Macedon Ranges Arts & Culture

Name: Macedon Ranges Arts & Culture
Address: Kyneton, VIC, AU
Telephone: +61354220333

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Our page provides regular updates about Council’s services, events, projects and activities. To find out more about our community guidelines, visit mrsc.vic.gov.au/social-media

+ Acknowledgment of Country +
Macedon Ranges Shire Council acknowledges the Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land and waterways. Counc

il recognises their living cultures and ongoing connection to Country and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Council also acknowledges local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander residents of Macedon Ranges for their ongoing contribution to the diverse culture of our community.

28/09/2025

🌻 Spring Events 🌻Celebrating 150 years

🤞 Hope You Can Join Us! Saturday 18th October 9am to 3pm
From the Riddells Creek Farmers Market, via the Riddells Creek Fire Brigade, to the Mechanics Institute.
🎉 You may have driven past this Hall thinking, "Oh, I'd love to go inside!" — or maybe you remember attending a special event or celebration. Did you perform in a Dance/Theatre show here?
🚪 This building holds over 150 years of incredible history, with a wide variety of groups and people passing through its doors.
👉 Come down, hear the stories, and share your own memories with others. We'd love to see you there!

27/09/2025

🌻Spring Events 🌻 Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

🌈 JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT 🌈
🎫 Tickets on sale now!
https://www.trybooking.com/DEIJY
🎭 KTC proudly presents Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s multi award-winning show!
🎤 Performed hundreds of thousands of times, including multiple runs in the West End and on Broadway, and international tours in over 80 countries worldwide, 'Joseph' has become one of the world’s most beloved family musicals.
🎼 Featuring much loved pop and musical theatre classics, including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door, There’s One More Angel In Heaven and Go, Go, Go Joseph.
➡ FRI, SAT & SUN
📆 3 - 26 OCTOBER
📍 Bluestone Theatre
Hutton St, Kyneton
🎫 Book now!
https://www.trybooking.com/DEIJY

27/09/2025

👉 Kyneton Town Hall 👈 It's Time to Talk About Power

🎫 Tickets are now On Sale! Don't miss out! 🎫
🚨 It's Time to Talk About Power 🚨
🎤 Grace Tame, Mat Stevenson, Sonia Orchard, Madison Griffiths talk about their stories of abuse and discuss the importance of educating young people about intimacy and sexual violence with host, Kemi Nekvapil.

🔥 Is learning about consent really enough? How does grooming impact consent? Has Australia taken on board Grace Tame's recommendation for making the definition of consent uniform across Australia? And what happens when any sense of power is removed after a violent act of abuse.

💛 Our panelists are four survivors who speak with honesty and clarity about coming to terms with their stories of abuse and subsequent trauma.
➡ Join us on National Survivor Day for what will be a deeply powerful, informative and not-to-be-missed conversation because... It's Time to Talk about Power.

Speakers:
🎤 Grace Tame,
🎤 Mat Stevenson,
🎤 Sonia Orchard,
🎤 Madison Griffiths
🎤 Kemi Nekvapil (host)

➡ Event: It's Time to Talk About Power
📆 Date: Wednesday November 12th, 2025
⏰ Time: 7pm - 9pm
📍Venue: Kyneton Town Hall, Mollison Street, Kyneton.
💰 Tickets: Full $35 Concession $30
🎫 Bookings: https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Events-and-Awards/Whats-on-around-the-shire/Its-Time-to-Talk-About-Power
🎟 Companions and carers tickets are free.
Content warning: Childhood sexual abuse and gender violence.

26/09/2025

👉 Kyneton Town Hall 👈 Left Write Hook - Q&A Documentary Screening

🎫 Grab your Tickets today! 🎫
🏆 Council is proud to support 16 Days of Activism with a free screening of 'Left Write Hook,' a multi-award-winning film!
💛 This compelling documentary follows eight female and gender diverse survivors of childhood sexual abuse as they embark on a groundbreaking trauma recovery program. Combining the strength of boxing with the vulnerability of creative writing, the program empowers survivors to release trauma, reclaim their bodies and reimagine their futures.
📽 Through powerful participatory filmmaking, an amazing journey of self-discovery, resilience, recovery, transformation and friendship is captured, as they begin to take back their agency and power.
🎫 Tickets are limited - book now to ensure your spot!
Reviews
👉 “Heartbreaking sad yet ultimately creatively triumphant.” Margaret Pomeranz
👉 “A moving portrait of what it looks like and to live with, trauma.” The Guardian Australia
👉 “A fearless film that offer a ladder up from the darkness that shame can bring, it's a one-two punch of creativity and power.” 2025 AIDC Awards Jury

