Get ready to be mesmerised - because projection art is back at Geelong After Dark this year! Matt Bonner is the leading artist and he'll be showcasing his work on City Hall in Gheringhap St. 

City Hall will be transformed into an organic living musical instrument (in an opening piece called Breathe) and will be then transformed into a dream like surreal landscape with a haunting soundscape (in a piece called Float at the closing of Geelong After Dark.
 

Rose first came to national attention with the Triple Award wining band Goanna. For over 30 years, on thousands of stages she has become known as a divine singer-songwriter and keyboard player. She delivers each rich note with a life times stage craft. Special Guest; Zac Barter on Bass.

The Geelong Memorial Brass Band return to Geelong After Dark in their second year at Central Geelong's pop up night of arts. Join them for "Brass in the CBD..."

Members of the Geelong Symphony OrchestraThe Geelong Symphony Orchestra launched earlier this year to great acclaim as it establishes itself as the region’s leading symphony ensemble. For Geelong After Dark, the GSO has selected some of its finest players to perform for you. Enjoy.

A musical act combining the uplifting sounds of the Tides of Welcome Community Choir and their collage of personalities and voices, with the raw energy that comes from layered rhythms as performed by The David Robertson Drummers using the Djembe (African hand drum)… a remarkable synergy that captivates audiences with each performance.

At the midpoint of the Mountain to Mouth 2016, dancers will emerge from the darkness at Steampacket Gardens, as Canoe and its entourage of flag bearers and walkers arrive from their journey from the You Yangs. Weaving like threads through the central artwork, the dancers, made up of groups from across Geelong, gather the people of the city together. It's time to get up and dance.

Alchemy 7 is a dynamic collaboration of artists seeking to create innovative and imaginative installations using diverse elements. Individual artists respond to the environment, space and time.

The artists involved in this installation - Cosmic Retort - are Michael Gray, Amanda Hills and Rebecca Morton. Amanda has collaborated with Michael Gray to create an beautiful, towering dress woven out of fine copper wire. Rebecca will ascend the dress and sing beautiful operatic arias. Inspired by the blue, alien Diva from the film "5th Element" and by the masked spectacle of the Venice Carnevale, this work aims to transport you to from the ordinary to the strange and extraordinary.

Coastal art rockers - Victoriana Gaye will again be playing at Geelong After Dark, hot on the heels of their 4th CD release “Red Moon Ray”.

Accompanied with the psychedelic wonderment of an animated film clip directed by Jeff Raglus for the single - “60 Foot Lady”. Victoriana Gaye will be ready to rock…..

Ukuleles are the electric guitar of this generation! Join the ukulele crazed musos from ‘Ukes D’Jour’ and channel YOUR inner Uke player! Join the Band! Sing, Shake or Strum and let’s make ‘MUSUKE IN THE AIR!’ Geelong’s Biggest Street band hits the streets once more!

The Geelong Symphony Orchestra launched earlier this year to great acclaim as it establishes itself as the region’s leading symphony ensemble. For Geelong After Dark, the GSO has selected some of its finest players to perform for you. Enjoy. 

Western Edge Youth Arts presents Of Longing and Belonging, two new performances on May 12th and 13th at Courthouse Youth Arts, Geelong. Both performances weave between sharp, surprising comedy and physical theatre, exploring ideas about local and global identity from the unique perspective of Geelong’s youth.

Gore Place will be transformed into an outdoor gallery space that you really need to see for yourself... Artist include David Rossiter, Chris Fennell and Najmeh Norouzi.

Harness the power of air and experience the talents of internationally celebrated operatic soprano Wendy Grose at Geelong After Dark 2016, in an inspiring pop up performance.

Look out - Havana Palava is about to hit the streets of Geelong! Saxes, brass players and percussionists get down and move around to a mighty, acoustic, outdoor cacophony of Latin, African, Balkan, jazz, and ska rhythms. In the best tradition of high energy street bands, Havana Palava can't wait to get the crowd dancing!

The Robertson family from Ocean Grove have been fondly labelled "The Von Robertsons" by locals. The musical family include parents, singer/songwriter, Andrea, drummer/percussionist, David, and their children, Heath and Carly, who are both talented musicians in their own right. Andrea & David are regulars on the local music scene and are also known for sharing their love of music with children (both young and the young at heart).

