Society XVII, a group of players who specialise in 17th and 18th century music, are heading to the Clunes Town Hall for a 60-minute recital on Sunday, July 26 at 3pm. All four members play with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra – but with that based in Sydney, the Victorian quartet have decided to also do […]
The Words in Winter name carries a unique resonance across the Central Highlands, representing a trio of distinct festivals. While the Central Goldfields festival in Maryborough celebrates in May, the Daylesford and Hepburn Springs festival and the Trentham festival wait for the chill of August. The shared roots of 2002 Words in Winter began in […]
Malmsbury local and CFA Malmsbury Fire Brigade member Yoko Nakazawa has just won a James Beard Award for her cookbook The Japanese Art of Pickling & Fermenting. Yoko first joined the CFA two years ago and has become a valued member and already attended many callouts. She also runs cooking and fermentation workshops in the […]
As part of the Words in Winter festival in Daylesford, Australian poets with a passion for the natural world are invited to enter the 2026 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize, offering a $1000 major prize for unpublished work. The prize honours Venie Holmgren, who began writing poetry in her late 50s and went on to […]
The Little Gallery in Trentham continues to celebrate visual artists of the Central Victorian region with a fresh rotation of new talent from emerging to established creators. Rose Wilson, the founding member of the Little Gallery, said: “Over the past 15 years, we have proudly exhibited more than 250 artists. This not only highlights the […]
Maryborough’s Central Goldfields Art Gallery’s latest exhibition RAGGED & TAGGED & FLAGGED Caroline Chisholm, Domesticity and the Victorian Goldfields by Dr Flossie Peitsch is now open. Maryborough resident Dr Peitsch reclaims discarded handwork and transforms these textile foundlings into fine art. As part of the installation, visitors are invited to inscribe the names and roles […]
Gigs Daylesford Hotel, Daylesford Okey Dokey Karaoke – Thursday, July 2, 6pm Live piano – Friday, July 3, 6.30pm–9.30pm Chloe’s Drag Bingo – Christmas in July – Thursday, July 16, 7pm Christmas in July – Friday, July 17, 18 & 24, 5.30pm – Ticketed event Live piano – Friday, July 31, 6.30pm-9.30pm Link: www.daylesfordhotel.com.au
Words in Winter has appointed Aunty Alison McRae – a Dja Dja Wurrung, Gunditjmara and Yorta Yorta Elder and leader – as its inaugural Cultural Advisor. The friendship between festival producer Devon Taylor and Aunty Alison began at Paradise Bookshop in Daylesford. That connection has now deepened into a formal role that will see Aunty […]
