Gathering of the City welcomes Canoe and the walkers to the city centre to collide with Geelong After Dark. Choirs and dancers from all parts of the municipality converge as Canoe and it’s entourage of walkers enter Johnstone Park at the end of day one. Walkers are invited to walk a ‘lap of honour’ around the ceremony circle as part of this gathering. Be ready to sing your heart out as the massed choir and dancers create an infectious celebratory atmosphere, a nourishing for tired feet.

Learn some new dance moves and join everyone for the final show just before 11pm.

Various locations:

• 9pm GPAC,

• 10pm Little Malop in front of Focus Five,

• 10.30pm Little Malop street in front of Eureka.

Look out for the roving Little Projector Company in Zones 2 and 3

Embark on a duet with Mx.Red and their lover but you must be invited. The tables turn as the performer selects who gets to join this polyamorous relationship. Beavs Bar is a portal to see the body of Mx.Red. Mx.Red is from another dimension made by artist Jonathan Homsey using motion capture technology, augmented reality and live performance to create an experience of dance, expression and intimacy beyond gender lines.

Bonkel Theatre combines original music and puppetry performance by Melbourne artists Enio Pozzebon and Trina Gaskell. 

Set in the early 20th century, Krysler Von Kapitalism courts Socialism, aiming to expose her to the wonders of capitalism as he sees it! The inevitable demise of the relationship comes to pass as he realises there is absolutely no place for her in his future. 

The Apprentices of the Royal Explorers Society explore places you can only dream of. They dive beneath the waves, mine the earth’s riches and soar the skies. They delve into the imagination to uncover mythologies in the places they visit, unlocking for their audiences new ways of experiencing familiar surroundings.

Where I go to at Night is a sentimental artwork about a night creature building a glow nest alone in the dark. It will be a mixture of a glowing underwater world, glow worms and fireflies, organic meets post apocalyptic.

Geelong's Lithuanian Dance Group will surprise viewers with their lively pop-up performance of "Kubilas" - one of the oldest dances in the Lithuanian repertoire traditionally performed in May with the dancers encircling a symbolic harvest basket in a lively ritual of "earth worship" asking pagan gods for the gift of fertility.

Pop up performances every 30 mins. Meet you on the dance floor

**EXCLUSIVE** StreetSounds bands return to play Geelong After Dark 2018.

• Invy Horn Jam

• Boomulele

• SCOTSO

• Sunshine Street Band

• Fabulous Meltones

• Dunolly Street Band

• Kyneton Street Band

• FAME

• Havana Palava

• Zamponistas

Pop up performances every 30 mins. Meet you on the dance floor

**EXCLUSIVE** StreetSounds bands return to play Geelong After Dark 2018.

• Invy Horn Jam

• Boomulele

• SCOTSO

• Sunshine Street Band

• Fabulous Meltones

• Dunolly Street Band

• Kyneton Street Band

• FAME

• Havana Palava

• Zamponistas

“Earth” themed animation to convey the idea of the interconnectivity we, as people, all share with each other and our planet.

The Apprentices of the Royal Explorers Society explore places you can only dream of. They dive beneath the waves, mine the earth’s riches and soar the skies. They delve into the imagination to uncover mythologies in the places they visit, unlocking for their audiences new ways of experiencing familiar surroundings.

Geelong's Lithuanian Dance Group will surprise viewers with their lively pop-up performance of "Kubilas" - one of the oldest dances in the Lithuanian repertoire traditionally performed in May with the dancers encircling a symbolic harvest basket in a lively ritual of "earth worship" asking pagan gods for the gift of fertility.

Performances 8pm & 8:30 for 15 Minutes.

Rhythm reflects the fundamental soul of the Earth. Join One Spirit African Drumming & Dance as we create an interactive soundscape, enabling the audience to connect to the beat of their collective hearts as, together, we channel the rhythmic pulse of the Earth.

One big non-stop jam session by a diverse mix of local musicians, both young and old and from the well-known to the lesser known, but all sharing common ground with their passion and flare for music. This unique collection of musicians will deliver an earthy, organic and edgy session of blues/roots/folk/rock/country inspired music for GAD audiences.

Gnomeless is an installation of gnomes in their true form, earth elementals, standing on piles of earth and treasure in the shadows. Dimly lit, of earth and stone, the gnomes are dispossessed and despised guardians of the underground. A limited edition of the Small Issue will be published in celebration of Geelong After Dark and offered to those able see the true nature of the gnome.

