WHAT’S ON | JUNE 2025
Lee KernaghanBoys From The Bush - The Concert
Thu 5 June | 7.30PM
Country music legend Lee Kernaghan extends his 2024 sold out tour Boys From The Bush – The Concert into 2025.
Ballet Preljocaj - Swan Lake - Screening
Fri 13 June | 7.00pm
QPAC & Brolga Theatre present
Free Queensland Broadcast
Ballet Preljocaj Swan Lake 2025
QPAC International Series. Free Event - Tix Required
5 Walker Street, Maryborough 4122 6060
Box Off ice Open Monday to Friday: 8.30am – 4pm
An Evening With Murphy’s Pigs
Sat 7 June | 7.00PM
Throw caution to the wind and embark on a musical journey through the lands of the Celts.
Falsettos by Macabre Theatre Co.
13, 14 & 15 June | Various Hilarious, heartbreaking and utterly unique, Falsettos is a contemporary musical about family, relationships, bar mitvahs, baseball and AIDS.
Metropolitan
Opera: Salome
Mon 9 June | 1.00PM
Salome stands as one of the most challenging and exhilarating roles in opera. Exotic, iconoclastic and thoroughly compelling.
Queen: It’s a Kind of Magic
Sat 14 June | 8.00PM
Touring in 2025 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody!
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MRAC Cinema Club presents All We Imagine As Light
Wed 11 June| 6.30PM
Followed by refreshments Film release date: 2024 Film language: Malayalam, Hindi, Maharathi.
Tickets at the Door.
Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
Wed 18 June | 7.30PM
Relive the joy of the Sister Act soundtracks live, brought to life by a celestial cast and including the choral support of Maryborough Choral Society.
COVER IMAGE: Karen Stanton Domestic Wilderness, 2025. Oil reduction print on Arches 88 paper.
Karen's work is exhibiting in Regional Spotlight at Hervey Bay Regional Gallery until 3 August 2025.
Anh Do - The Happiest Refugee LIVE!
Thu 12 June | 7.30PM
Comedian Anh Do brings his best-selling memoir, The Happiest Refugee, to life in a ground-breaking stand-up show.
The King of Pop Show
- Michael Jackson Live Concert Experience
Fri 20 June | 7.30PM
Finally the biggest and most spectacular Michael Jackson Live Concert Experience: Beyond Imagination!
Morning MelodiesAustralia in Song
Thu 12 June | 11.00AM
From playing the didjeridoo to singing Slim Dusty, Col Joye, Johnny O’Keefe, Paul Kelly, and more, ex-Bullamakanka star, performs Australiana.
Choirboys: Run To Paradise
Sat 21 June | 8.00PM
Who would have thought that Run To Paradise, thirty-five years on, would ultimately have started the first chapter of a myriad of untold stories.
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 | JUNE 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 Jun – 27 Jul | Opening Sat 7 Jun | 1PM
Showcasing works from local and regional artists across multiple categories and mediums.
Creative Space Showcase
Beauty in the Dark: Ellen Foulds 17 May - 22 June
Workshops & Activities
Two day basic DSLR Photography Workshop with Ellen Foulds Sat 7 & 14Jun | 10.00AM
Discover the Art of Quilting with Sharon Anderson Sat 8 Jun | 9.30AM
The Art of Grant Writing Workshop Sat 15 Jun | 10AM
Tote-ally Creative Classes
Relish Food and Wine Festival Sat 14 June | 11 AM-2PM
Join artist Nancy Brown to design and print your own large canvas tote bag while enjoying wine, charcuterie, and live music by Spanish guitarist Al Davies.
2024 Open Section Winner, Wendy Talbot, Farmer and Fence
Ellen Foulds, Aurora in Red.
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.
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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.
When Pete Lawson’s fingers touch a guitar, audiences know they’re in for something special. The former Bullamakanka band member has been described as having a voice that’s a cross between Mark Knopfler’s and Leonard Cohen’s” – relaxed, yet purposeful.
Lawson’s musical journey began in the midnorth coast of NSW – Slim Dusty country. “I came from a family of six. Everyone sang,” Lawson recounts. “My earliest memory of playing guitar was at four or five, strumming strings and watching the vibrations.”
Though he’s mastered multiple instruments through the decades, the guitar remains his first love. “I’ve been playing now for nearly fift y years, and there’s always something new to learn,” he muses.
Despite performing with and supporting famous musicians throughout his career, Lawson’s most memorable moment was deeply personal – a 2019 charity concert of
original songs written with his wife Sue and performed at Murwillumbah’s Regent Theatre.
Known for his larrikin charm on stage, Lawson sees performance as breaking down the “fourth wall” between artist and audience. “Mark Knopfler refers to it as welcoming people into the song and them finding their place in it themselves rather than being told where to sit,” he explains.
After decades of performing, what still excites him? “Playing live with other musos – everyone brings part of themselves to the overall sound. It all happens in the moment, which means it’s fresh, exciting for the musos and the audience.”
Lawson brings his musical storytelling to Morning Melodies at the Brolga Theatre on Thursday 12 June.
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Pete Lawson’s Journey
Story: Lizzie Macaulay | Photo: Cody Fox