Events

Setting Sun International Film Festival 2024 - Call for Entries

27 Jan 2025 Submissions are now open for the twelfth edition of the Setting Sun Film Festival, running from 8 -18 May 2025. Entries close 31 January 2025.

Tagged as: , Exhibition, film and digital media

Maribyrnong Creative Places Pilot Program EOIs Open

27 Jan 2025 Creative Places is a pilot program by Maribyrnong City Council that aims to transform underutilised commercial properties in the Footscray Central Business District into dynamic, vibrant and accessible creative spaces. EOIs open for Exhibitions and Co-Working opportunities!

Tagged as: , Arts and craft, Creative arts, Exhibition, film and digital media, Arts event

Midsumma Westside: Magic Makers

27 Jan 2025 An exhibition by performing artist Sarah Ward (Yana Alana)

Mamma Chen's, 42a Albert St, Footscray 3011

Tagged as: , Arts and craft, Exhibition, film and digital media, Festival or major event

Midsumma Westside: Playing Second Fiddle – Minor Character, Major Song

28 Jan 2025 Come pay homage to the show-stopping Musical Theatre classics sung by female supporting characters in Little Pine Tree Production’s Playing Second Fiddle – Minor Character, Major Song!

Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8a Hyde St, Footscray 3011

3 more dates

Tagged as: , Festival or major event, Literature and Culture, Music, dance and theatre, Seniors

Midsumma Westside: TMI Tuesday

28 Jan 2025 A local line- up of artists, activists, queers and rebels, curated by Sarah Ward, come together for a spoken word event at Footscray bar, Mamma Chens.

Mamma Chen's, 42a Albert St, Footscray 3011

Tagged as: , Festival or major event, Literature and Culture

Midsumma Westside: Queer Comedy Gala

30 Jan 2025 The biggest night of queer comedy in the west!

Pride of our Footscray Community Bar, Level 1, 86-88 Hopkins St, Footscray 3011

Tagged as: , Festival or major event, Music, dance and theatre

Midsumma Westside: Boklesque

30 Jan 2025 A one-woman burlesque variety show of tease, hilarity and monsters of mayhem.

Bluestone Church Arts Space, 8a Hyde St, Footscray 3011

2 more dates

Tagged as: , Festival or major event, Literature and Culture, Music, dance and theatre

Midsumma Westside: Blak & Fabulous

31 Jan 2025 An intimate but upbeat evening of First Nations performance and discussion featuring Miss First Nations Supreme Queen - Cerulean!

Pride of our Footscray Community Bar, Level 1, 86-88 Hopkins St, Footscray 3011

Tagged as: , Festival or major event, Music, dance and theatre

Midsumma Westside: Magic Men of Summer Risqué Revue

01 Feb 2025 Prepare yourself for an evening of tantalising acts and eye candy galore from a range of boylesque, circus, and performance artists.

Pride of our Footscray Community Bar, Level 1, 86-88 Hopkins St, Footscray 3011

Tagged as: , Festival or major event, Music, dance and theatre

Bachata Latin dance

06 Feb 2025 Get fit and make friends while you learn Bachata eight-beat dance. A dancing partner is required.

Braybrook Community Hub, 107-139 Churchill Avenue, Braybrook 3019

8 more dates

Tagged as: , Class or workshop, Community Centre, Health and wellbeing, Music, dance and theatre, Seniors