➡ A Q&A session, moderated by Alex Kelly, will follow the screening and will feature:
👉 Associate Professor Donna Lyon - Producer of Left Write Hook, CSA survivor, and founder/CEO of the Left Write Hook charity
👉 Dr Shannon Owen - Director and Producer of Left Write Hook
👉 A Left Write Hook film participant and survivor advocate
👉 A representative from Centre for Non-Violence (CNV)
👉 A representative from Centre Against Sexual Assault - Central Victoria (CASACV)
Information stalls from both CNV and CASACV will open before and after the event, providing resources and information about the services they offer to support individuals impacted by violence and trauma.

➡ Event: Left Write Hook - Q&A Documentary Screening
📆 Date: Thursday 20 November 2025
⏰ Time: 6pm-8.25pm
📍Venue: Kyneton Town Hall
💰 Cost: Free
🎫 Bookings: https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Events-and-Awards/Whats-on-around-the-shire/Left-Write-Hook-QA-Documentary-Screening

26/09/2025

👉 Opportunity 👈 Free to Be Me Photo Competition

📸 As part of 16 Days of Activism, we’re excited to launch the Free to be Me photo competition! 🎉
🎞 To help you get competition-ready, award-winning filmmaker and photographer Mitch Nivalis is hosting an Inclusive Imagery & Photography Workshop for young people aged 12–25.
📸 Whether you’ve got the latest camera or just your phone, Mitch will show you how to capture powerful, inclusive images that tell real stories.

🗓️ Date: Monday 29 September 2025
⏰ Time: 10am – 2pm
📍 Location: Kyneton Youth Portable, Hutton Street
🔗 Register here: https://MRSC.sales.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/153817

25/09/2025

👉 Opportunity 👈 Acting Classes

🎭 Term 4 Adult Acting Classes – Now Open
After a sold-out run of The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race, we’re back with a new round of acting classes in Woodend.
🎪 Our Thursday group is full, so we’re opening a new Tuesday night class in Term 4.
👨‍🏫 No experience needed. Just bring a willingness to show up, have a laugh, and stretch yourself a bit.
Details:
⏰ Tuesdays, 7–9pm
📆 Oct 14 – Dec 2
📍 St Andrews Uniting Church, Woodend
💰 $300 for the term
👉 14 spots only
🎫 Book now via TryBooking
https://www.trybooking.com/DFWPL

24/09/2025

🌻 Spring Events 🌻 Winter McQuinn

🎸 Following singles “Walkin’ Through That Door”, “Always Looking” & ‘Growing Old’— All of which earned support from Rolling Stone AU/NZ, Spotify, Rage, Double J, 2Ser, RRR, The AU Review and New Commute — Naarm/Melbourne psych-folk artist Winter McQuinn shares news of his biggest national tour yet in support of his upcoming album Where Are We Now?, out September 19 via Third Eye Stimuli Records (AU) and Born Losers Records (North America).

🎤 Join Winter McQuinn & his band made up of Acacia Coates (Pinch Points), William Murray (Moby Beefheart, Fur, Beefheart & McQuinn) and Rudy Polacheck (Mature Themes) as they gallivant along the highways of so called Australia. With headline shows sprinkled along support slots with Sylvie (US), Leah Senior, Sonny & The Sunsets and Kacy & Clayton, it’s his biggest tour of the continent to date.

