05/08/2024
Bringing some warm harmonies back down to Victoria next week!
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Wed 7th - Horsham Town Hall
Thurs 8th - The Forge Theatre in Bairnsdale
Fri 9th - Bunjil Place in Narre Warren
Sat 10th - Ararat Town Hall
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The Ararat Performing Arts Centre (PAC) is the cultural hub of the region. Housed in Ararat’s stately old Town Hall, the PAC attracts a rich calendar of annual events. Today it is a well utilised facility providing a wide range of performances and events and the opportunity for participation in the performing arts. PAC delivers Art to the community, growth in activity, innovation, outstanding spac
es and people - a venue renowned for its artistic energy and engagement. Offering a broad curated program of performing arts throughout the year
Lunchtime concerts are held each month and the One Act Play Festival is held at the PAC in August every year.
16/07/2024
WORKSHOP: The Artist as Fundraiser and the Art of Raising Funds
Wednesday 24th July 2024, 5pm - 7:30pm
Venue: Arts Precint Studio – Ararat Gallery TAMA (Entry via Ararat Gallery TAMA on Vincent Street).
This workshop is focused on providing artists with knowledge, skills and networks towards raising money to support their practice. The event is most suitable for independent artists and musicians, small collectives and sole traders.
This workshop will cover:
– Where money comes from to support the arts
– Why fundraise to support my work?
– Arts fundraising theory
– Developing a case for support
– How to run a successful digital or online fundraising campaign via the Australian Cultural Fund
– Business Partnerships
– Fundraising strategies (including leveraging for Plus One and Matchlab programs)
– How to develop a fundraising plan
The presenter, Steven Richardson, is the Victorian and Tasmanian State Manager, Development and Partnerships for Creative Australia. Steven’s background spans artistic, producing, and programming roles, which has given him a multi-dimensional view of successful fundraising strategy and implementation.
Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be provided. This event is free entry, with bookings requested and essential to help plan catering: please book via this link → https://araratgallerytama.com.au/event/fundraiser-workshop/
📷 Genesis Owusu performing at Splendour in the Grass, 2022 Photo: Tom Grut.
10/07/2024
Andy Alberts and the Walkabouts up next at the Ararat Town Hall for our NAIDOC week show. A great singer songwriter with a ripper band. We are very excited to be hosting him on July 17th.
Tickets here: https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/andy-alberts/
Here's some of his tunes: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6F0UqHDjCrpKIHnzhZUxmn?si=IiKekoqNQda6SYj0ibaFdA
27/06/2024
The Mik Maks are coming back to Ararat for the school holidays for the 'Big Show'. Don't miss it!
Friday 5 July
10:30am - 11:20am
Tickets: https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/the-mik-maks/
27/06/2024
PIANO DAY! This Saturday, 29th June, our neighbours at Ararat Gallery TAMA invite community members and gallery visitors to play the Ararat Town Hall's beautiful 1952 baby grand Steinway piano! 🙌
All abilities welcome, bring some sheet music or play from memory.
→ Saturday 29th June
→ 10am - 12.45pm
→ 1.15pm - 4.00pm
Free entry, no bookings required 🎹
📷 From the previous Piano Day on 15th June - Bendigo community choir Women of Note were travelling through Ararat and stopped for a play and a sing, thank you!
04/06/2024
Saturday 8th June is our next Gallery Piano Bar event 🍷 In collaboration with Ararat Gallery TAMA we welcome back Nat Bartsch!
Melbourne pianist/composer Nat Bartsch will perform her ARIA-nominated album ’Hope’. Released in 2021 on ABC Classic, Hope is an abbreviation of hopefulness and hopelessness, responding to the Black Summer bushfires and long COVID lockdowns in Melbourne. It is an immersive and cathartic listening experience. Nat will be joined on stage by the Ballarat-based Amber Duo: Lucy Price and Sarah Nieuwkerk.
Hope creates the space for us to collectively acknowledge all we endured through 2020/2021, but also be left with a sense of quiet optimism. It is arrestingly beautiful, gentle piano music that has wide appeal to different audiences.
These evenings in the Gallery are an intimate experience with limited tickets available for each performance, seated amongst some key artworks from the TAMA Collection.
