Be a part of Australia’s longest-running flagship regional arts festival! The biennial Castlemaine State Festival commissions, develops and presents a thrilling program of events encompassing performance, music, literature, visual arts and film. 

Unique in its scope and diversity, the Festival runs for 17 days across several venues in Castlemaine and Bendigo with a huge range of free and ticketed events. Enjoy incredible live music and performances, listen to invigorating Dialogues with some of Australia’s greatest thinkers, and even pick up some brilliant local art for your collection.