Batten down the hatches, me hearties!

A gruesome band of horrible pirates will take over the National Wool Museum this November when it presents Pirates: the Exhibition Families will discover...

Back in the Geelong groove

By Luke Voogt When mild-mannered businessmen Andrew and Steve Kyriacou hit the stage they turn into rock gods - or perhaps the next best thing. “When...

Valley voices

Geelong Welsh Ladies Choir will perform songs from around the world in concert this Sunday. The choir said The World in Union would be musical...

Marching band

Direct from Edinburgh, the world-famous Pipes and Drums of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards will march into Geelong on Sunday as part of its...

Band is a blessing

Holy Holy has come a long way since its first gig at a tiny upstairs venue in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley in 2012. Singer Tim Carroll...

Theatre veteran Cant go wrong

Theatre veteran Donald Cant - one of Australia’s best known Phantoms of the Opera - will make his “overdue return to Geelong” next week. The...

In stitches after Humble Boy

Torquay Theatre Troupe will take on Charlotte Jones’ Hamlet-inspired modern play, Humble Boy, in a series of shows starting next week. Troupe president Fred Preston...

Bonsai care cuts stress

By Luke Voogt The city’s best-trimmed will be on display in Geelong Bonsai Club’s annual exhibition next weekend. Club president Paul Buttigieg will join 75 miniature-tree...

Stories are on song

Musical theatre cult-classics will get the GSODA treatment in a new variety showcase about to hit the Geelong stage. About 60 of the region’s...

More than meets the eye

A decade worth of mind-breaking art will be on display this summer in Geelong Gallery’s exhibition - Tricking the Eye. Gallery curator Lisa Sullivan put...

Leah heads to NaranaFest

By Luke Voogt Singer-songwriter Leah Flanagan will bring her smokey voice to Torquay for the first time next month for NaranaFest. The Darwin-born artist is touring...

Still belting out the hits

When Michael Ingvarson finished university in 1994 he never thought he’d spend the next 22 years in an ABBA cover band. Ingvarson has played in...

From the archives

16 years ago 5 March, 2010 Plans for bus shelters on Geelong’s Moorabool Street have confused traders. Deane Etheredge, who owns Banjo’s Bakehouse on the corner of...