→ 'Hope' by Nat Bartsch
→ Saturday 8th June 2024, 7.30pm - 8.30pm
→ Limited seats available, tickets available via our webite: https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/hope/
📷 Photo: Brett Scapin
Melbourne pianist/composer Nat Bartsch performs her ARIA-nominated album ’Hope’, In collaboration with local strings musicians. Released in 2021 on ABC Classic, Hope is an abbreviation of hopefulness and hopelessness, responding to the Black Summer bushfires and long COVID lockdowns in Melbourne...
28/05/2024
PIANO DAY! This Saturday, 1st June, our neighbours at Ararat Gallery TAMA invite community members and gallery visitors to play the Ararat Town Hall's beautiful 1952 baby grand Steinway piano!
All abilities welcome, bring some sheet music or play from memory.
→ Saturday 1st June
→ 10am - 12.45pm
→ 1.15pm - 4.00pm
Free entry, no bookings required 🎹
📷 Gallery staff member Nick practising!
23/05/2024
A powerful event with former Wimmera local Aaron Schultz, featuring a screening of the 2023 documentary Healing Men’s Minds and a conversation around creating good emotional literacy to maintain good mental health.
This event is presented by The Outback Mind Foundation and is open to men and women over 18.
DATE: Tuesday 28 May
TIME: 6.30pm
VENUE: Ararat Town Hall
Visit our website to book your free seat: https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/mens-health-event-ararat/
22/05/2024
📢 CASUAL POSITION VACANT 📢
Ararat Rural City Council currently has a rewarding opportunity available for a casual Event Support Officer to work alongside our team at the Town Hall.
Event support plays a critical role in ensuring the correct and efficient management of events in both public and corporate settings. The primary duties of our event staff include setting up and taking apart, helping guests navigate the venue, cleaning, and working the cash registers.
View the position description at https://www.ararat.vic.gov.au/council/careers/event-support-officer or contact Human Resources on 5355 0200 for more information.
Applications close Friday 31 May 2024 at 5:00pm.
21/05/2024
TONIGHT: Australia’s premiere comedy bash stops off at Ararat Town Hall! 🤩
Guaranteed to be an all-night knee-slapper, the finest comedians from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are slated to perform right on our doorstep!
Featuring SBS Food’s Good Tucker's Suren Jayemanne alongside award-winning Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman Janty Blair, Australia’s Got Talent contestant He Huang, actor David Quirk (of critically acclaimed Oz shows Please Like Me and Problems), and comedy fest stalwart Zack Dyer.
Gather your mates, secure your tickets, and get ready for a well-deserved barrel of laughs when the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival skids up to Ararat Town Hall on May 22. Head to our website to grab your tickets!
https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-roadshow-2/
This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
20/05/2024
THIS WEEK: Australia’s premiere comedy bash stops off at Ararat Town Hall! 🤩
Guaranteed to be an all-night knee-slapper, the finest comedians from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are slated to perform right on our doorstep!
Featuring Australia’s Got Talent contestant He Huang alongside actor David Quirk (of critically acclaimed Oz shows Please Like Me and Problems), comedy fest stalwart Zack Dyer, award-winning Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman Janty Blair, and SBS Food’s Good Tucker's Suren Jayemanne.
Gather your mates, secure your tickets, and get ready for a well-deserved barrel of laughs when the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival skids up to Ararat Town Hall on May 22. Head to our website to grab your tickets!
https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-roadshow-2/
This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
13/05/2024
Less than 10 days left until Australia’s premiere comedy bash stops off at Ararat Town Hall!
Guaranteed to be an all-night knee-slapper, the finest comedians from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are slated to perform right on our doorstep!
Actor David Quirk (of critically acclaimed Oz shows Please Like Me and Problems) will bring his magnificent stand-up chops, alongside comedy fest stalwart Zack Dyer, award-winning Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman Janty Blair, Australia’s Got Talent contestant He Huang and SBS Food’s Good Tucker's Suren Jayemanne.
Gather your mates, secure your tickets, and get ready for a well-deserved barrel of laughs when the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival skids up to Ararat Town Hall on May 22. Head to our website to grab your tickets!
https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-roadshow-2/
This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
08/05/2024
Australia’s premiere comedy bash is setting off on its annual roadtrip around the country, and its stop at Ararat Town Hall is guaranteed to be an all-night knee-slapper. On May 22, the finest comedians from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are slated to perform right on our doorstep!
