Jimi Hocking has big plans for 2016
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Two new albums, a national tour and a father-son collaborative EP are among the exciting projects for blues guitarist Jimi Hocking in...
Searchers find an audience
Liverpool’s legendary The Searchers, including original member John McNally, will reprise their greatest hits when they play Geelong Performing Arts Centre next month as...
Friends pay tribute to the Big O
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Roy Orbison tribute band The Big O and Friends is currently recording their first single, Blue Rain, bringing to life 25 years...
Bill Gray set to rock festival
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Country rocker Bill Gray has just released his first CD of original material and has a suitcase of hundreds of songs he’s...
Family takes Backseat to festival
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Up-and-coming Geelong family band Backseat Drive will tackle its biggest challenge yet when the group plays its first festival next weekend.
The band...
On Traill of print
The work of one of Australia’s greatest printmakers has gone on display at Geelong Gallery.
The National Gallery of Australia exhibition features the works of...
The magical nanny pops in to Geelong
By ALANA MITCHELSON
The curious world of Mary Poppins will come to life next month in a local musical theatre production starring Geelong’s Kate Hanley...
Friends join forces for exhibition
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Local watercolour artists and close friends Priscilla Fenton and Judy Cohn are showcasing their wildlife and landscape works in the pair’s first...
Geelong gang to add glam glitter
By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
With a line-up of Barry Glitter, Marsha Brady, Stevie Knievel, Bobby Dazzler and Mickey Blitz, it can be only one band:...
Felicia’s sweet music for festival
By ALANA MITCHELSON
Blues performer Sweet Felicia is broadening her horizons, taking on a Bachelor of Arts as a mature aged student while simultaneously pursuing...
Mt Duneed’s Streeton for exhibition
The works of a Mount Duneed-born painter who became one of Australia’s greatest artists will be Geelong Gallery’s major exhibition for 2016.
The gallery announced...
Diverse troupe’s poetry in motion
By ALANA MITCHELSON
A group of Geelong actors, secondary students and poetry enthusiasts will recite a selection of CJ Dennis poems to mark a centenary...
Take care of your pets this Christmas
Christmas is a time for family - and pets are family too, meaning they too deserve special care and attention over the festive season.
It...
