Macedon Ranges Arts & Culture

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

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+ 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.

24/06/2026

❄️ Winter Events ❄️ On Borrowed Time

➡ COMING TO KYNETON June 27 and our Ambassador Mr Ian Rooney will be live on stage at the Bluestone Theatre appearing in 'On Borrowed Time'.
🎭 Four short plays on life, aging and what matters most by Edge of the Heart Productions.
👉 Last Monday, on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2026, we were treated to one of those plays - 'Until Then' - starring Ian and Paul Canlan.
🏆 It was acting at its finest, a performance about father / son estrangement. Two performances only in Kyneton - click on Edge of the Heart Productions for details.
Mr Ian Rooney you really are a STAR⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🎫 More information visit their page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/514458148685620/user/61585944102492/

23/06/2026

❄ Winter Events ❄ Draw Cool Cartoons

➡ Dromkeen: School holiday program for budding cartoonists with cartoonist Brett Cardwell from Cardytoons
🎉 Two sessions on offer at $15 each, on Tuesday 7th July.
👉 All ages are welcome, from about 5 -95 years. Parents may stay with children if they are nervous.
✏️ Make sure you send some snacks, a drink of water, pencils and a simple sketch book so children can record and keep their artwork for future reference.
☕️ The tearoom will also be open for parents to purchase a tea/ coffee and a light snack if needed.

👉 Session 1: 9.30-10.30: Draw Cartoon Animals from the Farm to the Wild- learn the art of drawing fun animal characters. We will also create a poster for Dromkeen with participants designs.
👉 Session 2: 11.00am -12.00pm Draw Sports Action 'on the court to the field' and add a little humour as well.

➡ Event: Draw Cool Cartoons
📆 Date: Tuesday 7 July 2026
⏰ Times: 9.30am-10.30am & 11am-12pm
📍 Location: Dromkeen Gallery, Tea Room and Bookshop
1012 Kilmore Road, Riddells Creek Victoria 3431
💰 Cost: $15 each
🎫 Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1604973

22/06/2026

👉 Kyneton Town Hall 👈 Jimpa

🎫 Tickets are On Sale! 🎫
🎥 Filmmaker Hannah (Olivia Colman) takes her trans nonbinary teenager, Frances(Aud Mason-Hyde), to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather - lovingly known as “Jimpa” (John Lithgow). When Frances expresses a desire to stay with Jimpa for a year abroad, Hannah is forced to reconsider her parenting beliefs and the stories she has long told about her family.

🌈 Jimpa celebrates LGBTQ+ culture, as it is practised across three generations:
Grandfather Jim faces the challenges of aging as a gay man in a generation that never expected to grow old; non-binary teenager Frances grapples with disillusionment as their heroes fall short of their ideals; and mother Hannah navigates the differing perspectives of her father and child. Surrounding these three is a vibrant family – the family they were born into and the family they continue to create.

➡ Inspired by her own experiences as part of a q***r family, acclaimed filmmaker
Sophie Hyde delivers her most personal story yet. Jimpa is an authentic and intimate film, bursting with compassion for each of its characters.

📣 Presented in association with Council’s community health care provider Omnia Community Health.

👉 “It earns every emotion and then some, breaking the heart open with such breathtaking truthfulness that you get bowled over just before you land softly in its final frames.” THE WRAP

👉“Along with its genuine humor and a frank exploration of the different ways q***r people live today, Jimpa is an emotional experience that feels authentic in a way that can be difficult to capture.” SCREEN RANT
Jimpa is rated: MA15+

➡ Event: Jimpa
📆 Date: Friday 11 September 2026
⏰ Time: 7.30pm-9.20pm (1hour and 53 minutes)
📍 Venue: Kyneton Town Hall
💰 Cost: Full $10, Concession $5
🎫 Bookings: https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Events-and-Awards/Whats-on-around-the-shire/Jimpa

21/06/2026

👉 Kyneton Town Hall 👈 Dane Simpson: Always was, always will be… funny

🎫 Tickets are now on sale! 🎫
😂🤣 Get ready for a night of guaranteed laughs with one of Australia’s funniest, most loveable comedians. Dane comes from a longline of funny buggers.
🎤 A wisecracking Dad, a cleverly cutting Mum, hilarious grandparents, and generations of jokers, pranksters and yarnspinners. Now Dane is here putting the 'rad' into 'traditional'. For 60,000 years of belly-laughs, book now.

📺 As seen on the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Guy Mont-Spelling Bee, Wil Anderson's Question Everything, The Hundred with Andy Lee, and The Amazing Race Celebrity Edition. With a string of sold-out live comedy shows across Australia and in the UK, he’s heading your way with a whole lot of gutbusting jokes and hilarious stories.