Celebrated comedy fest stalwart Zack Dyer will bring his uniquely absurd observations and bona fide bogan background to the stage; award-winning Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman Janty Blair is primed to deliver the Deadly guffaws; actor David Quirk (of critically acclaimed Oz shows Please Like Me and Problems) will bring his magnificent stand-up chops; trailblazing globe-trotter He Huang is set to outdo the Australia’s Got Talent audition which won her viral fame in 2022; and Suren Jayemanne – whom you may know from his appearances on Wil Anderson’s Question Everything or SBS Food’s Good Tucker – rounds out this delectable line-up.
Gather your mates, secure your tickets, and get ready for a well-deserved barrel of laughs when the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival skids up to Ararat Town Hall on May 22. Head to our website to grab your tickets!
https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-roadshow-2/
This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.
06/04/2024
The Gallery Piano Bar returns in April with award winning vocalist Emma Pask! Emma has firmly established herself as one of Australia’s favourite voices in Jazz. Her effortless, honest stage presence combined with her powerful vocal ability, leaves audiences spellbound and inspired whenever she takes to the stage. Emma will be accompanied by a pianist, on the Town Hall's beautiful baby grand piano.
These evenings are an intimate experience with limited tickets available for each performance, seated amongst some key artworks from the Ararat Gallery TAMA Collection.
Ticket holders are invited to join us for drinks in the Ararat Town Hall foyer bar from 4.30pm.
Please note: Drinks from the bar are allowed within the performance space, however food is not permitted. Please plan accordingly.
→ Emma Pask
→ Sunday 28th April 2024, 4.45pm - 6.30pm
→ Limited seats available. Book tickets here: https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/emma-pask/
28/03/2024
The World of Musicals cast is rehearsing in Dublin before they make their way to Ararat on 16 May. It's going to be a spectacular show with iconic tunes from 'The Phantom of the Opera', 'Les Misérables', 'Chicago', 'Boy from Oz' and more. Get your tickets here: https://ow.ly/BM8T50R1Nee
The World of Musicals in Concert
16 May 2024, 7:30-9:30pm
Ararat Town Hall
28/03/2024
High Brow Toilet Humour For Kids
Due to popular demand, your favourite Adelaide Fringe show is back! ‘Children are Stinky’ is a multi-award winning, 5 star, world-wide sell out sensation.
Expect high calibre circus, a rocking soundtrack, and genuine belly laughs, which have propelled these stinkers to rave reviews and winners of best children’s show in Adelaide, Perth and Edinburgh.
Tuesday 2nd April 2024
11.00am - 11.50am
Book Now!
www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/children-are-stinky-2/
Phone 1800 657 158
19/03/2024
Free Concert Alert! Gina Hogan will be singing classic hits from Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole and more. Don't miss it!
Ararat Town Hall
Wednesday 27 March, 11am - 12:10pm
Tickets:
Gems of Jazz is an exciting showcase of timeless classics by Gershwin, Arlen, Berlin and Porter, with songs made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole and many more. Songs include 'Don't Get Around Much Anymore', 'All of Me', 'Straighten Up and Fly Righ...
12/03/2024
Don't miss Anh Do The Happiest Refugee Live Tuesday 19 March at the Ararat Town Hall! Last tickets remaining!
Tuesday 19 March 2024
7:30pm - 9pm
Tickets: https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/anh-do/
08/03/2024
🎵Holy Cow, this music is Rock and Roll Personified...If you love Rock and Roll and all the piano rockin hits...Don't miss Damon Smith’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Extravaganza! 🎵
Friday 15th March 2024
8.00pm - 10.15pm
Tickets - https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/damon-smiths-rock-n-roll-extravaganza/
31/01/2024
You've seen him on Fisk, The Project and Spicks and Specks, now see one of Australia's best comedians Dave O'Neil at the Ararat Town Hall perform his stand-up show, Overweight Lightweight. Bonus laughs will be provided by his friend Brad Oakes plus a meet and greet after the show!
Friday 16 February, 2024 - 8.00 - 10.00pm
Tickets - https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/overweight-lightweight/
23/01/2024
You've seen him on Fisk, The Project and Spicks and Specks, now see one of Australia's best comedians Dave O'Neil at the Ararat Town Hall perform his stand-up show, Overweight Lightweight. Bonus laughs will be provided by his friend Brad Oakes plus a meet and greet after the show!
