Shepparton Festival
Unique Events in Unusual Places
Please note: this is a past event
We're keeping this page here for future reference.
- When
- Friday 3rd , to Sunday 19th of March, 2017,
- Contact
- Riverlinks Box Office: 03 5832 9511
Please join us mapping 52 events across 17 days.
Shepparton Shorts
Renowned as the best and one of the longest running short film festivals in rural Australia, the Shepparton Shorts Short Film Festival is a gala event screening some of the best films from Australia and around the world. The Festival will again award prizes in various categories including best young filmmaker, best new filmmaker, best overall film and people's choice.
The Shepparton Shorts Short Film Festival brings contemporary short films by Australian and international filmmakers to a regional Australian audience.
Meals and drinks available at the venue.
Supported by Film Victoria and All Access.
Friday 10 March. 7.30pm
Shepparton Show Grounds, MacIntosh Pavillion
Full $25.00 / Concession/Friends $22.50
Tickets can be purchased at the door - CASH ONLY
CarnEvil
From the people that created the grotesque Zombie trilogy of the past few years, Word and Mouth brings you another challenge to your wits.
This year, a vintage carnival feel will be blended into their horror event. CarnEvil will again be run over two nights, with a similar scare factor that was so popular over the last three years of Zombie's.
Imagine walking through your own nightmare or horror film and this is the experience you can start to imagine at this event. Bearded ladies, fortune tellers and of course, clowns.
With more information to be leaked online as we get closer to the event by Word and Mouth on social media, the heat will certainly get hotter in the kitchen on Saturday night over Friday night.
A must for all fans of suspense and horror!
Friday 10 & Saturday 11 March, 8.30pm, 9.30pm, 10.30pm sessions
Shepparton Show Grounds, Multipurpose Pavillion (enter at Gate 5)
All tickets $10
Tickets can be purchased at the door prior to each session - CASH ONLY
Opera in the Orchard
Popular Opera in the Orchard returns on the long weekend.
Visiting Shepparton for the first time, Cheryl Barker is on of the finest Sopranos to emerge from Australia. She has established a distinguised opera career throughout the UK, Europe, USA and Australasia. Cheryl will be joined on stage by Henry Coo, a hit from 2016. Henry is regarded as on of Australia's finest lyric coloratura tenors with a voice that displays great versatility across a range of styles. Cheryl and Henry will be accompanied by internationally renowned pianist Rhodri Clarke.
Set in the majestic Findon House Gardens, these two exceptional voices will enchant the audience and lift the bar once again.
Pre-purchase of Longleat Antipasto Hamper's (with or without wine) is available. Local alcohol will be for sale on site.
Saturday 11 March, buses depart from Shepparton Library at 6pm and first bus departs from Mooroopna McLennan St Silos at 6.10pm
Findon House Gardens, Ardmona
Full $85 / Concession $70 / Hamper $25 / Hamper with Longleat White Wine $40 / Hamper with Longleat Red Wine (hampers must be ordered with tickets)
Sales closed
Gin on the Lawn - RIVERLINKS ALLOCATION IS NOW EXHAUSTED
We would like to welcome you to a new event, Gin on the Lawn – an afternoon gig in the private orchard and gardens at Findon House. Building on the festivals musical offerings this afternoon event will offer a relaxed stage program spinning the sounds across folk/new country/indie/indie rock/swing/soul and a good dabble of horns – presenting the best in Victorian song writing and new music.
Guests will be welcomed with a complimentary festival gin cocktail. They can then relax in an exceptional private backyard and be treated to a lineup of the Peeks/Miles & Simone/The Marionettes.
From the reflective musings of vocalist Fraser Henry, indie folk act The Peeks have quickly found momentum with the release of their debut album GROW UP/GROW DOWN.
Henry Wagons named The Peeks as one of his “favourite homegrown artists on unearthed”.
Heartbreaker–country duo Miles and Simone weave their lonesome seaside lullabies and heartbreaker ballads with restraint – two sublime voices and an acoustic guitar.
Simone Page Jones, with her operatic voice and theatrical stage presence (a former Rackette from Clairy Browne and the Bangin’ Rackettes), and Miles O’Neil, with his brooding voice and laconic charm shake their tail feathers on stage with their wistful stories and sing harmonies. “The incredibly full–bodied and clean sound produced by two remarkable musicians was ineffable” – Timber and Steel
The Marionettes are an eight–piece band, comprising a talented rhythm section, punchy three–piece horn section and the beautiful and soulful female vocalist, Lorraine Salvador. They compose their tunes using traditional Funk/Soul instrumentation, non–conventional harmonic movement, creating catchy melodic lines.
“…Top Melbourne Jazz musicians improvising, playing Funk/Soul music, coupled with catchy pop melodies. You can’t get better than that!” – Tally Konstas; Tony Starr’s Kitten Club Manager/Owner
A new festival experience everyone has been waiting for!
Drinks at bar prices – limited tickets available.
Sunday 12 March, buses depart Shepparton Library @ 2.30pm, drop off at Aussie Hotel
Findon House Gardens, Ardmona
Full $35 / Concession $30
SOLD OUT
The Farmer's Cinematheque
Premiering at the Adelaide Film Festival, this lyrical documentary features unique archive material filmed by a farming family over four generations in rural Victoria.
For more than fifty years, Relvy and his son John made beautiful films on their farm and within their small community in the Wimmera, in western Victoria. Their luminous archive connects past and present generations, revealing the rhythms and rituals of life on the land and drawing surprising parallels between settler and indigenous modes of mapping and looking after country.
Tuesday 14 March, 6pm
Dookie Memorial Hall, Dookie
All tickets $10 / Farmers free
Progressive Lunch - RIVERLINKS ALLOCATION IS NOW EXHAUSTED
There are numerous mosque, temples and places of worship in Shepparton. After a sell out in 2016, the Progressive Lunch will be back to take participants on a culinary tour of different places of worship and community spaces to sample the food and understand the rituals associated with each place.
Food often marks occasions that are important to us, it helps us celebrate anything that matters, a birthday, a new job, an anniversary. Many religious occasions are marked by special meals; Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Eid, Passover – a Seder Night Dinner, the full richness of ritualized festive eating, Hanukkah – Festival of Lights to get the senses flowing.
Different cultures, different tastes, different food – one progression to a connected community.
Friday 17 March, 11am
Meet at Shepparton Library at 11am
Full $25 / Concession $20
SOLD OUT
Our Stars of Italy - RIVERLINKS ALLOCATION IS NOW EXHAUSTED
You will dine on the regional food from where the stars of our Southern Cross shine on Italy.
Join hosts Guido and Sandra Vazzoler for an Italian inspired evening – dining in true Italian style set amongst the vineyard overlooking the river red gums.
Renowned and talented Italian chef, Luca Ciano will fly in to create a degustation menu that will circumnavigate the map of Italy on your plate.
Numbers are limited so be quick to book.
Friday 17 March, 7pm
Longleat Wines, 105 Old Weir Rd, Muchinson
All tickets $95
SOLD OUT