This family band will quickly capture your attention and get you tapping along.

Movements & Creation is an installation performance piece that combines earth and air, chalk and breath, music and drawing. Flautist Brighid Mantelli will perform original compositions that will be amplified and looped whilst candle flame and chalk artist Danielle McCarthy will attempt to capture the shadows cast by performers...

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Harness the power of air and experience the talents of internationally celebrated operatic soprano Wendy Grose at Geelong After Dark 2016, in an inspiring pop up performance.

Be dazzled by the spellbinding art of magic and illusion. Ride the carousel and experience the magic of the carnival after dark.

Performances: 7pm & 7:45pm

A bloom of illuminated jellyfish against a night sky, floating through Central Geelong, transporting you to the deep blue and the life aquatic. These creatures of luminous beauty will be gliding along Moorabool Street and the waterfront changing colour as they encounter each other and the world around them.

Performances: 7.00, 8.00 and 9.00pm.

Customs lawn will be transformed into a projection light playground that kids can run, jump and play on the projected moving images. The images will consist of moving shapes, bubbles, stairs that disappear, mazes and lots more.

Aïr-thereal is a unique acoustic infusion drifting on airwaves and weaving this world to another. Resonating with Middle Eastern, Asian and Celtic influences and set amongst a luminous installation, the artists, Lisa Singline, Sandy Dickinson and Stephen Oakes, play an instrumental accompaniment including Handpan drum, harmonium, guitar, vocals and percussion.

Isobelle Carmody, author of the Obernewtyn Chronicles will be launching an exhibition of masks created by children’s illustrators and artists. The masks will be auctioned online with the proceeds going to charity. There will be a competition for the best mask on the night, so either come with your mask or arrive early to decorate a wild and wonderful mask to wear to the launch.

A special guest will be ‘unmasked’ as part of the launch event.

Dance the night away, with pop up tango performances and workshops and keep your eyes peeled for a symphonic flash mob that could happen at any time...

Audiences will love On The Air, a whacky murder mystery radio serial, written and produced by five talented Geelong writers and performed by brilliant artists, performed in the style of 1940’s pre-TV entertainment in three episodes.

Harpist, Christine Middleton, will play her own composition "She Moved Through The Air" accompanied by a series of moving images. Gentle ethereal vibrational air sounds move through the strings of the stationary harp, pre recorded at dawn on a deserted beach on the Bellarine Peninsula. A powerful relaxation sound journey... 

Sarah Carroll, singer, guitarist and Ukulele Queen Of The Bellarine and her son George Wilson (TINY GIANTS, The Left Wing) will perform Airs, a heartfelt celebration of breath in song at Waterfront Kitchen. Harmony that's only possible between family.

Get ready to be mesmerised - because projection art is back at Geelong After Dark this year! Matt Bonner is the leading artist and he'll be showcasing his work on City Hall in Gheringhap St.

City Hall will be transformed into an organic living musical instrument (in an opening piece called "Breathe") and will be then transformed into a dream like surreal landscape with a haunting soundscape (in a piece called "Float") at the closing of Geelong After Dark.

For over 25 years, a locked wooden dresser sat in the family garage of broadcaster, Joel Carnegie - a once prized possession of his grandfather, Col Brain. Col was one of Geelong's most well-regarded musicians of his time - playing in and leading dance, swing, brass and jazz bands. But Col's dresser hadn’t been opened since he died. So what was inside?

Told through the eyes of his grandson, in a collaboration with the Geelong West Brass Band: herein lies the discovery of a time capsule of Australian musical life, in a quest to uncover what Col wanted us to know about his life, by the things he left behind...

This radio cabaret project will be recorded for broadcast on ABC Radio National.

3 performances: 6:30pm, 7:30pm and 9pm (show running time approx 28 minutes).

Image: Sarah Walker

After a sellout season in Geelong, 2015, HOMAGE TO THE MASTERPIECE celebrates two great artists Johannes Vermeer and Frieda Kahlo. Merging theatre, movement and narrative this intimate production allows an artistic immersion into the inspiration and private moments of the artists’ lives: Frida Kahlo and Johannes Vermeer.

Performance Times: 6.30pm & 7.45pm