This weekend sees Bendigo Easter Festival in Rosalind Park return for another year. Running from Friday the 3rd to Sunday the 5th the Bendigo Bank Community Stage is hosting a tonne of local music acts between 10am and 5pm daily. Located at three different garden locations each with their own different ranges of genre and there's even an Easter Blues Rock & Red Festival stage on Saturday and Sunday that runs a bit later. The Festival features a wide range of activities and other events as well as food, wine and parades. Plus of course, there's a solid Easter egg hunt on too on the Friday! Tickets are $20 for adults and only $10 for the kids with all proceeds going to Vision Australia. For all information head to www.bendigoeasterfestival.org.au
Kicking off the event tonight for the Bendigo Easter Festival is the free all ages music event. Hosted by Mic Up Productions and Headspace Bendigo, the night will be a drug and alcohol free community event held in Rosalind Park from 5-9pm. Headline act Bonjah will be finishing up the night with support acts from Jakubi and My Echo.
The Northcote Town Hall is putting on some great local and national comedy acts this weekend for the Melbourne International Comedy festival. There’s even a couple for the kids including Matty Grey’s Dreamweaver vs. The Nightmare child which finishes up TONIGHT and at the Melbourne Town Hall, Walls of Poetica – a new musical adventure for kids aged 5-12 with prices under $20 for both. Visit www.comedyfestival.com.au for more information on the event and to scout some local funny buggers.
I recently stumbled across a new gem at the State Library of Victoria called Inspiration by Design. The gallery features art, graphics, photography and illustrated works the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. It includes over 100 treasures including original hand-drawn illustrations from Beatrix Potter, a Pablo Picasso artist book and fashion sketches from Dior and Comme des Garçons to suit everyone’s tastes. The event is a free exhibition located in the Keith Murdoch Gallery from 10am to 5pm and 9pm on Thursdays and will be running through until June!
By Alana Mazurke.
