Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, June 6, to Sunday, June 12.
💈 The Voice Australia winner Karise Eden will be helping to officially launch a campaign that promotes barber shops as a safe space for men to talk openly about their lives. Macedon Ranges-based actors and comedians Shane Jacobson, Stephen Curry and Tom Gleeson are among the well-known faces involved in the campaign. Eden will be joined by Americana band Paper Jane and blues musician Jarrod Shaw at Macedon Railway Hotel next Monday (June 13).
🎤 Tickets are on sale for Spring Bliss, a music festival that will be held at Hanging Rock in November.
🎆 This Friday is fireworks night in Woodend. The free display, marking the start of the Winter Arts Festival, will include live entertainment from the a cappella vocal ensemble Melbourne Octet and Japanese drummers Wadaiko Kindo. Various food vans will also be present at the Buffalo Stadium. Winter Arts Festival events run throughout the long weekend.
Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:
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Wednesday, June 8
Film Death on the Nile: Agatha Christie’s murder mystery. Movie book club. Gisborne. 1pm-3pm. Free.
Music & Stories Aboriginal Evening Storytime: With Indigenous storyteller and didgeridoo soloist Ron Murray and violinist Sarah James. Gisborne. 6pm-7pm. Free.
Sport The Ratpack Reunion: Join former AFL stars Dane Swan, Heath Shaw, Alan Didak and Ben Johnson to relive the highs and lows from their time with Collingwood. Gisborne. 7pm-10pm. $75.
Singing Woodend Warblers: Community choir. Norma Richardson Hall, Buckland St, Woodend. 7.30pm. $12.
Friday, June 10
Talk Dr Milo Murphy – Preserving Your Good Health Through Winter and Beyond: Advice about preventive health measures including Covid boosters and flu vaccination. Hosted by Kyneton U3A. All welcome. Red Brick Hall, 23 Yaldwyn St West, Kyneton. 2pm. Free.
Community Winter Arts Festival Fireworks: Family event with live music and food vans. Woodend. 5pm-7pm. Free.
Saturday, June 11
Exercise Campaspe Parkrun: 5km fun run along the Five Mile Creek path. Campaspe Park, Campaspe Dr, Woodend. 8am. Free (registration required).
Exercise Lancefield Parkrun: 5km fun run around Lancefield Park. Lancefield Park, Chauncey St, Lancefield. 8am. Free (registration required).
Market Kyneton Farmers’ & Makers’ Market: St Paul’s Park, Piper St, Kyneton. 8.30am-1pm.
Market Kyneton Community Market: Bric-a-brac, art, clothes, plants, food and local produce. Ebden St & Yaldwyn St West, Kyneton. 8.30am-1pm.
Art Woodend Winter Art Show: Works by members or Woodend Art Group. Woodend Railway Station, Urquhart St. June 11-13. 10am-4pm. Gold coin donation.
Food & Music Songs and Cider: Music from Elbow Room. DV Cider, 39 Darraweit Valley Rd, Darraweit Guim. 1pm-5pm.
Music The Sounds of Vienna: Schubert’s Octet, performed by the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra. Winter Arts Festival event. St Ambrose Church, Templeton St, Woodend. 2.30pm-3.30pm. General admission $45, Concession $40, Child $25.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Music Blast From the Past 80s: Dance the night away and sing along to hits from the late 1970s and the 1980s. Featuring Tim Francis and Casey Withoos. Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. Doors open 7pm. $22.
Music Tex Perkins & Matt Walker: Songs from Tex’s vast catalogue plus new material they have written together. Kyneton Town Hall, Mollison St. 8pm-10.30pm. Full $62, Concession $52.
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Sunday, June 12
Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St. 8am-3pm.
Art Woodend Winter Art Show: Works by members or Woodend Art Group. Woodend Railway Station, Urquhart St. June 11-13. 10am-4pm. Gold coin donation.
Conversation Words & Ideas – Not Waving, Drowning: A discussion on the mental health crisis in Australia. With Sarah Krasnostein, author of The Trauma Cleaner. Winter Arts Festival event. Woodend Community Centre, Forest St. 10.30am-11.30am. $20.
