WHAT’S ON | DECEMBER 2024
5 Walker Street, Maryborough 4122 6060
Box Office Open Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 4pm
Toni Robinsons Carnivale 2024
Sat 30 Nov | 1.00PM & 6.00PM
Toni Robinsons Dance School presents CARNIVALE. With two shows, featuring students from 3yrs old to adult.
You choose the value and they choose the show – a Brolga Gi Voucher is the perfect Christmas gi
Dresen’s Ballet School
“Down the Rabbit
Hole”
Sun 1 Dec | 10.30AM & 5PM
Dresens Ballet School’s end of year show with an entertaining program showcasing over 160 of our talented dancers!
Kiss Me, Kate - Screening
9 Dec | 1.00PM & 10 Dec | 7.00PM
A screening of Cole Porter’s legendary musical comedy, a simple love story about two people who just can’t stand each other.
Hervey Bay Dance School “Formidable”
Sat 7 Dec | 11.00AM & 5.30PM
Hervey Bay Dance School presents their end of year concert “Formidable”. Come see why they are formidable!
Sparks Dance Centre Arise Concert
Sun 15 Dec | 10.00AM & 3.00PM
Sparks Dance Centre’s end of year concert “Arise”. Come see why Sparks Dance Centre is more than just dance.
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COVER IMAGE: Mia Boe, Dinner Tomorrow, 2024, oil on linen, 46 x 31 cm. Photo: David Suyasa. Courtesy of the artist and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney. Mia Boe is exhibiting at Hervey Bay Regional Gallery until 16 February 2025.
The Maryborough City Carols
Sun 8 Dec | 4.00PM & 7.00PM
Get in the Christmas spirit with Maryborough Carols! Presented by the Maryborough Ministers Fellowship.
Macabre Theatre Present
A Musical Christmas Carol
Fri 20 Dec | 7.30PM & Sat 21 Dec | 2PM
The whole family can enjoy this adaption of the story of Scrooge and that fateful night he was visited by three ghosts.
Morning Melodies: Andrews and Bing - Christmas Swing
Thu 12 Dec | 11.00AM
Stroll down memory lane with the 1940’s Christmas songs of the Andrews sisters and the “Crooner” himself, Bing Crosby.
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody - 50 Years On!
Sat 18 Jan | 7.30PM
Thomas with his band bring back to life the visual excitement, sound and stage energy as witnessed at a Queen concert.
ToscaMetropolitan Opera
Mon 20 Jan | 1.00PM
Puccini’s melodrama about a diva, a sadistic police chief and an artist has offended and thrilled audiences for more than a century.
166 Old Maryborough Rd, Hervey Bay 4197 4206
Open Tuesday to Friday: 10am - 4pm
Weekends: 10am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Exhibiting until 16 February 2025
Opening Night: Friday 6 December
Mia Boe: Guwinganj
Mia Boe records and recovers Indigenous histories in a contemporary context, fusing the personal and historical.
Events and Programs
Author Talk:
James Bradley
Thu 5 Dec | 5:30PM
A conversation with awardwinning writer James Bradley on his new book Deep Water.
Picturing the End
Reflects on how our relationship with our own mortality intersects with narratives of humanity’s downfall.
Floor Talk: Picturing the End
Sat 7 Dec | 10:30AM
Join HBRG staff for an in depth conversation and walk-through of this new exhibition.
Exhibiting until 2026
National Interests: Australian Art in the 20th Century
Images (from top le ): Mia Boe, Wongari Marat Marat, 2023, synthetic polymer on linen. Tiyan Baker, Bamboo Paradise, 2019, installation view. Photo: Dan McCabe.
Exhibiting until 5 January 2025
WHAT’S ON | DECEMBER 2024
311 Kent St, Maryborough 4190 5818
Open Tuesday to Friday: 9.30am - 3.30pm
Weekends: 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Creative Space
2024 Waste to Art Competition Exhibition
Challenging our perception of waste, to look more closely at what we are throwing away to see if it can be reused, repurposed, or upcycled rather than ending up in landfill.
