DAILY PLANNER

We invite artists to submit works in conversation with the life and art of Frida Kahlo. Works will be on display and for sale in the Market Building throughout the 2025 Castlemaine Fringe Festival. EOI open now.

We launch the MPG’s Maine Piano Guerrillas onto the world. Join us and our four ‘Pianists-at-Large’, for a concert as we launch the 14 days of musical mortars on Castlemaine’s streets as the latest aboveground, underground, piano movement. Fundraising raffle, and concert. $20/$15.

Explore visual art exhibitions throughout the Festival as part of the Castlemaine Fringe Arts Trail. Dates and times for each exhibition vary. Image: Departure Point, lot19 Gallery.

Make your own hand built cup in the clay workshop with Ann Ferguson and Kaori Fujimoto. Cups will be fired and glazed for you to pick up later. Ann and Kaori’s studio will remain open for visitors after workshops. 22nd - Kids (4-8yrs) - 10-11am. 29th - Kids (8-12yrs) - 10-11am

Creatively mapping Castlemaine’s architectural and social history, artist Emily Fong and writer Laura Keogh are hosting drawing expeditions and creative interviews, giving voices and faces to Castlemaine’s architectural gems and the people who have graced their walls, and building a live exhibition.

Threads of Us is a roaming Thought Box that gathers your ideas and wonders, weaving them into a shared conversation. Watch out for the Thought Box pop-up activities across the Fringe Program to create something new—using your thoughts as prompts and the Fringe’s vibrant spirit as inspiration. FREE.

Creatively mapping Castlemaine’s architectural and social history, artist Emily Fong and writer Laura Keogh are hosting drawing expeditions and creative interviews, giving voices and faces to Castlemaine’s architectural gems and the people who have graced their walls, and building a live exhibition.

The program involves a feature reader sharing their work, and an open section. $5 donation at the door much appreciated. Open section limited to 3 minutes per reader. So buy a drink from the bar, all Welcome! Contact: poeticaspoeticas@outlook.com

Sally Guildford invites you to turn off your technology and take a walk in deep silence to a mystery location. Discover a heightened awareness of nature, through moving meditation, observation & performance art. Explore unexpected wild spaces in your town & in yourself. 22,23,28,29&30 Mar. 22/$17.

Kristin Gill and Catherine Greer discuss invisibility, reinvention, friendship and baking for the soul in an exclusive salon-style event at Northern Books HQ. Enjoy a glass of bubbles, some seriously delicious baked goodies and a lot of laughs. We promise this will be a treat! $60/$55 incl. book.

Ned Middleton & Tobias Richardson invite you to be part of this larger-than-life painting experience as part of the Fringe Street Party. Drop in during the afternoon, grab an apron and paint your favorite pop star on the huge, shared canvas, filling the empty disco with messy fun. All ages welcome.

3 stages, 150+ performers, food & drink, all ages, bands, dance acts, live art painting, projections, DJs and more. Kicking off early with youth presentations in Mechanics Lane, then staying up late with a huge line up of local legends to keep you dancing way into the night!

Keep your eyes and ears open for the Bridge Hotel’s Roving Rickshaw, with flashy flights and solar sound system powered by Central Spark! The Rickshaw will be ferrying punters between the Bridge Hotel and the Opening Night Street Party Spectacular! BEEP BEEP! FREE.

Release ya inner 80’s dance passion. Learn an easy & explosive dance to ‘Pour Some Sugar’ by Def Leppard with the Rural Hot Bitches dance troupe! Dress 80’s then join us onstage to perform your new routine to the masses at the Street Party. FREE.

Transport yourself to a night filled with a mix of classical and Anatolian Psychedelic remixes. Ms Onur returns to The Coolroom with her soulful voice and music that reflect her Turkish roots and Western influences. Luqman is Syrian/ Lebanese DJ & Live Electronics act. $20/$15.

Make your own hand built cup in the clay workshop with Ann Ferguson and Kaori Fujimoto. Cups will be fired and glazed for you to pick up later. Ann and Kaori’s studio will remain open for visitors after workshops. Sunday 23 & 30 March, 10am-12pm.

Showcasing established and emerging artists, designers and craftspeople, the Castlemaine Artists’ Market offers everything from handcrafted leather goods, to exquisite silver jewellery, slick screen-printed products, to earthy ceramics, designer clothing, to timber home wares, and more.

Make a splash and unleash your inner dancer with ‘DANCING IN WATER’! This 1-hour aquatic dance party is the perfect way to get your body moving, your heart pumping, and your spirit soaring! 23, 26 March and 2 April. $22/$17. Kids 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

Make a splash and unleash your inner dancer with ‘DANCING IN WATER’! This 1-hour aquatic dance party is the perfect way to get your body moving, your heart pumping, and your spirit soaring! 23, 26 March and 2 April. $22/$17. Kids 10 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

VOW: Crate Women workshops invite older women to gather and explore Improvised Performance making. Join these safe and fun sessions to explore your stories through movement, voice and text, and learn the skills of spontaneous theatre making. No previous experience required. 23 & 30 March. $25/$20.