Village News

Pleased to be at Australian Labor Party's Arts Policy Launch at The Espy. “Renewing Creative Australia”.

Today is Invasion Day. Mandy Nicholson, Wurundjeri.

The Great Wall of Books
is at The Village Festival during Falls Music and Arts Festival!It is a dream, written by all who come near it. Where we are the dreamers, and you are the story. People add to the pages of the biggest book ever bound through drawing, writing, sculpting and performing. Your works are cultivated and transformed, becoming part of the expanding film, wildflower garden, sun fired clay floor, scrolls and books.Run your hands through card, clay and paint. Listen and contribute to stories and film. Wander in wonder.--
This year The Village and WELL Theatre worked together to bring an immersive, durational and experiential installation to Falls Music and Arts Festival. And it is beautiful! Check out the images.

The Sun is out for NYE! ... and So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance?We know you can 🎪🎶🌻Falls Music and Arts Festival 😘🥳#VillageLyf #theVillage #fallsfestival

Celebrate the New Year with Circus! WHAT'S ON AT THE VILLAGE TODAY.
at Falls Music and Arts Festival in Lorne.CIRCUS AF
11.45am - 12noon
Four acrobats pack a punch, wow-ing you with group acrobatics, eye-catching juggling, Chinese spinning meteor and hula hoops. It's Circus As F***!ODDS and ENDS
12.45pm - 1pm
Dive deep into the wild world of planet earth. Get your toes in the mud, saddle up and discover the wonders that lay in nature's wilderness. Jungle comedy, circus & slapstick.MADHOUSE
3pm - 3.15pm
Bring your festival squad to watch BOSS SQUAD! Female acrobats smashing stereotypes while smashing out tricks! Flipping, flying and fierce. It's NYE folks, hope you all have a good one!

COMING UP
The Village Festival at
Falls Music and Arts Festival in Lorne.TONIGHTNeal Portenza
1.45am - 2.30am
Neal Portenza is a multi award winning comedy idiot who was supposed to retire from comedy. His retirement isn't going well.10 Minute Dance Parties
12am - 4am
A euphoric dance experience in a short burst of energy.The Loveable Abomination
12am - 4am
On the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, visit Professor Jorkoff's stomach churning laboratory. This grotesque, satirical interactive installation is from a world where science and creation intersect. Ethics approval pending.

Get your dance on at The Village Falls Music and Arts Festival.
Starting now "Baby One More Time" Britney dance workshop
Until 5pm: The Dance Project: be part of this 6 hour dance marathon The 24 Hour Dance Project
Later tonight from 12.30am: 10 Minute Dance Parties: a euphoric experience

Burnt Sausages bring it back. Singing it back to bread and snags at The Village Festival main stage at Falls Music and Arts Festival
#odetoaussiebbqs #thevillage #fallsfestival

It’s all about the matching outfits at #fallsfestival #theSEDUCEAPHONESFalls Music and Arts Festival 😘🥳

The Village Festival at Falls Music and Arts Festival is under way! Come and see us for kooky, colourful and curious wonders. .1. Georgina Humphries made the upcycled tent shade sale - all the pretty colours!
.2. Game Boys!!
Audience participation ahoy!
.3. Game Boys Comedy performed in the SunHouse.
.4. Guess Who Tarot by Madeline and Nina
.5. The Great Wall of books is new this year! A special treat for those keen to walk their own adventure through The Village site. By Well Projects.

Village by the Lake is coming to a climax! Adam Toms rocking out on the Main Stage right now! So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance on soon, Benalla Motor Group Fireworks about 9pm, giant bugs are roaming and the rockets and planets are about to light up! Explore The Rambler boat caravan installation. Don’t miss it! Enjoy Benalla Benalla Lake Foreshore!

We are almost ready for Village by the Lake in Benalla. Grab a drink at the One Wild Apple Bar, Kids get creative in The Dreaming Space, great music all afternoon, a gliding simulator. The World Kitchen will be cooking up stories and lots of good food. Benalla Motor Group Fireworks after dark! Enjoy Benalla Benalla Rural City Council. Street Parade 2pm. Village activities from 2.30pm to 9.30pm. Great weather for a day trip from wherever you are! All Free!