Scruff y & Sherbet (leafy sea dragons), Rebecca Hoyes
ARTISAN SHOP
Find unique gift s, souvenirs and wares in our retail shop.
OPEN TUE-FRI
9.30 AM -3.30 PM
WEEKENDS 9.30 AM -2PM
Svenja
Wearable Waste
Exhibition
10 Dec - 5 Jan
Artist in Residence
10 - 15 Dec | 10AM - 2PM
Artist Talk 13 Dec | 11 AM
Wearable Art Concept Design Workshop Sat 14 Dec | 10AM
The Clothesline
Project Fraser Coast until 10 Dec
Christmas Workshops
Visit our website for more information
Kent & Richmond Sts, Maryborough 4123 7221
Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends 9.30am - 2pm. Entry fee applies
Holiday Terrariums
Sat 14 Dec
9:30AM - 11 AM
Holiday Craft activities
Daily (included in entry)
Quilling Ornaments
Wed 18 Dec | 10AM -11:30AM & 1:30PM - 3PM
Join us in the Workshop for an evolving selection of arts and craft activities to keep minds actively creating.
in the birthplace of her author PL Travers
Explore the heritage listed former bank as you interact with displays featuring the life of P.L. Travers and her enchanting stories of the practically perfect nanny. Featuring two levels of interactive displays, pocket park and retail shop.
Fraser Coast Scene is distributed free as a marketing and engagement initiative of Fraser Coast Regional Council. It’s about promoting Council’s programs and services by sharing stories of our arts and cultural community and their connection to Council’s spaces.
STAY INSPIRED!
This guide shares a taste of Council’s arts, culture and heritage program and was correct at time of printing. To keep up to date with the latest information visit our website.
We welcome contributions from our creative community. For more information email ArtsCulture@frasercoast.qld.gov.au
Wharf Street, Maryborough 4190 5722
Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Holiday Spirits
Sat 7, 14 & 21 Dec | 11 AM & 1PM
Enjoy a selection of premium ports and liqueurs from Moff atdale Ridge, paired with tasty nibbles.
Gift Baskets
Looking for unique gift ideas this Holiday Season? The Bond Store have got you covered!
A taste of the past
Explore the Bond Store and let this beautiful, heritage-listed building share its stories as you wander through the space.
Add to your experience with tantalizing tales and fantastic flavours. Enjoy a selection of premium quality ports and liqueurs as our storytellers share tales inspired by objects from our collection.
Take home a taste of the region with delicious delicacies or curious keepsakes.
Fraser Coast Regional Council acknowledges to the east, the Butchulla (Badtjala) and to the west, the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) People, their connection to Country (land, sea and sky) and recognise the many places of cultural, spiritual, social and economic significance in the community. We pay respects to their Elders – past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge other First Nation Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islander people, who reside in the Fraser Coast region.
EXPLOSIVE PERFORMANCE
MUSICIAN PROFILE: TNT BIG BAND
As the name suggests, the TNT Big Band delivers an explosive performance that is powerful and dynamic. Comprising of around twenty musicians and vocal soloists, the band is not only visually captivating with its arrangement of saxophones, trumpets, trombones and a rhythm section, the sound produced by TNT is high octane and captivating, performing everything from classic big band swing to Latin and popular contemporary arrangements.
Based in Hervey Bay the band was established in 2021 with a desire to bring together the crème de la crème of local talented musicians and offer the region a Big Band experience second to none. With the smooth 1940’s style swing and jazz scene seeing a revival, the TNT Big Band formed to deliver the popular easy listening genre to the Fraser Coast, now delivering sell out
performances at the Hervey Bay Jazz Club along with private and corporate events.
Members of the band are predominantly music teachers, semi-professionals and community musicians who have a long history of playing together in various groups and have come together to form a tight knit ensemble. The perfectionism is clearly evident with each band member individually focused on enhancing the overall excellence of the group. The high level of skill required to maintain the flawless musical outcome is evident. As each song unfolds, delicious waves of intensity sweep over the rhythmic sound and the snappy, punchy switches between instruments hit every note with precise timing.
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Story: April Spadina .
Photo: Cody Fox