Top local acts named for festival
By NOEL MURPHY
QUEENSCLIFF Music Festival will feature a string of top Geelong region performers when it fires up late in November.
Acts joining the QMF’s...
Joker set to Byrne Geelong punters
By NOEL MURPHY
IT’S AN old rule when going out to watch a comedian perform on stage: don’t park too close to the stage.
It’s best...
Mercury rising in Queen show
By Emily Iannello
BEELZEBUB, Galileo, Scaramouche, fandangos - Queen fans can get out their best harmonies and air guitars for a top-line tribute band headed...
Geetroit’s Motor City music fest to rock on again
By NOEL MURPHY
ROCK fans rejoice, Motor City Music Festival will return to Geelong Showgrounds next Labor Day weekend with 40 thumping, grooving, roaring acts.
Director...
Trio in harmony with Peter, Paul, Mary
A TRIO of local performers is harmonising its way around the Bellarine Peninsula with the songs of a famous folk group from the 1960s.
Marion...
Film festival travelling back to city
A TRAVELLING leg of Victoria’s premier film festival will return to Geelong next week after a six-year break.
Organisers said new State Government funding had...
Roll up, roll, Circus Oz to hit Geelong
By Paul Millar
THE CIRCUS is coming to town but not as it’s traditionally known. Circus Oz, an alternative to big-top shows with caged animals as...
Poet hits street with new play
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG poet Scott Welsh watched a man die on the floor of a public hospital.
Welsh describes the man as a “casualty in...
Mad Max back with a blast
HE’S back – bigger, madder and armed with more Hollywood pyrotechnics than a small war.
Mad Max, Anakie’s post-apocalyptic hero, hit the digital world this...
Scandal as Portia looks at becoming a mum
By NOEL MURPHY
GEELONG’S Portia de Rossi is set to appear in the next series of US TV series Scandal next month - and could...
Murray flows to coast
By Emily Iannello
TJAPWURRUNG is no longer spoken in Neil Murray’s native hometown - but it is sung.
Given his love and respect for Aboriginal culture,...
Russell Morris driving his Diemen’s to Geelong
By Emily Iannello
The Geelong Independent is giving away 10 double passes to see Russell Morris at The Wool Exchange on 9 August.
To enter, follow...
Help tails wag this Christmas
Geelong Animal Welfare Society (GAWS) has launched its annual Christmas Appeal
The not-for-profit organisation, which provides an animal shelter and veterinary clinic for stray and...
