Tag: festival

New Year celebrations in full swing

SE Voice -
This year the Mount Gambier Community Events Inc is back on board, with support from Mount Gambier City Council, to host the 2024 New...

Craft festival cancelled

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Millicent’s annual Geltwood Craft Festival has again been cancelled and will not take place again until 2026.
It was last held a year ago and...

Show set to go

Fred Smith -
Millicent Show Society officials are buoyed by a favourable weather forecast ahead of the opening of the gates to the Gordon Memorial Oval at...

Demo derby crashes out

Fred Smith -
Insurance and compliance issues have led to the cancellation of another popular Millicent Show drawcard.
Motocross riding ceased a few years ago and now Saturday...

Show rolls in to region

Bri Robinson -
For those eagerly awaiting the GEM Mount Gambier Spring Show, there is just one more sleep until the showground gates open. Gates will open tomorrow...

Regional events funding helps showcase best of South Australia

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Three Limestone Coast events will receive a boost thanks to the South Australian Tourism Commission’s Regional Event Fund.
The Coonawarra Cabernet Celebrations Wine Festival (October...

City tuned in for guitar wizardry

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Mount Gambier is set to be treated to the sounds of renowned classical guitarist Slava Grigoryan.
Regarded as a ‘wizard’ of the guitar, Slava has...

Festival back on calendar

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Adate has been earmarked for the third biennial Beachport Crayfish Festival in 2026.
The March 26 event will showcase the best of the rock lobster...

Working dogs round up bidders

Kristy McDonald / Casterton News -
Casterton’s premiere event, the Casterton Kelpie Festival and Working Dog Auction weekend kicks off tonight with the auction expected to tip over $4m in...

Artists capture imagination

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AVictorian artist has won the prestigious John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive Art Prize at the 2024 Penola Coonawarra Arts Festival.
Artist Isabella MacKirdy (pictured below) received...

Next-gen musical talent unearthed

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Australia’s next generation of musical talent has been unearthed in Mount Gambier.
 After three days of intensive music making, the winners of Generations in Jazz,...

All that jazz!

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The State Government will deliver a significant infrastructure boost for the much-loved Generations in Jazz festival in Mount Gambier, providing organisers access to ongoing...

Medieval marvel

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Hear ye, hear ye, the midst of Mount Gambier was transformed into a medieval marvel on the weekend, with hordes of historical characters converging...

UniSA tackles tough topics through comedy at special Mount Gambier Fringe show

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The UniSA Mount Gambier Campus proudly partnered with MOD recently to hold ‘A Night of Comedy and Curiosity’ in conjuction with the Fringe.
Host comedian...

Luminous laneways 
a highlight of festival

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Luminous laneways burst into life in Mount Gambier over the weekend, as Fringe brought all the fun of the festival to town.
 There was plenty...