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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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 idea of the cute fluffy bunny has been flipped on its head with the latest Public Art Acquisition installed along La Trobe Terrace. The artwork recasts the rabbit as a sinister invasive species, which has been responsible for much environmental damage across the nation.

On the Move from Latrobe Terrace to Barwon Water Forecourt

Enter the #InstaGAD2018 competition

Take photos on the night of Geelong After Dark and use #INSTAGAD2018 for your chance to win!

Edit your image, then submit your best photo. It’s easy! Snap your shot; tag your photo; Share your shot to the big screen on Police Lane – Simple!

Meet you After Dark.

Immersify Art Gallery is a digitally mapped projection installation, featuring prolific Australian artists and some special international cameos.

The gallery will be mapped and illuminate a site specific location by projection artist Nema Adel and curated by Create or Die. Adel’s unique immersive style will transform some of our favourite artists work into a surprising night of large scale interactive discovery.

A presentation supported by Creative Occupation group.

Sailing Museum-Machine is a mobile museum that once might have been actively trading amongst the islands of Port Phillip and Corio Bay. Called Качанка (Kachanka) this interactive museum-machine (sailcaravan) visits Geelong After Dark bringing artefacts and communicating secrets of the sea from local bay area.
 

SALT pours through my fingers. SALT poisons the land. SALT crystals remain as the tide ebbs. You. You are worth your weight in SALT. A visual delight of the most ubiquitous and flavoursome of all the earth’s crystals. A collage of physical theatre, video and soundscapes.