WHAT’S ON | JULY 2025
Neil Young’s Harvest - Performed by The Honey Sliders
Fri 4 July | 7.30PM
The Honey Sliders will perform Harvest in its entirety, plus a long second set of their favourite Neil Young tunes.
Fleetwood Macs
Sun 13 July | 7.00PM
Fleetwood Macs bring all the hits – from their early British days to their US move, and various line-up changes – in this live 2 hour concert.
5 Walker Street, Maryborough 4122 6060
Box Off ice Open Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 4pm
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
- Metropolitan Opera
Mon 7 July | 1.00PM
Bartlett Sher’s madcap production of Rossini’s effervescent comedy, featuring the one and only Figaro.
Dorothy the Dinosaurs Spectacular Show
Tue 15 July | 10.00AM
This school holidays, hands will be clapping and toes tapping with Dorothy’s mega mix of dance hits!
MRAC Cinema Club presents My Favourite Cake
Wed 9 July | 6.30PM
Followed by refreshments Film release date: 2024 Film language: Persian Tickets at the Door.
David Scheel - Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Only
The Piano Player
Wed 16 July | 7.00PM
Do you want to hear beautiful and technically brilliant piano music? and in between the pieces do you want to laugh?
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Cirque Nouvelle
A new evolution of circus
Fri 11 July| 6.00PM
This multitalented line up of circus performers, each world class, have combined their talents together to create a show like no other.
School’s Spectacular - Celebrating Brolga’s 25th Anniversary
Fri 18 July | 6.00PM
From Primary school through to Year 12 students from Hervey Bay and Maryborough, will express their creativity.
COVER IMAGE: Fouad Ameur Lahcene The Honey Lisa, 2025. Oil on canvas. Exhibiting in the Maryborough Regional Art Society Annual Art Competition at Gatakers Artspace until 27 July 2025.
AGRO:
Up Late
Sat 12 July | 7.30PM
Grab your Samboy Chips, Troll Dolls, Tazo’s and Goosebumps book – Australia’s most iconic puppet is back, and he is naughtier than ever!
Brolga
25th Anniversary Gala
Sat 19 July | 7.30PM
Join us for a night of unforgettable entertainment featuring local favourites as well as the acclaimed talents of Queensland Opera.
Old Farts & Upstarts
- Reloaded
Sat 12 July | 2.00PM
Gympie Performing Arts Inc. bring you the story of a family and the shenanigans Grandpa; Grandma and the kids get up to when Mum and Dad go away.
Brolga 25 Anniversary Family Day & Handmade Artisan Markets
Sun 20 July | 11.00AM
Bring the whole family and join us for a fun-filled day.
166 Old Maryborough Rd, Hervey Bay 4197 4206
Open Tuesday to Friday: 10am - 4pm
Weekends: 10am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Exhibiting until 3 August
Joe Furlonger: Horizons
QAGOMA touring exhibition, ‘Horizons’ traces Joe Furlonger’s career through a range of media from painting, ceramics, sculpture, and drawing.
Billy Missi’n Wakain Thamai
‘Billy Missi’n Wakain Thamai’, is a profound exhibition honouring the late Torres Strait Islander artist Billy Missi (1970-2012).
Regional Spotlight
The Regional Spotlight exhibition is a showcase of artistic talent from across the region.
Exhibiting until 2027
National Interests: Australian Art in the 20th Century
Images (from top le ): 2024; Joe Furlonger, Untitled, 1997, pigment with acrylic binder on canvas, Collection: Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art © Joe Furlonger; Karen Stanton, First Light, 2022, Oil reduction print on Awagmi Bamboo Select paper; Billy Missi, Ubarau Thonar | Wongai Season, 2009, linoleum cut printed in black ink from one block and hand coloured. Courtesy of Ba Titui Cultural Centre.
WHAT’S ON | JULY 2025
311 Kent St, Maryborough 4190 5818
Open Tuesday to Friday: 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends: 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Artspace Exhibition
78th Annual Art Competition
Maryborough Regional Art Society
7 June – 27 July
Showcasing a broad range of subjects and mediums including, landscapes and seascapes, abstract artworks, flora and fauna, sculpture works and portraits.
Upcoming Artspace Exhibition
41st Annual Competitive
Art Exhibition: Hervey Bay Art Society
1 August - 14 September
Opening Event: Sat 2 Aug | 12PM
Creative Space Showcase
Urban Sketchers
Maryborough 4th Anniversary Exhibition
19 July - 10 August
Workshops & Activities
Printmaking
Print Studio Wednesdays & Saturdays 10AM - 2PM
Creative Workshops Visit our website for more information
2024 Open Section Winner, Wendy Talbot, Farmer and Fence
2024 Open Section Winner, Suzanne Cels, Aviator
Kent & Richmond Sts, Maryborough 4123 7221
Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends 9.30am - 2pm. Entry fee applies
Sensory
Friendly Sessions
Tuesdays 9.30AM - 11.30AM
What’s Your Story Podcast Exhibit
Free with admission to The Story Bank
School Holiday Garden Games
28 June - 13 July
Included in admission
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!
This guide shares a taste of Council’s arts, culture and heritage program and was correct at time of printing. To keep up to date with the latest information visit our website.
We welcome contributions from our creative community. For more information email ArtsCulture@frasercoast.qld.gov.au
Wharf Street, Maryborough 4190 5722
Open Tuesday to Friday 9.30am - 3.30pm Weekends 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Unearthing the Past:
Queen’s Park Time Capsule
Take a peek into our past with this pop-up exhibit curated for the Queensland Heritage Festival.
Ghost Hunting 101
Friday Fortnightly until 19 Sep |
6:30PM - 8PM | $15pp | Book online
Join us for a thrilling night of paranormal investigation and eerie exploration.
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.
Colin Reaney’s installation at the inaugural Regional Spotlight exhibition reflects a lifetime of exploration—both geographical and artistic. After nearly three decades of teaching art across the globe, his corner installation at Hervey Bay Regional Gallery invites viewers into a compelling conversation about settlement and belonging.
“Making art is all about new beginnings—a daily experience,” Colin explains, drawing on Edward Said’s distinction between fixed origins and dynamic beginnings. This philosophy has guided him through teaching positions from Singapore to the Middle East, where students would curiously ask about his Australian ‘accent’ and challenge him to articulate what art could mean in their cultural spaces.
Colin’s current practice centres on large sheets of paper, 2B graphite pencils, plaster, paint, and wood. His installation at Regional Spotlight, titled who own the numbers who make the words, explores the experience of settlement—movement, arrivals and
departures that he describes as universal experiences, “sometimes good experiences, sometimes worrying and stressful events.”
For Regional Spotlight, visitors can encounter Colin’s corner installation that combines drawing, sculptural elements, and text to explore themes of settlement and belonging.
The work examines settlement from early Australia to current times, asking how movement and change affect our sense of being in this country, in this life. Drawing on critic Lucy Lippard’s words, Colin reflects: “art is about what the artist is doing with his/her art making... it’s all part of the life of ART makers.”
It’s a philosophy that reveals itself in Colin’s installation—where decades of global teaching experience, cultural exchange, and personal reflection converge into a singular artistic statement about what it means to belong.
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Colin Reaney’s Artistic Journey Story: Lizzie Macaulay | Photo: Cody Fox