After its enormous success in previous years, a popular ice skating rink is making a comeback to help you make the most of winter.

Armstrong Street South will be transformed into a winter wonderland from 24 June through to 16 July thanks to the team at Stars On Ice, giving locals and tourists alike the chance to skate along the ice, with or without a skating aid to keep you upright.

Heres where to go ice skating across the region

Returning as part of the Ballarat Winter Festival (alongside the famed Winter Wonderlights, Knights of Fire and more), there will be great tunes and disco lights in the all-weather marquee, as well as child-friendly, sensory sessions with no music or flashing lights and restricted numbers and disco sessions on Friday and Saturday nights.

There will also be Bollywood on Ice sessions featuring DJ Bobby M mixing the hottest Bollywood tunes, and Latin Fiesta on Ice sessions with Live DJ Vico mixing the hottest Latin tunes.

Theres really nothing like gliding elegantly over a brightly-lit smooth ice rink (when youre able to finally let go of the side barrier, of course!), and watching kids navigate their way around is classic entertainment.

So unless youve got plans to hit up the snowy mountains in the region, this is the next best thing (and entirely more affordable) you can get up to when it gets colder.

Go on, get your skates on because tickets are now on sale for Ballarats pop-up ice skating rink.

Ticket Pricing 

• Toddler (4 years and under) $9
• Child (5 14 years) $12
• Adult (15 plus years) $18
• Family (two adults, two children or 1 adult, 3 children) $48
• Groups (10 or more, all ages) $10 per person

It all goes down at Armstrong Street South, Ballarat Central from 24 June to 16 July 2023. Tickets are on sale now. You can find out more about the Ballarat Ice Rink here. 

The post Lace up your skates, an ice skating rink is popping up in Ballarat this winter appeared first on Forte Magazine.

A brand new after-dark experience is coming to light up Bendigo this winter.

Taking over Bendigos historic Rosalind Park from June 23 July 9, Electric Wonderland is a mesmerising new sound and light show that delivers interactive exhibits, immersive light installations and magical projections using the latest in audio-visual technology.

Electric Wonderland Bendigo

• A brand new after-dark experience in Bendigos historic Rosalind Park.
• Running every night from June 23 July 9
• Tickets are on sale now

Stay up to date with whats happening in and around the region here.

Gifting regional Victorians the chance to enter a world of vivid imagination, Electric Wonderland will have everything from large-scale illuminated sculptures and a 360-degree laser alley light show, to musical stepping stones, and a garden of giant blooming flowers, among many other jaw-dropping installations.

Expect to become immersed by over 11,000 LED pixel balls, a giant inflatable Astronaut with a dynamic visor, a light concert with 90 x 2m LED light tubes, an interactive flower park with blooming flowers, 20 lasers producing over 2,000 laser beams, interactive projection path, Kids interactive spaces and so much more!

Immersive and illuminating, the event offers locals and tourists to the region the perfect excuse to rug up and enjoy starry winter evenings exploring the visually spectacular world of sound, light and colour.

You dont want to miss it.

Electric Wonderland will run every night from 23 June 9 July: Sunday Thursday from 6pm 9pm and and Friday & Saturday from 6pm 10pm.

Tickets:
Adults (16+) $12 +BF
Child 3-16 years $8 +BF
Family (2 adults + 2 children) $35 +BF (Tickets are automatically calculated to $35 when you select 2 Adults and 2 Children)
Children 2 and under free (no ticket required)

For more information or to book now, head here. 

The post Electric Wonderland is the new immersive after-dark experience coming to Bendigo appeared first on...

From ice rink to antique store, wine bar to abandoned shopping complex, at the end of this month all kinds of spaces across Ballarat are being transformed into performance venues for the Be_Hear/Now festival.

Now into its third year, previous iterations of Be_Hear/Now, which celebrates music, art and place, have seen musicians playing in stormwater drains and bowling alleys, although Covid restrictions and lockdowns meant these gigs were live-streamed.

This year, however, Ballarats best are back out in front of live audiences. This is only the second time since 2019 that it has been able to include live audiences in different spaces around town, which is hugely exciting, going back to its roots! explains Be_Hear/Nows Live Music Co-ordinator Sam Boon. 

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

 

View this post on Instagram

...