Tag: festival

Smoking hot BBQ Fest line-up

The Beer & Barbecue Fest will once again bring a uniquely South East experience to SA’s second largest city on the March long weekend
On...

Regional Fringe Festival paused

Fringe Mount Gambier organisers have announced their disappointment the 2025 festival has been scrapped.
The group had applied for $50,000 in funding plus $14,000 in-kind...

New Year celebrations in full swing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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