FRIDAY
6.30pm: Live music at One28 Doors featuring Jefferson Smith.
7.30pm: Swan Hill Genealogical and Historical Society meeting at Swan Hill Regional Library (entry by rear door). Speaker is Leone Walbran, who will talk about the Girl Guide movement in Swan Hill as a preview of the upcoming centenary on June 18.
Evening: Live music at Swan Hill Club featuring Tony Haley.
SATURDAY
8am: Lake Boga Foreshore parkrun is a free, fun and friendly weekly 5km course. Walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate. It’s free, but register before your first run. More information at www.parkrun.com.au/lakebogaforeshore
9am-12noon: Nyah District Lions Country Market with various stalls including honey, fruit and vegetables, plants, donuts, bric-a-brac. Set up a stall for free. Entry by gold coin donation. Dogs on leash welcome.
8.30am-12.30pm: Robinvale Country Market with various market stalls, fresh produce, plants and entertainment.
4pm-6pm: Mother’s Day event at Bunnings Swan Hill. Loads of do-it-yourself activities, giveaways, gift ideas workshop and more. Face painting, woodworkers, Mother’s Day craft, afternoon tea, potting plants.
Evening: Live music at Federal Hotel, Murray Downs featuring Scoogs.
7pm-10pm: Live music at Mystic Park Hotel featuring The Known Official.
9pm: Live music at Commercial Hotel Swan Hill featuring Soundtrack & Beama. Supported by Randal George. Entry is $20.
SUNDAY
12noon-2pm: Swan Hill RSL Mother’s Day lunch, lucky door prize, raffles and a free drink for every mum.
12noon-2pm: Lake Boga Pub Mother’s Day lunch. A $24 roast. Call to book a table.
3pm: Bingo at Swan Hill RSL Club.
3pm-4pm: Unplugged at the Bar at Swan Hill Town Hall featuring Nick Barker and support act Elise Drake. Tickets cost $20 per person.
Evening: Live music at One28 Doors featuring That Guy.
MAY 16
10.30am: Biggest Morning Tea at the home of Lucy and John Dacey. Entry $10, variety stall, cakes and door prizes. The dolls house will be open for those who want to browse.
10.30am-1pm: Possum Magic performance, based on the book by Mem Fox and Julie Vivas at Swan Hill Town Hall. Tickets: adults $40, concession $35, children 16 years and under $26 and school groups of 10-plus $22 per person. Theatre style seating. Tickets available online at swanhilltownhall.com, in-person at Swan Hill Town Hall booking office (Monday-Friday, 9am to 2.30pm) or Swan Hill Region Information Centre (Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm and Saturday and Sunday, 10am-4pm).
Evening: Swan Hill harness racing at Swan Hill Racecourse.
MAY 18
6pm-8pm: Tooleybuc Sporting Club barefoot bowls. Names in by 5.45pm on the night or message Danielle on 0403 548 149. Open to all ages and abilities, finger food provided. Wear flat shoes, thongs or come bare feet. No experience necessary.
ALL MONTH
April 28-June 12: Tuesday-Friday (10am-5pm), Saturday and Sunday (10am-4pm). The 9X5 Art Exhibition is Fight Cancer Foundation Swan Hill branch’s art fundraiser. Through the auction of this new collection of original artworks, the foundation will continue to raise funds, ensuring that the important projects of the Fight Cancer Foundation continue. For more information, email fightcancerswanhill@outlook.com. Also on show is These Stories Will Be Different, by Zanny Begg. It brings together a fascinating series of works that reimagine a medieval feminist utopia, probe the unsolved murder of a high-profile anti-gentrification campaigner and explore the connections between love, loss and language in migrant communities in Australia. The videos tell stories, but they also challenge the conventions of storytelling. Begg’s work invites you to see the world differently by drawing on ancient literary traditions, non-linear timeframes and computer-generated randomisation.