17/01/2024
Look out Ararat Town Hall myself and comedy legend Brad Oakes are coming! thanks to Creative Victoria Friday feb 16 ! Get on board! https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/overweight-lightweight/
13/10/2023
Acclaimed guitarists Slava & Leonard Grigoryan have expanded their creative output by crafting and recording the soundtrack to the award-winning movie ‘A Boy Called Sailboat’.
This heart-warming movie, written and developed by Melbourne-based creative team Cameron Nugent and Andrew Curry was filmed in New Mexico and stars Academy Award® winning actor J.K Simmons, Noel G, Elizabeth De Razzo, Jake Busey, Lew Temple and Julian Atocani Sanchez in the title role.
The Latin-themed soundtrack is a key element to the movie and provides an opportunity for audiences to hear the Grigoryan Brothers like never before.
90 min film screening with live soundtrack performed live by the Grigoryan Brothers, followed by a 20 min Q & A with the film’s writer/director Cameron Nugent.
⛵'A Boy Called Sailboat'
📅Thurs Oct 19, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm
📍 Ararat Town Hall
➡️ Tickets - www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/a-boy-called-sailboat/
02/10/2023
World-famous variety artistes, Finucane & Smith are heading to Willaura with their smash-hit, family-friendly shindig this Saturday, Oct 7.
Strictly for ages 8 months to 108 years, Dance Hall is packed to the rafters with songbirds and disco divas, go-go dancers and Bollywood stars, fan twirlers and glittering tunes to get everyone tapping their toes and boogying in the aisles.
Beloved from remote towns to the world’s biggest cities, Finucane & Smith’s multi-awarded variety shows have wowed audiences from London to Tokyo, winning 13 awards, and breaking the record for the longest Australian tour of Variety since the Gold Rush!
Finucane & Smith's Travelling Dance Hall
📍 Willaura Memorial Hall, Sat Oct 7
🕖 7.30pm - 9.00pm
$35 Adults, $30 Concession, $120 Group of 4
Book tickets - https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/.../finucane-smiths.../
26/09/2023
What a day in Pomonal with Paint What You Hear. It was some great, messy fun!
Tickets are still available for tomorrow's session in Willaura and a handful for Ararat on Thursday. Booking details below:
Willaura - Wednesday 1 - 1:45pm
https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/paint-what-you-hear-willaura/
Ararat - Thursday 10 - 10:45am
https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/paint-what-you-hear-ararat/
Ararat - Thursday 1 - 1:45pm - SOLD OUT
Children must be supervised by an adult
The workshops are messy and use paint. We advise participants to wear old clothes.
25/09/2023
What a week! Congratulations to Ararat Eisteddfod for yet another successful event.
The focus Ararat Eisteddfod has on helping young dancers expand their talent and confidence is really what makes this program so special.
A shout-out to our technical crew and volunteers for helping to bring this annual community event to life.
Ararat Rural City Council
21/09/2023
Get creative this school holidays with 'PAINT WHAT YOU HEAR', an immersive performance and workshop experience for children coming to Ararat, Willaura, and Pomonal from 26 - 28 September. 🎨🎵
->The 45-minute immersive performance and workshop are aimed at young ones aged 4 - 12 years.
-> All materials will be supplied
-> Participants are encouraged to wear old clothes as it can get a bit messy!
->Visit https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/performances/ or call 1800 657 158 to book
This project is supported by Regional Arts Victoria and Creative Victoria
Ararat Town Hall, built in 1898, presents both local and touring performing arts events
21/07/2023
Next up in the Gallery Piano Bar 🍷
Jude Perl - Live Stream in Person (Live!)
Saturday 29th July 2023, 8.00pm - 9.00pm
Grab your tickets today:
ℹ️ Visit the Ararat Visitor Information Centre
☎️ 1800 657 158
💻 https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/jude-perl-live-stream-in-person-live/
Jude Perl is an award-winning singer, songwriter and comedian based in Melbourne. Jude has created a name for herself by writing and performing hilarious, yet brutally honest, stream-of-consciousness style lyrics, set to undeniably catchy and well-crafted songs. She has won four Green Room Awards and is a staple at comedy and fridge festivals around Australia.
Jude will be playing new and old songs, originals and covers via request on the baby grand piano in the Gallery.
Ticket holders are invited to join us for drinks and complimentary nibbles in the Ararat Town Hall foyer bar from 7pm. Seating for the performance will begin at 7.45pm.
