Thursday 20 March to Sunday 6 April 2025
Show at Artpuff Studio.
Opening celebration Friday 21 March, 5-7pm
Artist talk Sunday 30 March, 3pm
A show about what we don’t see coming, with new works exploring blind spots, cresting roads, soft edges and shadows.
Image: Melissa Proposch, She’s nervous on back roads, 2025, (from the series The Unforeseen, 1-13), photocopy transfer on board, 20cm rondel.
Sunday 23 March – 7pm
The Sea Devils perform songs about and inspired by the sea. The centrepiece of this show is a complete performance of Kate Bush’s mini concept album (and B side to Hounds of Love) The Ninth Wave by an eleven piece ensemble.
Tickets: $20 to $25 – buy tickets here
Wednesday 26 March – 8pm
It’s the 25-year anniversary of Juriansz’s first album In this Flow. David took a performing hiatus to produce 5Rhythms conscious dance music. A songwriting award winner at Port Fairy, he returns to his folk-roots acoustic guitar in this show, featuring songs old and new.
FREE!
Friday 28 March – 7.30pm
Celebrate Bendigo’s Frida Fiesta with Shedshaker! Enjoy a special Mex inspired menu followed by salsa dance lessons, and round the night off with Cuban dance music masters Son Quba.
Tickets: $10 to $15 – buy tickets here
Saturday 29 & Sunday 30th March
Saturday 5 & Sunday 6 April 2025
11.00am to 4.00pm
Studio 81
Pop in and see Wendy and her work in her studio at The Mill Castlemaine.
She has been painting in this art studio for the last two years, having returned from Boston USA. Wendy paints in an impressionist and abstract style mainly in acrylics. She takes most of her inspiration from the environments in which she has lived.
Saturday 29 March – 2.00pm
Leave your grown ups at home for this live music gig! Headlined by Melbourne DIY punk rockers Zig Zag with supports from local bands, it’s 3 solid hours of noise and fun.
The Taproom will be de-licensed for this event; drug, alcohol, smoke and vape free!
Cheap entry – and there will be delicious specials on the menu.
Saturday 29 March – 8.30-10.00pm
Building a reputation for delivering epic and emotional two-hour shows crammed with sweet four-part harmonies, mighty fine playing and detail-rich lyrics, Duncan Graham and The Way In run the musical gamut. Power-pop, blues, suave balladry and urban folk are all visited in the course of a night.
Tickets: $20/$15 – Buy tickets here
Sunday 30 March – 5pm
Todd Cook is a Gippsland based touring artist who is bringing his emotive lyrics and earthy tones to Castlemaine. His songs float from intricate fingerpicking to driving rhythms that stir the soul and tell stories of Australian landscapes and people. Todd will be accompanied on stage with mesmerising instrumentation to bring a depth that always engages and entertains.
FREE!
Friday 4 April – 8pm
Charlie Needs Braces is the work of Naarm musician Charlie Woods, a proud GuriNgai woman. Her uplifting and energetic live performance with little sister Miri features songs and language inspired by their mob – filled with dance routines and the celebration of First Nations cultures. They will get you dancing in no time.
FREE!
Saturday 5 April – 8.30pm
aplegate is a local 5-piece band, drawing inspiration from psychedelic rock, jazz and the experimental jam band scene. Their live improvisation, interwoven with arrangements melodic and moving, draws its energy from the audience and is equally at home in a venue or a bush doof.
All ages (U18s need to be accompanied by an adult).
Tickets: $10 – Buy tickets here
Sunday 6 April from 5pm
Farewell the Fringe at our Sunday Wrap party featuring Smokers Run Faster with The Ruby Champions and surprise guests and DJs. Playing tunes to make you feel good, shake your good thing and belt out those choruses, Smokers Run Faster have now added horns to make your night even greater. Add on special guests and DJs, you have a wrap party to remember!
FREE!
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