Keen to hear the voices of women from Geelong’s past, I stumbled on the story of two quirky and fascinating very early settlers: Anne Drysdale (1792-1853) and Caroline Newcomb (1812-1892). Despite an age gap of 20 years the women were partners, living together on the Bellarine and running a successful property between the Barwon River and Point Henry.

A presentation of poetry and storytelling around the theme of EARTH/LIFE with an audio backdrop of birdlife recorded early morning in the Brisbane Ranges. Mankind has an intimate relationship with the earth. Listeners will be drawn into this intimate space through the spoken word and the sounds of the Australian bush.

Poets Spoken Word Corner opposite Beavs Bar

From farm-life in Deans Marsh, to winning the Sun Aria in Geelong in 1928, to conquering the Paris Opera, Marjorie Lawrence’s incredible story – brought to life in a mini show by local celebrated operatic soprano Wendy Grose - illustrates how being well grounded allows one to rise to unexpected heights.

Shows 10 minutes each beginning at 7pm, 7:40pm and 8pm

Earth, Wind and Fire, a work by award-winning Surf Coast composer Callum Watson performed by Jessica Zuk (Piccolo) and Joel Hands-Otte (Bass Clarinet).

This technically challenging yet sublime work explores the scope of earthy sounds that can be produced by this uniquely versatile combination of instruments.

Sound artists and performers Ros Bandt and Vicki Hallett are joined by Jem Savage to premiere their new work Earthscape. It looks from earth outward to science and the cosmos in Dish, and inward in Probe exploring how human actions have consequences. Scope suggests a better balance in the future, watching the environment through sound, video, sculpture and live performance.

Performance Times 7pm, 8pm, 9pm for 23 minutes each

The Apprentices of the Royal Explorers Society explore places you can only dream of. They dive beneath the waves, mine the earth’s riches and soar the skies. They delve into the imagination to uncover mythologies in the places they visit, unlocking for their audiences new ways of experiencing familiar surroundings.

The Rotunda at Johnstone Park, will transform into a giant glowing lantern from which images will dance and play to create a world of colour, shadow and light to tell the story of the Celtic Sea God Mannanon! Lantunda is a community arts project in partnership with National Celtic Festival, a Made in Natimuk artist Mary French and the Portarlington community.

One big non-stop jam session by a diverse mix of local musicians, both young and old and from the well-known to the lesser known, but all sharing common ground with their passion and flare for music. This unique collection of musicians will deliver an earthy, organic and edgy session of blues/roots/folk/rock/country inspired music for GAD audiences.

Caisson is a disruptive projected artwork that redefines a laneway space in central Geelong. From key vantage points the work creates a trompe l'oeil that changes the way people view and interact with the banal spot chosen for this work. Artist Joel Zika invites participants to explore this fantastic mural projection as they manoeuvre through the streets of Geelong, people will be entranced as abstracted forms break through the grey brick facade.

(30mins looped) 6.40, 7.40, 8.40pm

Terra firma explores our connection to earth and elements of the life it supports. Step off the asphalt and onto the earth.

Photographic and video of footage below and above earth is presented as a Projection Art piece. Includes footage from and of the Great Ocean Road, Eagle Rock Marine Sanctuary, The Otway’s, Anglesea Heath and the Ningaloo Reef.

Showing half past the hour at 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm.

To “unfix their earthbound root”, the International Actors Ensemble – a multinational, multilingual theatre company formed at Shakespeare’s Globe in London – after tours in Mexico and South Korea continue their journey by traversing “this goodly frame, the earth” through Australia, with a series of sonnets, monologues, and scenes from the Bard."

Playing: 6.30 - 7.30pm and 8.30 - 9pm

Look out for The Harpy an elaborate interactive roaming art piece wandering through the streets throughout the evening. The Harpy inspired by the red-tailed black cockatoo, an Australian bird found as far south as South-Eastern Victoria and endangered in the region.

Earth, Wind and Fire, a work by award-winning Surf Coast composer Callum Watson performed by Jessica Zuk (Piccolo) and Joel Hands-Otte (Bass Clarinet).

This technically challenging yet sublime work explores the scope of earthy sounds that can be produced by this uniquely versatile combination of instruments.

Where I go to at Night is a sentimental artwork about a night creature building a glow nest alone in the dark. It will be a mixture of a glowing underwater world, glow worms and fireflies, organic meets post apocalyptic.