Monthly Events

8pm -midnight. Music by Ken Hocking. Please bring a plate.$6

8am - 1pm

Pick up a bargain at the local trash and treasure market. Lots of fresh fruit and vegetables are also available.

If you can sing, play an instrument, recite poetry or tell a good yarn come along to the Everton Hotel for fun family friendly activity.

2nd Sunday of the month @ 2pm

On the last Wednesday of each month the Wangaratta Library will be at Cafe KidzARus from 10.30 am to entertain the children with stories & songs.

Time: 1pm to

Come along and join the locals in a Jam Session.

7.30pm

The Moyhu Farmers' Market is held on the 3rd Saturday of each month from 8am till noon, except for Easter Saturday and the Queen's Birthday Long weekend. 

The Market celebrates the best of the King Valley's food, wine and its vibrant community.  A fantastic event for locals and visitors alike where you have the opportunity to speak directly with the growers and to ask them how best to prepare or use their products. 

Historic Winton, Australia's largest and most popular all-historic motor race meeting, presents a weekend of non-stop racing featuring over 400 historic racing cars and motorbikes from the 1920s to the 1980s.

Celebrations in 2013 include significant milestones:

110 years of Buick, Standard and Vauxhall
100 years of Morris
80 years of Railton
60 years since the 1st Redex Trial 60 years of Lightburn Zeta, Sunbeam Alpine, FJ Holden and Triumph TR2
50 years since the 1st Bathurst
50 years of EH Holden, Lamborghini and Honda
40 years of Leyland P76

Historic Winton highlights include: 

Shannons Classic Car Park featuring car and bike club displays.
Spectator access to the Competition Paddock with fabulous old racing machines on open display.
A selection of Minervas, Veteran and vintage cycle-cars.

If you have a classic or special-interest car or bike, join the spectator car park display.

Sunday - join a special display of Historic Commercial & Military Vehicles - free entry for vehicles 50 years and older Aussie Ute Gathering for pre-1975 vehicles - great trophies awarded.  Classic Car Show for veteran and vintage, sports and classics, hot rods and customs, street machines, commerical and motor bikes.

Raceway entry fees: Sat $20, Sun $30, competition paddock $5, children 14 and under n/c

Conducted by the Austin 7 Club with assistance from the Historic Motorcycle Racing Association Vic

Price: Sat $20, Sun$30

Time: 9am to 6pm

Thur 9 - Lunching Ladies & Lads
Fri 10 - Pasta, Ravioli & Gnocchi
Sat 11 - Basics for beginners
Fri 17 - Home Cheese Making, Camembert
Thur 23 - Lunching Ladies & Lads
Fri 24 - Versatile, Delicious & Vegetarian
Sat 25 - The Dinner Party

Katrina's hands on classes will leave participants relaxed, empowered and inspired by the end of each session.

The kitchen is equipped for up to ten participants in each class. Cooking classes run annually excluding the months of August & September. Each class runs for approximately for hours.

For more information including prices and details of classes go to www.pizzini.com.au

Tower Restaurant facilitates the training of hospitality students using a simulated industry environment. The restaurant has a modern atmosphere. Student chefs and waiters work under hospitality staff supervision to provide great service and an innovative menu of food and beverages, all at affordable prices.

Most dietary requirements can be catered for, please mention when booking.

The Tower Restaurant will be open on the following dates:

Thursday Dinner - Degustation - $25-$30pp 6pm-9pm
9 May
16 May
23 May
Tuesday Lunch - A la Carte - $15-20pp 12pm-2pm
21 May
28 May
Thursday Dinner - Set Menu - $25-$30pp 6pm-9pm
30 May
 

GOTAFE Visual Arts Students present "The Art of Harvest"

An art exhibition exploring the sensory delights of the harvest season

Comprising 13 works across a broad range of creative media.

This exhibition is generously supported by The Muse Gallery of Milawa, Espresso on Ovens & GOTAFE Wangaratta

Food lovers are invited to feast and forage their way around Victoria’s bountiful High Country over 10 delectable days in May at the region-wide High Country Harvest, featuring more than 40 events.

For more information on the events across the region go to www.highcountryharvest.com.au

An annual event featuring dance students of the region.

3 sessions per day, morning afternoon & evening.

9am-Midday
1pm-5pm
6pm-10pm

Wangaratta Festival of Dance - Celebration of Youth & Dance

For further details or entry forms for dancers please contact Auroa Cudini on 03 5721 8368

Biathlon is a combingation of two sports.

Winter Biathlon is XC Skiing and Small Bore .22 Rifle shooting.

Summer Biathlon varies - it may involve running or roller skiing or Mountain Biking combines with shooting at falling plate targets.

Click here for poster

Price: $15

Time: 9am to 3pm

Winemaker, Michael Reid from Auldstone Cellars, has been growning and making superb Muscats for over 30 years. Recently the Auldstone Liqueur Muscat took out the Trophy for Best Fortified Wine at the Federation Square Awards Showcase. Let Michael take you on a pleasant, light hearted journey through the Muscat making process. He will tell you why NE Victorian Muscats are considered the best in the world; what varieties are grown; how the wine is fortified; tasting the Australian Muscat Classes and finish with a unique opportunity to blend your own Muscat to take away.

For more High Country Havest Festival Events go to www.highcountryharvest.com.au

Price: $30

Time: 3pm to 4.30pm

Experience the sublime pleasure of authentic, beautiful Italian Baroque Music!  The years from 1600-1750 was a period of intense creative activity in Italy, marked by exciting innovation, splendour and world-wide influence.

The Wangaratta Choristers, with baroque orchestra of strings, oboes, recorders and organ, will present an overview of this amazing time in music history.  This opportunity to experience live, authentic Italian Baroque Music is rarely encountered today - so take advantage of it.

Price: $25 Adults

Time: 2pm to

The Wangaratta High School Symphonic Band & Stage Band directed by Chris Keast perform a variety of entertaining music. The Symphonic Band’s repertoire ranges from stage musicals such as Mary Poppins, Jersey Boys, Hairspray, Westside Story, to movie soundtracks Pirates of the Caribbean and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. The Stage Band presents a contrast in style with the music of Natalie Cole, Bette Midler, James Brown, Michael Buble, Stevie Wonder and Frank Sinatra. All of the music presented by these fine young musicians will appeal to a wide audience. These bands tour at the end of every year with a focus to continually develop their repertoire for audiences of all ages.

Running Time: 70 mins (no interval)

Tickets: Adult: $18, Conc: $16, Group 6+: $16, Child (15 & under): $16
 

Price: Adults $18

Time: 10.30am to 11.40am

Flinders Quartet has captured the imagination of audiences for over twelve years and continues to carry audiences away with them into the sublime world of chamber music. Their dynamic and stirring performances showcasing a full spectrum of repertoire have audiences and critics articulating their esteem, and the quartet is a highly respected force in Australian chamber music. Flinders are thrilled to welcome the winner of the Sydney International Piano Competition ‘Flinders Quartet Prize’ finalist Dmitry Onishchenko. Dmitry stunned audiences in Sydney with his arresting technique and thought-provoking interpretations.

Running Time: 1 hr & 40 mins (includes a 20 min interval)

Tickets: Adult $37, Conc $34, Child (15 & under) $18.50, Group 6+ $32
 

Price: Adult $37

Time: 7.30pm to 9.10pm