Please note: Drinks from the bar are allowed within the performance space, however food is not permitted. Please plan accordingly.
20/07/2023
Bowie fans, don't miss your chance to see Jeff Duff this weekend!
Bowie Unzipped - Starring Jeff Duff
Saturday 22 July - 8pm - 10pm
Grab your tickets today:
ℹ️ Visit the Ararat Visitor Information Centre
☎️ 1800 657 158
💻 https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/bowie/
“If you closed your eyes, you could believe it was bowie on stage” – Faster Louder Magazine
13/07/2023
Wendy Matthews - Live at the Ararat Town Hall
Saturday 2 September - 8-9:20pm
As an artist Wendy Matthews has an expressive voice that never fails to move those who hear it. Her music is an unhurried journey of clean melodies, infectious energy and simple grace. In an age where uber-production techniques are thought to be hip and cynicism an attribute, Wendy has proven that commitment to beauty is still not only valid but applauded by the public ear.
This is exemplified by the reality that Wendy’s music is now in more than 1 million homes in Australia and all her albums to date have multi-platinum status.
Grab your tickets today:
ℹ️ Visit the Ararat Visitor Information Centre
☎️ 1800 657 158
💻 https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/wendy-matthews/
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The Mik Maks are coming back to Ararat for the school holidays for the 'Big Show'. Don't miss it! Friday 5 July 10:30am - 11:20am Tickets: https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/the-mik-maks/
TONIGHT: Australia’s premiere comedy bash stops off at Ararat Town Hall! 🤩 Guaranteed to be an all-night knee-slapper, the finest comedians from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are slated to perform right on our doorstep! Featuring SBS Food’s Good Tucker's Suren Jayemanne alongside award-winning Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman Janty Blair, Australia’s Got Talent contestant He Huang, actor David Quirk (of critically acclaimed Oz shows Please Like Me and Problems), and comedy fest stalwart Zack Dyer. Gather your mates, secure your tickets, and get ready for a well-deserved barrel of laughs when the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival skids up to Ararat Town Hall on May 22. Head to our website to grab your tickets! https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-roadshow-2/ This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. #MICF #MICFRoadshow
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
THIS WEEK: Australia’s premiere comedy bash stops off at Ararat Town Hall! 🤩 Guaranteed to be an all-night knee-slapper, the finest comedians from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are slated to perform right on our doorstep! Featuring Australia’s Got Talent contestant He Huang alongside actor David Quirk (of critically acclaimed Oz shows Please Like Me and Problems), comedy fest stalwart Zack Dyer, award-winning Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman Janty Blair, and SBS Food’s Good Tucker's Suren Jayemanne. Gather your mates, secure your tickets, and get ready for a well-deserved barrel of laughs when the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival skids up to Ararat Town Hall on May 22. Head to our website to grab your tickets! https://ararattownhall.com.au/event/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-roadshow-2/ This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. #MICF #MICFRoadshow
Less than 10 days left until Australia’s premiere comedy bash stops off at Ararat Town Hall! Guaranteed to be an all-night knee-slapper, the finest comedians from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival are slated to perform right on our doorstep! Actor David Quirk (of critically acclaimed Oz shows Please Like Me and Problems) will bring his magnificent stand-up chops, alongside comedy fest stalwart Zack Dyer, award-winning Butchulla, Mununjali and Woppaburra woman Janty Blair, Australia’s Got Talent contestant He Huang and SBS Food’s Good Tucker's Suren Jayemanne. Gather your mates, secure your tickets, and get ready for a well-deserved barrel of laughs when the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival skids up to Ararat Town Hall on May 22. Head to our website to grab your tickets! https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/melbourne-international-comedy-festival-roadshow-2/ This project is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria. #MICF #MICFRoadshow