The Village is coming to Benalla, Victoria. We have two of Australia's best puppet makers working with the community over the next two weeks to create large-scale floats for the street parade on Saturday November 10.
Anyone from the Benalla community is invited to help create two puppets with Nick Wilson and Daniele Poidomani
Address: Benalla Men's Shed, Kevin Dosser Pavilion
Benalla Showgrounds
Dates: Thurs Nov 1, Fri Nov 2; 11 AM til 6 PM
Wed Nov 7, Thurs Nov 8, Fri Nov 9; 10 AM till 6 PM
Just turn up, or PM if you want to bring a big group.
Suitable for anyone aged 10 or above.

Friends, we officially announce that the Village Festival in Edinburgh Gardens will not run in 2018. Ultimately we didn't secure enough funding and we took a stand that we didn't want to ask artists and organisers to work for nothing.
We will return to Edinburgh Gardens refreshed in 2019.But The Village lives on! Visit The Village World Kitchen this Saturday 6 October at Piers Festival 2018. The Village Day by the Lake will be in Benalla Festival on Saturday 10 November (free entry) and The Village will be part of Falls Music and Arts Festival in Lorne (sold out) and Marion Bay (Tas, tickets available)

Young Talent "Flower Drum" up first at The Winter Festival on Saturday

WE ARE ON!!! TODAY IS THE DAY!!! SATURDAY 23rd JUNE - COME AND JOIN US AT THE VILLAGE WINTER FESTIVAL AT THE NEWSTEAD RACECOURSE. There will be fires to keep you warm, hot chocolates, mulled wine, hot Ethiopian Food, Fresh on the spot fried Donuts, soups and other warming foods!!!
ARTS - BANDS - MUSIC - STORY TELLING - ROVING GIANT BEAR PUPPET - *** there is too much to mention*** PET & PETAL COUNTRY AND WESTERN - STUDENTS SINGING & ROCK BAND - 2pm-5pm KIDS FLEA MARKET & MINI BUSKING STAGE - 4PM the FAMOUS VILLAGE DOG SHOW - WRONG TOWN BOUTIQUE with DOG COSTUMING WORKHSOP
****** BUILDING THE BOAT THAT WILL BE SET ALIGHT at THE 7PM FIRE SPECTACULAR! ******* STAY FOR LA DESCARGA SALSA BAND AND SO SO MUCH MORE!!! KIDS FREE!!!! ADULTS $15 / $10 concession $5 Teens
Book your tickets online now to help us reduce the queue at the gates and load on our valued volunteers https://www.trybooki...book/sessions…
comfy couches to chill - Indian wedding Tents to be undercover - parking aplenty - shuttle busses from Castlemaine Railway station & Victory Park - see details in bookings link

TOMORROW!!! 23rd JUNE THE WINTER FESTIVAL @ NEWSTEAD RACECOURSE - BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW!!!! WARMING FIRES SOUP MULLED WINE HOT CHOCOLATE
ARTS - FOOD - MUSIC - BANDS - DANCING - FAMILY FUN - STORYTELLING - SO YOU THINK YOU CAN INTERPRETIVE DANCE - 10 MIN DISCO - THE WORLD KITCHEN - PET&PETAL COUNTRY SISTERS - GHERKIN KAHN VICKING AMUSEMENT ALCAZAR - ROVING ARTISTS - KIDS FLEA MARKET - MINI BUSKING STAGE
///////!!!FIRE SPECTACULAR 7PM!!!!!\\\\\\
*** AND SO SO MUCH MORE*** $15/$10 Adults/$5 Teen/ KIDS FREE
https://www.trybooki...8&sec=672666

WE ARE SERIOUSLY EXCITED TWO MORE SLEEPS AND THEN WE ARE ON! FESTIVAL TENTS ARE BEING SET UP, ELECTRICS TESTED AND STAGES BUILT, THE WORLD KITCHEN IN THE MAKING, ALL ARTIST CONTRACTS SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED, THE FIRE SPECTACULAR TRIALLED AND TESTED: WE NEED ONE MORE THING! THAT'S YOU!!!!! BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW! CLICK ON THE LINK.
https://www.trybooki...book/sessions…
HOW TO GET THERE:
http://www.thevillag...tead-racecourse/
***SHUTTLE BUSSES, CAMPING & SUNDAY BREAKFAST for reasonable prices***