WHAT’S ON | APRIL 2025
The Black Blues Brothers
Tue 1 April | 7.30PM
The international smash hit, an Acrobatic and Cirque Spectacular presented by Rokitz Entertainment.
Emma MemmaDance Island Party
Sat 12 April | 10.00AM
ARIA award-winning children’s entertainer, Emma Memma, is bringing her brand new show Dance Island Party to Maryborough.
5 Walker Street, Maryborough 4122 6060
Box Off ice Open Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 4pm
A Girl’s Guide to World War
Fri 4 April | 7.00PM
Home-grown smash hit musical based on the true story of Australia’s own Dr Agnes Bennett.
Good Morning Vietnam, Music from the Vietnam War Era
Sun 13 April | 3.00PM
Music from the Vietnam War Era delivers the soundtrack to one of the most divisive conflicts.
The Travelling Wilburys Collection
Sat 5 April | 7.30PM
There’s never been a group, let alone a supergroup, in rock history quite like it!
Dion Pride Sings the Songs of his Father
Tue 22 April | 7.00PM
Entertaining crowds of 10,000 or more in England, Ireland, Scotland, Canada, and USA. Dion wholeheartedly attributes it to “humbleness.”
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COVER IMAGE: Emma Thorp, One of Each (detail), 2024, acrylic paint and coloured pencil on shaped ply. Courtesy of the artist. Emma Thorpe is exhibiting at Hervey Bay Regional Gallery until 11 May 2025.
Swing Heist
Queensland Conservatorium
Sun 6 April | 2.00PM
A concert by The Con Artists Jazz Orchestra, known for sizzling takes on Jazz classics, this performance is bound to have you grooving in your seat.
Metropolitan Opera: Fidelio
Wed 23 April | 1.00PM
A hymn to freedom and human dignity, the unusual structure, glorious score and aura of Beethoven’s Fidelio make it a unique experience.
NT Live: The Importance of Being Earnest
Mon 7 April | 1.00PM Thu 10 April | 7.00PM
A joyful and flamboyant reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s most celebrated comedy.
NT Live: Dr Strangelove
Tue 9 April | 1.00PM Fri 9 May | 7.00PM
A screening of the world premiere London stage adaptation of Stanley Kubrick’s comedy masterpiece, Dr. Strangelove.
Morning
Melodies:
The
Essence
of Australia - Cobblestone
Thu 10 April | 11.00AM
Come on a sentimental journey, exploring memories of growing up in Hervey Bay within a musical family.
Ten Tenors - 30th Anniversary World Tour
Thu 1 May | 6.30PM
Mellen Events & Frog in a Sock
Present Australia’s favourite tenor ensemble The TEN Tenors: 30th Anniversary World Tour.
166 Old Maryborough Rd, Hervey Bay 4197 4206
Open Tuesday to Friday: 10am - 4pm Weekends: 10am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Exhibiting now
Emma Thorp: The In Between
Exploring the challenges of motherhood as an artist, tackling the complicated desire to carve out time for oneself and art ‘in between’ life’s responsibilities.
Joyce Watson: Family and Country, many people’s stories
Aunty Joyce Watson explores her ancestral connection to Waanyi Country in North West Queensland.
Natalie Lavelle: In the Making
Raised in Hervey Bay, this is Natalie Lavelle’s first major exhibition on the Fraser Coast and the first survey of her practice to date.
National Interests:
Australian Art in the 20th Century
Pairing artworks from the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery Art Collection with significant works from Australia’s national collection.
Events and Programs
HBRG Youth Makers Market
Wed 9 April | 11 AM
Celebrate our youth at the at the HBRG Youth Makers Market!
Info Session | Girra: Fraser Coast
National Art Prize Sat 5 April | 11 AM
Information for artists about how to enter ‘Girra: Fraser Coast National Art Prize’ and other prizes.
QAGOMA Asia Pacific
Triennial Kids on Tour 5 - 20 April
Free interactive activities for children and families to explore wide-ranging ideas and approaches to artmaking.
Images (from top le ): Image: Emma Thorp, Washing. Basket. Weave., 2024, pencil and ink on paper; Natalie Lavelle, Untitled (Burnt Umber and Ultramarine Blue), 2020, oil on Italian linen, 213cm x 168cm. Courtesy of Stable Artspace; Joyce Watson in the studio.