The Gallery Piano Bar returns in April with award winning vocalist Emma Pask! Emma has firmly established herself as one of Australia’s favourite voices in Jazz. Her effortless, honest stage presence combined with her powerful vocal ability, leaves audiences spellbound and inspired whenever she takes to the stage. Emma will be accompanied by a pianist, on the Town Hall's beautiful baby grand piano. These evenings are an intimate experience with limited tickets available for each performance, seated amongst some key artworks from the Ararat Gallery TAMA Collection. Ticket holders are invited to join us for drinks in the Ararat Town Hall foyer bar from 4.30pm. Please note: Drinks from the bar are allowed within the performance space, however food is not permitted. Please plan accordingly. → Emma Pask → Sunday 28th April 2024, 4.45pm - 6.30pm → Limited seats available. Book tickets here: https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/emma-pask/
The World of Musicals cast is rehearsing in Dublin before they make their way to Ararat on 16 May. It's going to be a spectacular show with iconic tunes from 'The Phantom of the Opera', 'Les Misérables', 'Chicago', 'Boy from Oz' and more. Get your tickets here: https://ow.ly/BM8T50R1Nee The World of Musicals in Concert 16 May 2024, 7:30-9:30pm Ararat Town Hall
High Brow Toilet Humour For Kids Due to popular demand, your favourite Adelaide Fringe show is back! ‘Children are Stinky’ is a multi-award winning, 5 star, world-wide sell out sensation. Expect high calibre circus, a rocking soundtrack, and genuine belly laughs, which have propelled these stinkers to rave reviews and winners of best children’s show in Adelaide, Perth and Edinburgh. Tuesday 2nd April 2024 11.00am - 11.50am Book Now! www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/children-are-stinky-2/ Phone 1800 657 158
Don't miss Anh Do The Happiest Refugee Live Tuesday 19 March at the Ararat Town Hall! Last tickets remaining! Tuesday 19 March 2024 7:30pm - 9pm Tickets: https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/anh-do/
🎵Holy Cow, this music is Rock and Roll Personified...If you love Rock and Roll and all the piano rockin hits...Don't miss Damon Smith’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Extravaganza! 🎵 Friday 15th March 2024 8.00pm - 10.15pm Tickets - https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/damon-smiths-rock-n-roll-extravaganza/
You've seen him on Fisk, The Project and Spicks and Specks, now see one of Australia's best comedians Dave O'Neil at the Ararat Town Hall perform his stand-up show, Overweight Lightweight. Bonus laughs will be provided by his friend Brad Oakes plus a meet and greet after the show! Friday 16 February, 2024 - 8.00 - 10.00pm Tickets - https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/overweight-lightweight/
You've seen him on Fisk, The Project and Spicks and Specks, now see one of Australia's best comedians Dave O'Neil at the Ararat Town Hall perform his stand-up show, Overweight Lightweight. Bonus laughs will be provided by his friend Brad Oakes plus a meet and greet after the show!
Acclaimed guitarists Slava & Leonard Grigoryan have expanded their creative output by crafting and recording the soundtrack to the award-winning movie ‘A Boy Called Sailboat’. This heart-warming movie, written and developed by Melbourne-based creative team Cameron Nugent and Andrew Curry was filmed in New Mexico and stars Academy Award® winning actor J.K Simmons, Noel G, Elizabeth De Razzo, Jake Busey, Lew Temple and Julian Atocani Sanchez in the title role. The Latin-themed soundtrack is a key element to the movie and provides an opportunity for audiences to hear the Grigoryan Brothers like never before. 90 min film screening with live soundtrack performed live by the Grigoryan Brothers, followed by a 20 min Q & A with the film’s writer/director Cameron Nugent. ⛵'A Boy Called Sailboat' 📅Thurs Oct 19, 7.30 pm - 9.30 pm 📍 Ararat Town Hall ➡️ Tickets - www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/a-boy-called-sailboat/
WHALEBONE - Wed 28 June 2pm, Ararat Town Hall. Tickets $5 - Book at www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/whalebone/
Join Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows for a very special night at Ararat Town Hall on Fri, 31 March. One of Australia’s most prolific and enduringly popular bands, The Black Sorrows, are renowned for their high-energy live shows, musicianship and infectious, roots-soaked blues rock. They’ve sold more than two million albums to date and won an ARIA Award for Best Group. Do not miss your chance to see The Black Sorrows! Book your tickets 👉https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/the-black-sorrows/