Music & Wine Music, Wine, and Lunch: Enjoy live music, wine tasting and a gourmet grazing box. Double Oaks Estate, 104 Ashworths Rd, Lancefield. Also June 13. 11am and 2pm. Adult $30, Child $10.
Food & Drink The Absolut Tele Drag Hightini: Bottomless brunch meets high tea with a serve of drag. Telegraph Hotel, Hamilton St, Gisborne. From 12.30pm.
Exhibition Mark Chew: Acclaimed photographer who has documented the lives of ordinary people in Asia, the Pacific and Africa. Norma Richardson Hall, Buckland St, Woodend. 2pm-4pm. Free.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. $25.
Music The Art of A Cappella: Performed by Ensemble Gombert. Winter Arts Festival event. St Ambrose Church, Templeton St, Woodend. 3pm-4pm. General admission $45, Concession $40, Child $25.
Exhibitions
Online Magnificent Macedon Ranges: Photographs inspired by local people and scenery. Macedon Ranges Photographic Society online exhibition.
Kyneton The Old Auction House Artists: Exhibitions: My Impression (various printmakers). Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Stockroom Artists: Exhibitions: Kate Rohde, Adam Boyd, David Ray. Wed-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm.
Kyneton Art on Piper Artists: Showcasing work by local artists. Exhibitions: Song of Life (window), Trekking Around the Ranges (Margaret Morgan). Wed-Mon 10am-4pm.
Lancefield Community Art Gallery: Paintings, sculptures, glass jewellery by local artists. 34a High St, Lancefield. Wed-Fri 10am-4pm, Sat 10am-2pm, Sun 10am-1pm.
Mount Macedon The Gallery Members: Exhibition: Winter. Fri-Tues 10am-4pm.
Trentham Little Gallery Members: Artwork by Rose Wilson, Helen Cottle, Kim Haughie, Ri Van Veen, Larissa Gray, Llael McDonald, Frances Harkin, Liz Archer, Ruby Wilson-Peirce, Sam Bloomfield. Thu-Mon 10am-4pm.
Coming up
Film A Little Bit Mongolian & Throat Singing: Michael Dillon’s award-winning documentary by about a 12-year-old Australian horse rider who dares to compete in dangerous long-distance horse races. Dean Frenkel will also give a live performance of harmonic singing, and a lesson in how to do it. Winter Arts Festival event. Woodend. Morning and afternoon performances. June 13.
Politics Election Dissection with Sean Kelly and Sally Warhaft: Sean Kelly, author of The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison, a columnist with The Age, and a former adviser to Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd, in discussion with broadcaster and writer Sally Warhaft. Winter Arts Festival event. Woodend. June 13.
Music Cut the Silence: Music from Karise Eden, Paper Jane, and Jarrod Shaw to launch a local campaign to get men talking. Macedon. June 13.
Have a great week!
Richard
P.S. I’ve tried my best to ensure accuracy, but please follow the links above to confirm details before attending events.
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In the news
🚴 MACEDON RANGES: The contract to design and build a 24km shared trail from Woodend to Riddells Creek has been awarded to Romsey-based Newearth Constructions. The $11.24m walking and cycling trail is expected to be completed in mid-2024.
🦘 HANGING ROCK: The sale of Hanging Rock’s east paddock has been paused. It will be discussed again by the shire council at 10.30am on Tuesday (June 7) and the meeting will be broadcast live on the council’s website.
🏹 TRENTHAM: Trentham Falls will feature in a new Robin Hood film to be shown on Stan and the Nine Network later this year.
🏡 MACEDON RANGES: Discounting on house prices in the Macedon Ranges jumped by 3 percentage points from 4.6 per cent to 7.6 per cent over the year to April. Woodend real estate agent John Keating said vendors were now realising that buyers were not willing to pay as much as they had last year when the market was booming. Meanwhile, Gisborne has been ranked as the top family housing market in Victoria.
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