The most revealing moment you will have this After Dark...

Presented by The Grand Caravan, Blood.Sex.Tears. is an interactive, immersive sound installation in two parts. It is both conversational and confessional.

9pm. The Listening:

Experience a ritual, then enter a soundscape where three simple words interconnect and collide.

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!

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

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.

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...

Back to Back Theatre’s THE DEMOCRATIC SET is a residency model for creating short films and performances, to explore the belief that all people are, in principle, equal and should enjoy social, political and economic rights and opportunities. THE DEMOCRATIC SET uses a custom-made film set, a neutral room with two opposing doors.

The exterior steps leading to the Geelong Gallery from Johnstone Park will be transformed into a gorgeous rainbow of colour. Visit us to capture your brightest selfie and hashtag #loveisintheair #geelongafterdark to show your support for Geelong's LGBTIQ community.

'Jump Light' is an interactive piece by Ainslie Macaulay. All visitors of Geelong After Dark are warmly invited to engage with the 9 metre long illuminated skipping rope- an old day game in a more contemporary light.

Photographer: Jason Edwards

The information membrane will offer an new information gathering experience to ensure you don't miss a thing... Supported by Geelong Connected Communities look out for them in each Zone.

The most revealing moment you will have this After Dark, Presented by The Grand Caravan, Blood.Sex.Tears. is an interactive, immersive sound installation in two parts. It is both conversational and confessional.

7pm The Voicing:

Have you 30 seconds to talk about blood? A story containing sex? A knowing of tears? Receive instructions, then privately record your voice.

Brand Me Baby explores the commodification of digital intimacy and how this is redefining intimacy’s value via performative interventions. The duo roam around dressed in skin-toned body suits, enticing viewers to ‘brand’ their bodies with badges of pixelated logos.  

Come on – Brand Me Baby!

The magic of a windchime made of upcycled materials, household items, jewellery, tin cans, bottles, cutlery, garden tools, pots and pans will transform Little Malop Street central.

This piece will create the musical sounds of an active, busy and bustling community.

Telematic Café opens up for the night providing sites to experience and produce new worlds. Test media and medium at venue 1 – explore stereoscopic (3D) film and collaboration on radio waves. Immerse in new realities at venue 2 – constructed artificial environments and space for communication with an artificially intelligent human. Various artists include: Japanese artist GOSHIMA Kazuhiro with his beautiful 3D film 'Shadowland'.

Allow yourself to be submerged into a sea of luminous bubbles. A multi sensory experience exploring the fusion between air and water. Jasmine is an emerging artist who’s practice is focused on creating immersive experiences within the public sphere.

Come and spin some tunes under the instruction of a top professional DJ in Little Malop St or just listen to others as you enjoy all the happenings in Little Malop St. Thanks to Real Music and City of Greater Geelong youth action teams, BYAC (Bellarine) and Fluke (Central Geelong) and Switch Youth Magazine.

The Carousel is proud to be a part of Geelong After Dark. Open from 6pm – 8.30pm on this special evening, come and experience a twilight Carousel ride! The Carousel will also light up in yellow to raise awareness for Road Trauma Support Services and support ‘Shine A Light’ on Road Safety. 

Carousel Ride Prices: Children: $4.20 Concession: $4.20 Adult: $4.70. 

Join in the fun and childlike play of drawing, painting and labelling in participatory performance artwork, Professional/Amateur. Complete with gentle clown-like humour, explore the funny side of the ever expanding context of art and theatre.

Geelong Gallery presents a series of inspiring activities and installations responding to the theme of air. Contemporary artist Chris Langton’s works will be displayed alongside groovy-beats by DJ Merv and air-focused activities for the kids. Geelong Gallery extends an after-hours exclusive invitation to view Land of the Golden Fleece — Arthur Streeton in the Western District at a special Geelong After Dark rate*.

A ghostly installation of rare and endangered Australian plants by Karen Richards. An installation of light reflective embroidery panels showcase endangered plants from around Victoria - with the light reflective thread only seen when hit by direct light...

Fantastical things happen at the National Wool Museum when the sun goes down and the lights dim. Classic silent films and prowls by amber light with Gertie the Dinosaur, The Ghost of Slumber Mountain and creatures of the dead zoo lurking nearby.

Michael Morgan "Symbiotic Illusions" - surreal and beautiful worlds constructed within a group of fish tanks (some water-filled) that will feature different elements, lights, air bubbles, ice sculpture, and dry ice vapour.

Also including Deakin MotionLab artists' virtual reality interactive- movement mapping work (this is for participants aged 15+).

Mask Decorating workshop from 6pm-8pm on the Children’s and Youth floor (1st floor).