2021 Adelaide Fridge Winner 'The Alphabet of Awesome Science' is coming to Ararat on Friday 24 March (11am). Join two comical professors, Lexi Con and Noel Edge (the Word Nerd and the Science Freak), for a thrilling voyage through the alphabet — where sesquipedalian words inspire mind-blowing scientific surprises! It's a tongue-twisting race from A to Z that's equal parts explosive, messy, hilarious, fascinating and gross. Brace yourself for an hour of carefully crafted alphabetical, scientifical (award-winning!) chaos — that floats, flies, squirts, sprays, ignites and erupts! For ages 5 -12 years. Get your tickets https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/the-alphabet-of-awesome-science/ The Science Gang
Happy Lunar New Year! 🐇 Ararat Town Hall is celebrating with TING LIM (MICF RAW - National Finalist, 2018) and offering discounted tickets for a limited time to the Multicultural Comedy Gala. Ting will be performing alongside comedy legends Dilruk Jayasinha, Ivan Aristeguieta, Tahir, Jeff Green, Nickyboy, Dora Smith and Ben Lomas in an unmissable night of stand-up. ⭐THE OFFER – $22 tickets available for today only! Head over to our website and select 'Lunar New Year Promo' to secure the best seats in the house. To book, visit www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/multicultural-comedy-gala/ *This show is produced with the support of the Commonwealth RISE Fund and is supported by the Victorian Multicultural Commission as part of 2023 Cultural Diversity Week. Recommended 15+
Gigs incoming! Multicultural Comedy Gala (21 March 2023) The Multicultural Comedy Gala is a side-splitting celebration of Australia’s rich cultural diversity, by a world-class selection of the most acclaimed and celebrated comedians in the nation. This star-studded lineup will poke fun at everything that makes us different, but so much the same. So, do your soul a favour and treat it to a night of laughter you’ll never forget! FEATURING… ⭐DILRUK JAYASINHA (RECIPIENT – Graham Kennedy Award for Most Popular New Talent, 2018) ⭐IVAN ARISTEGUIETA (NOMINEE – Most Outstanding Show, MICF 2021) ⭐TAHIR (NOMINEE – Logie Award for Most Popular Comedy Program, 2018) ⭐JEFF GREEN (SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - The A-Z of Living Together) ⭐BEN LOMAS (INVITEE – Just For Laughs, 2021) ⭐TING LIM (NATIONAL FINALIST – MICF RAW 2018) ⭐NICKYBOY (WINNER – Russell Gilbert Choice Comedian Award) Coming to Ararat Town Hall on Tuesday 21 March 2023. Grab your tickets now- https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/multicultural-comedy-gala/
'Something to enthrall all' ★★★★★ Time Out The legendary Finucane & Smith’s Travelling Dance Hall barnstorms the nation packed to the rafters with global talent, irresistible music, disco, go-go, torch songs, hot moves, festoons, fan dancing, velvet drapes, satin covered tables and local stars lighting up the stage! Dust off your COVID cobwebs, dress yourself up and grab your friends! Dance Hall is coming to Ararat Town Hall Saturday, 29 October. Tickets: $30 Adults, $21 concession. To book, visit www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/finucane-smiths-travelling-dance-hall/ Finucane & Smith
ABC Kids' The Listies are coming to Ararat this Saturday, 23 July. A bonkers sketch comedy extravaganza of epic proportions, made just for kids! Jam-packed with magically stupid stuff like toilet paper cannons, a real-life cowasaurus, and the kind of madness that only the award-winning maestros of kidault comedy can make. Be prepared, The Listies may just have you rolling on the floor laughing! Save your spot and purchase your tickets at the Ararat Visitor Information Centre or online via our website -https://www.ararattownhall.com.au/.../rofl-rolling-on.../ $18 Adults, $12 Concession, $10 Student & $40 Family Ticket (good for 4). Doors open at 9.40am, show starts at 10am.
Peaceful Piano - Nat Bartsch & Luke Howard
“Listening to Bartsch’s music is akin to feeling a reassuring hand resting on one’s shoulder.” – Jessica Nicholas, The Age Peaceful Piano is coming to Ararat Town Hall on 23 June at 7.30pm. Find out more via www.ararattownhall.com.au/event/peaceful-piano/ or visit the Ararat Visitor Information Centre. Nat Bartsch Luke Howard Regional Arts Victoria Creative Victoria
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The Ararat Town Hall is the cultural hub of the region, attracting a rich calendar of annual events. Today it is a well utilised facility providing a wide range of performances and events and the opportunity for participation in the performing arts. The Town Hall delivers Art to the community, growth in activity, innovation, outstanding spaces and people - a venue renowned for its artistic energy and engagement. Offering a broad curated program of performing arts throughout the year Lunchtime concerts are held each month and the One Act Play Festival is held at the Town Hall in August every year.
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