TODAY
4.30pm for 5pm: Barefoot bowls at Nyah until April (weather permitting).
TOMORROW
8am: Lake Boga Foreshore parkrun is a weekly 5km course. It’s the best way to kick off the weekend. Register before your first run. More details at www.parkrun.com.au/lakebogaforeshore.
9am-noon: Kerang Community Market features fresh produce, plants, crafts, bric-a-brac, jams, sauces and preserves.
11am: Walk against family violence on Campbell Street, Swan Hill. Begins at corner of Rutherford and Campbell streets to McCallum Street clock tower. Wear orange and stand up to end family violence and violence against women.
SUNDAY
8.30am: Racing at Swan Hill Kart Club. Gates open at 8am. Practice from 8.30am-10.30am. Entry and scrutineering 9.30am-10.30am. Racing from 11am. More details at www.swanhillkartclub.com.au or email swanhillkartclub@gmail.com.
10am-2pm: Balranald Southern Cross open day to commemorate 90 years since Sir Charles Kingsford Smith landed in Balranald. Vintage car display, tours to the landing site, live entertainment, market and food stalls, and children’s entertainment.
11am: Races at Swan Hill Jockey Club. Gates open at 11am. Free entry.
12.30pm: Murray Downs Golf & Country Club shotgun. Assemble at 12.30pm for a shotgun start. Four-person Ambrose men’s and ladies subject to numbers. Free barbecue from 11.30am outside the pro shop. Drinks available to purchase. Entry is $25 per player.
12.30pm: Swan Hill Racecourse Bowls Club tournament. Any-combination triples. Entry is $10 per player. Entries close 11am on the day.
3pm: Bingo at Swan Hill RSL Club.
7.15pm: Bingo at Tooleybuc Sporting Club.
MONDAY
3.30pm-5.30pm, 6.30pm-8.30pm: Swan Hill Neighbourhood House in partnership with VCOSS is hosting a Community Climate Conversation. VCOSS wants to empower and support communities to have their say in the things are affecting them and the change they want to see happen. Light refreshments and a $50 voucher for your time provided. Registration is essential via email to manager@shnh.org.au.
WEDNESDAY
11am: Gender equity story walk. Sixteen days of activism starting at 10.30am at the Swan Hill Regional Library and finishing on the lawns at the clock tower for fruit cups, more stories and some fun activities.
7pm: The Milliner of Bendigo author talk with Darry Fraser at Swan Hill Regional Library. Bookings preferred. Contact the Swan Hill Library.
THURSDAY
6pm-8pm: Barefoot bowls at Tooleybuc Sporting Club. Names in by 5.45pm. Open to all ages and abilities. Please wear flat shoes, thongs or barefeet. No experience necessary.
ALL WEEKEND
November 24-26: Beer Garden Blues Festival at Swan Hill Club. Friday, 8pm-11pm: Brett Littlefair kicking off the festival. Saturday, 7pm-close: local band The Breakaways, Bill Barber music, John-Luke Shelley, 8 Ball Aitken and Brett Littlefair will rock the venue, finishing the night off with a huge set from the band JLS and Bill. Sunday, 10.30am-11.30am: Book for a slide guitar masterclass from one of the top blues artists in Australia with 8 Ball. Then the Sunday sessions kick off with 8 Ball from noon-1.30pm and JLS from 2pm-5pm.
November 24-25: Brew & Chew Festival at Riverside Park, Swan Hill. Prepare your ears and tastebuds, Brew & Chew is the Heart of the Murray’s newest beer, food and music festival. Delicious food trucks, fun children’s activities, and a stacked variety of craft and traditional beer, cider, wine and spirit options.
ALL MONTH
Until December 3 (Monday-Friday, 10am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday, 10am-4pm) at Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery: Conflated presents a range of inflatable materials, from balloons to digital audio and video, informed by inflatable processes. Positioning the inflatable as the medium of our times, the exhibition prompts us to explore the inherent plasticity and transformative potential of that which can be blown up. The works included conflate synthetic forms with human vulnerabilities, the abject, uncanny, eco-anxiety, colonised land and breath. Conflated is a NETS Victoria touring exhibition, curated by Zoe Bastin and Claire Watson.
