What’s On

FRIDAY

10.30am: Murray Downs bingo. Bring a friend and enjoy a fun morning

6pm-9.30pm: Nyah District Christmas Carnival at the Nyah Recreation Reserve. Cultural activities, child­ren’s rides, food and market stalls, fireworks, Santa and more. Tony Haley performs live

7.30pm: Get Rhythm – a tribute to Johnny Cash and June Carter at the Swan Hill Town Hall. Tickets: Adults $55, concession $50, groups of four or more $50 per person. Theatre-style seating

8.30pm: Swan Hill Club live music featuring Y U Ask

Evening: Swan Hill RSL Club entertainment featuring Cathy Weybury


SATURDAY

8am: Lake Boga Foreshore parkrun. Walk, jog or run along the beautiful 5km course. Bring the whole family, walk and talk with friends, or challenge yourself. It’s the best way to kick off the weekend. For more details see www.parkrun.com.au/lakebogaforeshore

8.30pm: Swan Hill Club live music featuring Gone Rogue

8.30am-12.30pm: Murrabit Country Market is held on the first Saturday of the month. Approximately 60 stalls selling fruit and vegetables, handcrafts, plants tools, clothes, shoes and hardware. BYO bags. Dogs are not allowed at the market (guide dogs excepted)

1pm: Swan Hill Floral Art Group Christmas workshop. Cost: $25. Participants will be making Christmas designs to take home, using native flowers and foliage supplied


SUNDAY

8.30am-12.30pm: Swan Hill Farmers Market. First Sunday of every month. Loads of fresh produce, local entertainment, food and refreshments. Come along and support your local farmers. Location changed to Curlewis Street carpark due to flooding at Riverside Park

2pm-4pm: Swan Hill Ukulele Group at the Swan Hill Club

3pm: Swan Hill RSL bingo

4pm: Mallee Tabletop Games meet on the first and third Sunday of each month at Swan Hill Club

6.30pm: Carols by Candlelight, held on the Lake Boga foreshore on December 4. The newly formed Lake Boga choir will perform Christmas carols for the community to enjoy. Bring your own picnic rug or chairs and gather with friends and family for this joyous event.

For further details, email lakebogalionsclub@outlook.com

3pm-6pm: Swan Hill Club live music featuring Billy Dee Acoustic


ALL MONTH

November 25-January 29

Tuesday-Friday, 10am-5pm

Saturday-Sunday, 10am-4pm

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery – SALON NAIVE

Immerse yourself in a bevvy of naive Australian paintings hung in the traditional salon style, showcasing the many works the gallery is renowned for, including recent acquisitions and also favourites by Sam Byrne, Lorna Chick and Henri Bastin.

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery – ON THE LAND

Mark Dober is a landscape painter who lives in Castlemaine, central Victoria. He makes his work on site in the surrounding forest and pastrol landscape. Mark also paints further afield, and will be undertaking a residency in the region to make work for his exhibition of wall-sized watercolours at Swan Hill Regional Gallery.

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery – MALLEE Artists

Swan Hill’s longest running art group, Mallee Artist Swan Hill, will celebrate with a range of works spanning its 21-year history. Past and present members come together showcasing a variety of talents in this diverse and uplifting retrospective. All welcome to our end of year exhibition opening and celebration.

Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery – SONGLINES 11

This collection of drawing, painting and ceramics has been created by students from the Koori Cultural Arts Course at Swan Hill Sunraysia Institute of TAFE during 2022. Comprising of both Elders and younger students, the group has worked together to produce a mix of Koori contemporary and traditional artworks and ceramics.

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