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.

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.

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 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.

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

Tales From Our Earth is a site-specific, promenade performance that takes audiences on a magical journey down the laneways of Little Malop Street to meet characters from the folklore of diverse cultures using mask, song, dance and live music to tell stories that are will be musical, physical, surprising and fun.

Starting Poets Spoken Word Corner opposite Beavs Bar

(15mins acts)