One week of School holidays to go, here are some outdoor activities to do around the region

One more week of school holidays! Luckily, there are still plenty of fun school holiday activities in our region and…

Award-winning Heritage Festival returns to Ballarat this May with food festival, Tweed ride and beard comp

There’s no town quite like Ballarat, and the annual Heritage Weekend is back again to prove it.

Piano Bar’s Good Friday Appeal fundraiser returns with its biggest lineup yet

The Good Friday Appeal raises funds to enable The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne to provide world-class care to our…

The Bells Beach Surf Film Festival returns, bringing the best surf films back to Torquay  

Starting in 2010 the Bells Beach Surf Film Festival has grown to become the longest-running surf film festival in Australia,…

Surround Sounds Music Festival: The lesser-known events worth adding to your calendar

Arriving late last week, Surround Sounds – Geelong & the Bellarine Music Festival is already off to a glorious start,…

Clunes Booktown Festival returns for two days of books, words, writers and renowned authors

Clunes, the bibliophile capital of regional Victoria, is set to come alive this autumn in a celebration of books, words,…

RISING’s moonlit forest of stimulation, art, sound, taste and ice ‘The Wilds’ has been extended

RISING has announced today that the immersive winter fantasy experience The Wilds will run for an extra week at the Sidney Myer…

The Geelong Rainbow Festival is on this weekend with a Pride March, live music and pet parade

The third annual Geelong Rainbow Festival is back bigger and better than ever so get your fabulous costumes sorted and gather your crew for a huge weekend of rainbow fun.

Geelong’s beloved arcade bar Ms Bartronica has closed its doors

Flex your knuckles, gamers: our favourite arcade bar is open for business.

Six movies worth checking out at Geelong cinemas right now

It’s April, which means the school holidays are here. And school holidays mean the biggest range of big-name movies we’ve…

Nine-day South Side Festival brings immersive experiences, live music, installations and more to Frankston

The gateway to the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston makes for the perfect coastal escape, courtesy of its unique blend of contemporary…

All the best things happening at the Geelong Arts Centre this April

It’s shaping to be a magnificent year for theatre and stage lovers alike in regional Victoria thanks to our friends…

This Moorabool-based winery is hosting an adults-only wine hunt for Easter

As far as traditions go, Easter egg hunts are one of the most thrilling activities for everyone involved—the participants, egg…

How to entertain both you and the kids in Queenscliff and Point Lonsdale

The best family time is when everyone’s having fun. Geelong and the Bellarine region is well known for having dozens…

Live and local gets a boost at last with new program giving punters money back on entertainment experiences 

Really, a concert of the top end of the music food chain at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl is all…

A magical evening of arthouse and indulgence is happening on the Bellarine this April

Step aside Sundance, an incredible celebration of all there is to love about Australian and International arthouse film and local…

Geelong Music Bus Tour: A weekenders guide to Geelong, the regional epicentre of rock’n’roll music

In a first for the region, the Melbourne Music Bus Tours will rebrand itself for Geelong as part of the…

The Great Australian Beer Festival brings an immersive music and beer experience to Geelong this April

It’s time to raise a tasting glass of liquid gold to the ultimate festival featuring epic eats, beats and beer,…

White Night returns to light up Geelong in 2022

The overnight art party that is White Night is back in Victoria, making its colourful return to Geelong this year, transforming…

Geelong’s Piano Bar is hosting a magical adults-only Disney cabaret experience 

We love Piano Bar. No doubt about it, these guys just continue to impress us – whether it’s for their…

Looking for a thrill? Australian Offshore Superboat Championships comes to Corio Bay this weekend

Prepare for a weekend of high drama and high speed as round two of the 2022 Offshore Superboat Championships take…

A candlelit Taylor Swift tribute concert is coming to Geelong Botanic Gardens

With ballads about finding love, confessionals about losing love, telling her haters in the media and industry to shove off…

Blackman’s Brewery is transforming their Geelong venue into a cinema, kicking off with an absolute classic

Following the huge success of their outdoor cinema experience in Torquay, the legendary team at Blackman’s Brewery is bringing the…

Celebrating four years in business, this Geelong yoga studio is running free classes all weekend

It’s been four years since Wonder Yoga + Barre opened the doors to its Geelong’s CBD studio, a calming and…

 

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