👉 Join Winter McQuinn & his band at Major Toms with support from Hugh F, doors 730pm

➡ Event: Winter McQuinn
📆 Date: Saturday 27 September 2025
⏰ Time: 8pm doors open 7.30pm
📍 Venue: Major Tom's, Piper Street, Kyneton
🎫 Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1456477

23/09/2025

🌻 Spring Events 🌻 Fire n Friends

🔥 The Kerrie ‘Fire n Friends’ Bonfire is Back by Demand!
📆 Mark your calendars — Saturday 25th October is the night to gather around the flames!
💛 Family-friendly event for all ages
🎤🎸 Live Local Bands
🍷🍺 Licensed & BYO
🍔🍕 BBQ menu + food van (come hungry!)
💰 Entry by donation supporting the Kerrie Community Hall.
➡ Bring your friends/families and come along for a warm night of community, connection, and celebration.
🎉 We can’t wait to see you there! 🎉

22/09/2025

👉 Kyneton Town Hall 👈 It's Time to Talk About Power

🎫 Tickets are selling fast! 🎟
⭐️ We don't want you miss this powerhouse conversation happening your town! 🎫
🚨 It's Time to Talk About Power 🚨
🎤 Grace Tame, Mat Stevenson, Sonia Orchard, Madison Griffiths talk about their stories of abuse and discuss the importance of educating young people about intimacy and sexual violence with host, Kemi Nekvapil.

🔥 Is learning about consent really enough? How does grooming impact consent? Has Australia taken on board Grace Tame's recommendation for making the definition of consent uniform across Australia? And what happens when any sense of power is removed after a violent act of abuse.

💛 Our panelists are four survivors who speak with honesty and clarity about coming to terms with their stories of abuse and subsequent trauma.
➡ Join us on National Survivor Day for what will be a deeply powerful, informative and not-to-be-missed conversation because... It's Time to Talk about Power.

Speakers:
🎤 Grace Tame,
🎤 Mat Stevenson,
🎤 Sonia Orchard,
🎤 Madison Griffiths
🎤 Kemi Nekvapil (host)

➡ Event: It's Time to Talk About Power
📆 Date: Wednesday November 12th, 2025
⏰ Time: 7pm - 9pm
📍Venue: Kyneton Town Hall, Mollison Street, Kyneton.
💰 Tickets: Full $35 Concession $30
🎫 Bookings: https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Events-and-Awards/Whats-on-around-the-shire/Its-Time-to-Talk-About-Power
🎟 Companions and carers tickets are free.
Content warning: Childhood sexual abuse and gender violence.

21/09/2025

🌻 Spring Events🌻2025 Clarkefield Swap Meet and Car show

➡ Get ready for the 2025 Clarkefield Swap Meet and Car show - brought the you by the Lancefield Romsey Lions Club
📆 When - Sunday 26 October, 2025.
⏰ Time - 8am-2pm
👉 - Swapmeet stalls
👉 - Car Show n Shine
👉 - 4x4 Show n Shine
👉 - Food trucks
👉 - Jumping castle, fairy floss and face paint for the kids!
💰 General public entry $5 per person- kids free!
📍 SWAP MEET SITES $20
➡ Enquiries to [email protected] or 0400 938 160
🚗 CAR & 4X4 DISPLAY VEHICLES - $15 per car incl. driver
Show car enquiries- [email protected] or 0400 938 160
🚙 4x4 show car enquires- [email protected] or 0423 307 560
🎁 Stay tuned for prize categories!

19/09/2025

🌻 Spring Events 🌻 Kirsty Webeck - Everything I need to Say About Creatures

🔥 Tonight! Tonight! Tonight! 🔥
😂 Australia's reigning champion of cheerful comedy, Kirsty Webeck, brings her award winning show all about sea creatures to Newham! This is her first time ever putting Newham on the national tour roster! Let's make it a huge night! 🤣

🐠🐡🦀 "I love sea creatures; I learn a lot about them (sometimes organically but often because of some aggressive googling) and I want to let you know about them. This is the underwater awareness raising comedy tour that the world needs right now." – Kirsty Webeck

🎤 A regular panellist on the ABC's Question Everything, a contestant on Season Two of Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee and a favourite in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas, Kirsty's 2025 Australia and New Zealand tour is her biggest one yet and she's only building momentum.

🎟 Get the group chat together and book some tickets! 🎟

👉 Event: Kirsty Webeck - Everything I need to Say About Creatures
📆 Date: Saturday 20 September 2025
⏰ Time: Doors: 6.45pm Show: 7.30pm-8.30pm
📍 Venue: Newham Mechanics Institute
💰 Tickets: Full $35 Con $30
🎫 Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/DEBON

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