Darebin Arts: A Night Under the Stars with Watty Thompson and Friends

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, Australia
Part of the 2025 FUSE Festival by the City of Darebin and Darebin Arts, ‘A Night Under the Stars with Watty Thompson and Friends’ sees the acclaimed storyteller embrace his extensive musical family to recreate a bush side campfire under the stars. A night of uplifting music and deep community…

FUSE Festival

Darebin Arts: Gambu Gulin

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, Australia
This year’s event is titled wudhanu yuwanguth or “From Many to the Next” and represents a gathering of Voice, Culture and Ceremony. Meaning “One Mob” in Woi-Wurrung language, Ganbu Gulin is co-presented in close collaboration with the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. Open to all, Ganbu Gulin welcomes new…

Darebin Arts Speakeasy: Pride & Prejudice

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, Australia
Award-winning theatre company Bloomshed (Animal Farm, Paradise Lost) brings us a bold new take on Jane Austen’s insatiable classic. Written with their signature wit from the depths of the housing crisis, this raucous production flips the table on the Bennett sisters’ quest for love and security through a mercenary marriage.…

The Lyrebird’s Voice

Victorian Opera: The Lyrebird’s Voice

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, Australia
Have you ever heard a lyrebird’s call? You may have, but mistaken it for something else – these ornate birds are expert copycats, mimicking all sorts from kookaburras to camera shutters. In this family-friendly opera, one trickster lyrebird goes a step too far and gets in trouble with their friends…
The Lyrebird’s Voice

Victorian Opera: The Lyrebird’s Voice

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, Australia
Have you ever heard a lyrebird’s call? You may have, but mistaken it for something else – these ornate birds are expert copycats, mimicking all sorts from kookaburras to camera shutters. In this family-friendly opera, one trickster lyrebird goes a step too far and gets in trouble with their friends…

Darebin Arts: Molly Hadfield Social Justice Oration 2025: Darebin Women in Art

Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston, VIC, Australia
A beloved tradition and a highlight in the Darebin Arts calendar, the Molly Hadfield Social Justice Oration returns. This annual event, established in 2013 in tribute to the social justice legacy of local trailblazer Molly Hadfield OAM, will in 2025 celebrate ‘Darebin Women in Art’. Esteemed artists Zena Cumpston, Sheena…