👉 ★★★★★ ‘Side splitting down to earth humour… how often do you go to a comedy show where you laugh until your sides hurt?’– Glam Adelaide
👉 ★★★★★ ‘Dane had me laughing so hard I had a hard time holding back tears of joy. Whatever you take from this review, please follow him!’ - Theatre Matter

➡ Event: Dane Simpson: Always was, always will be… funny
📆 Date: Thursday 3 September 2026
⏰ Time: 7.30pm-8.40pm
💰 Cost: Full $35, Concession $32, Group 6+ $30
📍 Venue: Kyneton Town Hall
🎫 Bookings: https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Events-and-Awards/Whats-on-around-the-shire/Dane-Simpson-Always-was-always-will-be%E2%80%A6-funny

20/06/2026

👉 Kyneton Town Hall 👈 The Epically Awesome Odyssey with R. A. Spratt

🎫 Tickets are now on sale! 🎫

📖 Nanny Piggins is back for another incredible adventure – and this time, she’s hitting the high seas! In this hilarious retelling of The Odyssey, you’ll travel with Nanny and her crew of sailors as they face man-munching monsters, Greek gods with rage issues and sirens brandishing cake batter, all while she tries to get back home safe and sound.

🎤 Join author R. A. Spratt for an afternoon of myths, jokes and mayhem as she reads from her new book The Epically Awesome Odyssey, answers all your burning questions and reveals why Homer (the poet, not the Simpsons character) totally left out the fact that Odysseus was actually a staggeringly beautiful woman… and a pig.
📚 Don’t miss this exciting live storytelling event that will keep you laughing from start to finish!
Recommended for ages 7+
➡ Children 16 years old or under must be accompanied by a ticket-holding adult
👉 Presented in partnership with The Wheeler Centre

➡ Event: The Epically Awesome Odyssey with R. A. Spratt
📆 Date: Thursday 7 July 2026
⏰ Time: 2pm – 2.45pm
💰 Cost: Full $15
📍 Venue: Kyneton Town Hall
🎫 Tickets: https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Events-and-Awards/Whats-on-around-the-shire/The-Epically-Awesome-Odyssey-with-R-A-Spratt

19/06/2026

❄️ Winter Events ❄️ Just A Farmer

🎉 Tonight! 🎉
💙 It’s Men’s Health Week – a time to focus on the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of men and boys.
➡ Join us at this local that encourages connection, conversation and wellbeing:
🎬 Just a Farmer screening – Friday 19 June, Gisborne. Register: bit.ly/4xjUAUk

18/06/2026

❄️ Winter Event ❄️ Whistles in the Dark (Rehearsal Reading)

👉 Join us for a public rehearsed play reading of Whistles in the Dark.
Written by local Ballarat playwright and poet Marty MonStar, the play features actors: Ian Rooney, Paul Lewis Canlan, Dawn Bamforth, Rexine Atkinson, Adrian Mulraney and Tessa Marshall
🛩️ The afternoon will take you on a journey inside an air raid shelter during WWII; Liverpool, England.
🎭 Whistles in the Dark is a powerful new stage play set during the Liverpool Blitz of May 1941. As bombs fall overhead, strangers shelter together beneath the city, sharing fear, humour and hope. Inspired by true events, this moving drama celebrates resilience, community and the courage of ordinary people in extraordinary times.
🚪 Doors open 1:30pm for a Rehearsed Reading at 2pm.
🎫 Limited space so we recommend you book your spot ASAP. And if you can't make it, please do let us know so we can re-allocate tickets.
➡ If you're a producer, theatre company, venue or festival director - please feel free to request a comp ticket - and if you'd like to talk to us about this project, please do! We're looking for future collaborators including sponsors and producing partners.
Contact Marty MonStar at [email protected]

➡ Event: Whistles in the Dark (Rehearsal Reading)
📆 Date: Sunday 5 July 2026
⏰ Times: 2pm-4.30pm
📍 Venue: Bluestone Theatre
💰 Cost: $16.40
🎫 Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/whistles-in-the-dark-rehearsed-reading-tickets-1991034035397

17/06/2026

👉 Kyneton Town Hall 👈 Vika & Linda Bull - Where Do You Come From?

🚨 Tomorrow only a few tickets left! Don't miss out! 🚨
🎫 Tickets are now on sale! 🎫
➡ The forthcoming album from Vika & Linda, Where Do You Come From? is their most personal and compelling collection yet. To celebrate, they will embark on a nation-wide tour with their band, The Bullettes. Audiences will be treated to songs from the new album together with the songs and stories of their inimitable career.
🎤 Vika & Linda are two of Australia’s most celebrated and enduring voices. They captivate audiences with their powerful harmonies and magnetic stage presence. With enduring influence and boundless energy, they remain one of Australia’s most treasured and trailblazing vocal duos.

👉 Presented by Duck for Cover Entertainers Group
📆 Date: Thursday 18 June 2026
⏰ Time: 7.30pm – 9pm
💰 Cost: Full $89.90
📍 Venue: Kyneton Town Hall
🎫 Tickets: https://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Events-and-Awards/Vika-Linda-Bull-Where-Do-You-Come-From

16/06/2026

❄ Winter Events ❄ The Sounds of Silent

🎺 1920's cinema experience Silent film with live jazz.
🎥 The Sounds of Silent present Charlie Chaplin in 'The Gold Rush' (Plus a Laurel and Hardy short film)

➡ Event: The Sounds of Silent
📆 Date: Saturday 8 August 2026
⏰ Times: Doors open at 6pm, movie at 7pm
📍 Venue: Lancefield Mechanics Institute, 4 The Crescent, Lancefield.
💰 Cost: $10 per ticket, children 15 and under free
🎫 Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1570236

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+61354220333

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http://www.mrsc.vic.gov.au/See-Do/Arts-Culture

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