 2017 AusMumpreneur Awards in the Retail Category.

 

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