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THE TAPROOM
9 Walker Street, Castlemaine
22 Mar 2025, 10:00 am – 06 Apr 2025, 4:00 pmCastlemaine and surroundsExplore 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.
26 Mar 2025, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, CastlemaineIt’s the 25-year anniversary of Juriansz’s first album In this Flow. David took a performing hiatus to produce 5Rhythms conscious dance music. A songwriting award winner at Port Fairy, he returns to his Folk-roots acoustic guitar in this show, featuring songs old and new. FREE.
28 Mar 2025, 6:00 pm – 10:30 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, CastlemaineCelebrate Frida Fiesta with Shedshaker! Enjoy a special Mex inspired menu followed by salsa dance lessons, and round the night off with Cuban dance music masters Son Quba. Live large and celebrate the Latin way. Viva Frida, Friday Fiesta! $15/$10.
29 Mar 2025, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, CastlemaineLeave your grown-ups at home and come down to the Taproom for this ALL AGES live music gig, VIP line up of local and state-wide bands, 3 solid hours of noise and fun. $10 over 18, $5 under 18.
29 Mar 2025, 8:30 pm – 10:00 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, CastlemaineDuncan first performed at Fringe 18 years ago & has since played the Maine on 100s of occasions. Joined by trio Duncan Graham’s Small Circle and the quintet Duncan Graham And The Way In, you’ll enjoy stories, songs and crackerjack musicians to create a one-off delight. $20/$15.
30 Mar 2025, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, CastlemaineGippsland based Todd Cook is bringing his emotive lyrics and earthy tones to Castlemaine. His songs float from intricate fingerpicking to driving rhythms that stir the soul and tell stories of Australian landscapes and people. Todd will be accompanied on stage with mesmerising instrumentation. FREE.
03 Apr 2025, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, CastlemaineLiving in share houses is a wild, messy, excruciating and transformative rite of passage. ‘Who stole my milk?’ is an anthology of stories from diverse writers from Castlemaine and beyond reflecting on their share house experiences, ranging from the hilarious to the poignant.
04 Apr 2025, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, CastlemaineCharlie Needs Braces is musician Charlie Woods, proud GuriNgai woman. Her uplifting and energetic live performance with little sister Miri features songs and language inspired by their mob - filled with dance routines and the celebration of First Nations cultures. FREE.
05 Apr 2025, 8:00 pm – 10:00 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, Castlemaineaplegate is a local 5-piece band, drawing inspiration from psychedelic rock, jazz and the experimental jam band scene. Their live improvisation, interwoven with arrangements melodic and moving, draws its energy from the audience and is equally at home in a venue or a bush doof. $10.
06 Apr 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pmThe Taproom, 9 Walker St, CastlemaineJoin Fringe Festival artists, volunteers & supporters to wrap up the Festival with Castlemaine’s most entertaining electric blues, soul and rock band playing tunes to make you feel good, shake your good thing and belt out those choruses. Now with added horns. FREE.
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