WHAT’S ON | JULY 2026
5 Walker Street, Maryborough 4122 6060
Box O ice Open Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 4pm
The Rouge Room
Cabaret
3 Jul | 7PM
4 Jul | 7PM
The Rogue Room is back bolder than ever. Step into an unforgettable night of glamour and powerhouse performances.
Emma Memma's Jungle Picnic Tour
27 Jul | 10AM
The Jungle Picnic Tour brings Emma Memma’s brand–new album to life in a joyful, movement–filled live show for little ones and their families.
MRAC Cinema Club presents I Swear
8 Jul | 6.30PM
Critics called the film 'important, heart–warming and hilarious', with an audience rating of nearly 100 per cent approval. Tickets at the door.
NT Live – Les Liaisons Dangereuses
29 Jul | 1PM & 7PM
Among the glittering French salons of the super–rich, one misstep can mean ruin. Lesley Manville and Aidan Turner star in this thrilling game of love, lies, and social warfare.
The Australian INXS Tribute Show
9 Jul | 7.30PM
The Australian INXS Tribute featuring Dellacoma Rio is a home–grown theatre experience delivering a breathtaking ‘Australian Made’ rock show!
A Taste of Ireland
19 Aug | 7.30PM
Featuring dancers from Lord of the Dance, Riverdance, and the recent West End cast of Éireann, ‘A Taste of Ireland’ brings the spirit and energy of modern Ireland to life with a pint of Irish wit.
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COVER IMAGE: "Kobi Page", a portrait by Tori-Jay Mordey currently on display in the Tracks exhibition at the Hervey Bay Regional Gallery, celebrating the achievements of young Indigenous creatives.
Rockaria The ELO Experience
10 Jul | 7.30PM
A tribute to the unforgettable sound of Je Lynne's The Electric Light Orchestra. Stephen Daldry. So many hit songs you will not want this night to finish.
The Traveling Wilbury's Collection
22 Aug | 7.30PM
The Traveling Wilburys Collection bring together the collective talents, excitement, and magic that the original had to o er. Live. On stage. Like never before.
Isaac Butterfield – Armageddon
12 Jul | 8.30PM
A er multiple sold–out tours and millions of fans worldwide, Isaac Butterfield returns with his biggest tour yet–bigger, badder, balder, and more unfiltered than ever.
The Big Chillout Motown Spectacular
28 Aug | 7.30PM
Get ready to relive the music that defined a generation, a joyous, soul stirring celebration of the legendary Big Chill soundtrack and the Motown revival it sparked.
The Little Red Company presents Your
Song
15 Jul | 7.30PM
Tales of heartbreak and hope, of pain and passion, of first loves and final moments, weave through Elton John’s iconic songbook in this Award–winning smash hit production.
Bohemian Dreams
30 Aug | 12.30PM
Horn calls, lilting clarinet and strings – the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra with sparkling chamber music from an age of elegance.
166 Old Maryborough Rd, Hervey Bay 4197 4206
Open Tuesday to Friday: 10am - 4pm Weekends: 10am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
Exhibiting until 16 August
Finding Eliza
Revisting the story of Eliza Fraser, not to retell her account, but to examine how her version of events was elevated, amplified, and mythologised within colonial culture.
Exhibiting until 2027
National Insterests: Australian Art in the 20th Century
Tracks
Showcasing traditional and contemporary artforms, alongside interactive activites for all ages, ‘Tracks’ invites every member of the community to deepen their connection to Country.
Events and Programs
NAIDOC
Family Fun Day
Mon July 6 | From 9.30AM
See the website for more details.
Story Time in the Gallery
Thur July 23 | 10.30AM – 11.30AM
Join us for a fun-filled reading of Wilaaran Laurie’s ‘Going for Pippies’.
Images (from top le ): Fiona Foley, ‘Out of the Sea Like Cloud’ (video still), 2019; Zartisha Davis, ‘Shell Middens’, 2024, paper sculpture installation.
Exhibiting until Saturday 18 July
WHAT’S ON | JULY 2026
311 Kent St, Maryborough 4190 5818
Open Tuesday to Friday: 9.30am - 3.30pm
Weekends: 9.30am - 2pm. FREE ENTRY
79th Annual Art Competition
Maryborough Regional Art Society
Exhibiting 25 July - 5 September
42nd Annual Competitive Art
Exhibition: Hervey Bay Art Society
Opening Event: Sat 25 Jul | 12PM
Mary Poppins Festival
Sun 5 Jul | 9AM – 3PM
Wander through Gatakers Laneway to discover local artisan markets, live music by The Humbuckin’ Pickups, and activities in the courtyard.
Creative Space Showcase
NAIDOC Showcase: Michelle Dederer 4 Jul – 2 Aug
Workshops & Activities
The Art of Assemblage with Nora Hanasy
Tue 7 Jul | 10AM – 2PM Sat 12 Jul | 10AM – 2PM
Stories & Workshop with Michelle Dederer Wed 8 Jul
Storytime | 10AM – 11 AM
Workshop | 11.30AM – 2PM
Airbrush & Chalk Art
Thu 9 Jul | 10.30AM –12.30PM & 1PM – 3PM
Open Studio Sat 18 Jul | 10AM – 1PM
2026 Open Section Winner, Kasia Hartmann, The Light We Breathe.
Michelle Dederer, Coming Together.
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
Maryborough Story Trail exhibition
Included in admission
Celebrating the creative process behind the Maryborough Story Trail.
Daily Cra Activities
Included in admission
Join us for an evolving selection of arts and cra to keep minds actively creating.
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.
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
Tastings and Treasures
By Appointment
Enjoy a selection of premium liqueurs as our storyteller shares tales inspired by objects from our collection.
Tastes of the Region
Looking for unique gi ideas?
Drop in and see the team at the Bond Store.
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.
Some musical partnerships take years to bed in. Maryborough’s Mahney Cain and songwriter Ewan Cloonan have been performing together for two years, yet audiences keep remarking that it sounds like thirty. “We really complement each other,” Mahney says, and it shows.
Together they are The Humbuckin’ Pickups, a folk-drenched roots duo who have spent recent years becoming festival favourites from Woodford to Tamworth. Mahney came to the music through a childhood that turned every family gathering into a performance, eventually teaching herself double bass and spending two decades fronting The Hillbilly Goats. Ewan’s musical inspiration began at the Port Fairy Folk Festival as a ten-year-old, and has been writing songs ever since.
Those songs are at the heart of what the duo do. Their latest single, “How the Other Half Live,” grew out of an encounter Ewan had with a family of four living in a tent beside a noisy bridge. “I realised that this is how the other half
live,” he says. Produced by Shane Nicholson and drawing national airplay on its release, it’s a song that captures something true about regional Australia without ever losing its warmth.
Mahney brings that same instinct for community to her role on the Fraser Coast RADF Advisory Committee. Arts funding, she says, changed the trajectory of her own early career, and she’s keen to see more local artists take the leap. “We have so much culture and talent here. If you don’t apply, you’ll never be funded.”
A fourth studio album is due later this year, with a national launch tour and international dates in the USA and Japan already in the works. For two musicians who make a point of telling real stories, there’s no shortage of new material on the horizon.
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Story: Lizzie Macaulay
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Photo: Cody Fox