Australia’s oldest and largest state arts festival is on now in Castlemaine, Victoria, with highlights including former Bad Seed Mick Harvey, and Scott Morrison’s face on butt cheeks
When people talk about the regional Victorian town of Castlemaine (population 7,000), these are the kinds of things they mention: it has more retired clowns and people with PhDs per capita than any other place in Australia. It has the most male-only book groups anywhere outside Dublin. It boasts three theatre companies, at least seven community choirs and was recognised by PETA as the most vegan-friendly small town in Australia.
It also boasts regional Australia’s oldest and largest state arts festival, which is on now. The Castlemaine State festival has been running since 1974, 10 years before the Melbourne festival started. This year, it features 140 performances of local and international acts that run over a 10-day program. Artists include international performers such as Korea’s Ambiguous Dance Company and Iceland’s JFDR, and about one third of the line-up is local.
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