Exhibiting until 13 April
Stephen Preston Storm in a Teacup
The Wight Family Creations
Exhibiting from 17 April
Elena Churilova Identities
Wendy Talbot, Jo Williams, Sheena Walsh & Kerry Harrison CATTITUDE
WHAT’S ON | APRIL 2025
311 Kent St, Maryborough 4190 5818
Open Tuesday to Friday: 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends: 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Julie McGillivray My Land, Your Land
Rebecca Staunton & Sharon Anderson Abstraction II
Maryborough Heritage City Embroiderers Simply Stitches
Nora Hanasy & Jo Williams Salt
Creative Space Showcase
Maryborough Wide Bay & Burnett Historical Society Inc | Celebrating a Milestone
Until Sun 11 May
Workshops & Activities
QAGOMA Asia Pacific Triennial Kids on Tour
Until Sun 19 Apr
Monoprinting Workshop Sat 5 Apr | 10AM - 2PM
Wild Woolly Workshop Create a felted rabbit Sat 10 Apr | 1PM - 4.30PM
Youth Makers Market Gatakers Artspace Sat 12 Apr | 11 AM -3PM
Artist Talk: Jo Williams & Nora Hanasy
Sat 3 May | 10AM
Artist Talk: CATTITUDE
Sat 3 May | 12NOON
Pastels with Elena Churilova
Talk: Sun 4 May | 11 AM
Workshop: Sat 17 May | 10AM - 4.30PM
Images (clockwise from top left): Elena Churilova, Capricorn Coast 2020 ; Maryborough Heritage City Embroiderers; Wendy Talbot, Untitled; Jo Williams, Salt in the bones; Maryborough Wide Bay & Burnett Historical Society.
Sensory Friendly Sessions
Tuesdays
9.30AM - 11.30AM
Kent & Richmond Sts, Maryborough 4123 7221
Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends 9.30am - 2pm. Entry fee applies
Felted Mouse Workshop
Fri 11 April | 9.30AM - 1PM
$55 children. $75 adults
Suitable for participants 14 years and older.
Digital Art Workshop with Nichakun Seagnikul
Wed 9 April | 10AM -11:30AM
in the birthplace of her author PL Travers
Explore the heritage listed former bank as you interact with displays featuring the life of P.L. Travers and her enchanting stories of the practically perfect nanny. Featuring two levels of interactive displays, pocket park and retail shop.
Fraser Coast Scene is distributed free as a marketing and engagement initiative of Fraser Coast Regional Council. It’s about promoting Council’s programs and services by sharing stories of our arts and cultural community and their connection to Council’s spaces.
STAY INSPIRED!
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Wharf Street, Maryborough 4190 5722
Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Youth Week Ghost Hunting 101
7, 9 & 11 April | 7pm - 8pm
Ages 15 - 25. Join us this Youth Week at the Bond Store for a thrilling night of paranormal investigation and eerie exploration.
Tastings & Treasures
By Appointment
Enjoy a selection of premium quality liqueurs as one of our storytellers shares tales inspired by objects from our collection.
A taste of the past
Explore the Bond Store and let this beautiful, heritage-listed building share its stories as you wander through the space.
Add to your experience with tantalizing tales and fantastic flavours. Enjoy a selection of premium quality ports and liqueurs as our storytellers share tales inspired by objects from our collection.
Take home a taste of the region with delicious delicacies or curious keepsakes.
Fraser Coast Regional Council acknowledges to the east, the Butchulla (Badtjala) and to the west, the Kabi Kabi (Gubbi Gubbi) People, their connection to Country (land, sea and sky) and recognise the many places of cultural, spiritual, social and economic significance in the community. We pay respects to their Elders – past, present and emerging. We also acknowledge other First Nation Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islander people, who reside in the Fraser Coast region.
PROFILE
Suzanne Roberts
How long have you been making art?
During my school education years, I excelled in all aspects of art studies, but did not have the opportunity to further my art studies. After relocating from Tasmania to Hervey Bay in 2018, I picked up the brushes again after almost fift y years of a busy working and family life and found that I still had that gift and love of art expression.
What are your favourite mediums to work with?
My mediums of choice are acrylic and mixed media pen. I find acrylic dries more quickly than oils and colours reflect a more vibrant finish. My research is from memories and photography collected over the years. Many of my landscapes do have Tasmanian themes thus so far but plans of Queensland landscapes are on the agenda.
Who/what inspires or influences you?
I admire the works of Australian artists Warwick Fuller and Peter Goldthorpe because of their visions and colour of the true landscape and the amazing lifetime art journey of Margaret Olley.
My paintings are from the heart, of unforgettable landscapes and memories. The true composition of weather defining moods of nature that reflect light, colour, perspective, beauty and drama, that I feel I have an emotional connection to. My finished canvas is to share with others a reflection of that experience held in time.
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Photo: Hannah Stanton