Jack Jones
We’re here to champion local talent.
Sunday 3 April | 7PM | GPAC Theatre
What better way to kick things off than with two of Gippsland’s finest.
Two times Platinum, eight times Gold and an APRA Award winning artist, Jack Jones has entertained audiences across Australia and the globe. What many of us know locally, is that Jack spent his formative years here in the Latrobe Valley.
Jack will be joined by local soul and jazz musician Elly Poletti. Having recently supported Kate Ceberano, she will open this very special evening.
This will be one for the memory bank.
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre has a flexible COVID refund policy.
with special guest Elly Poletti
OPEN
This is it, we're here!
This is what you've all been waiting for.
We're launching a full four days of what this place - your place - is going to be all about. From the best in live music to comedy, local theatre and performance and all the fun stuff for the family, with a few special treats along the way. This is only the beginning.
Get ready to celebrate your new home of the arts.
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre has a COVID safe plan.
Get ready for a jam-packed four-day festival to celebrate our opening in March 2022.
Sunday 6 March 2022
Up Late
Grab your mates for twilight hangs.
Friday 4 - Saturday 5 March | 5PM - 9PM | Outdoors
Get ready for it, Up Late is on again TONIGHT from 5PM – 9PM!
Join us for an undercover boogie to live music that’s perfect for Saturday wet weather hangs with your mates.
We’re setting the scene outdoors with top home-grown music acts alongside the Hot Glue Buns and JOF’s 10-Minute Dance Parties (the grown-up version – see The Big Family Weekender for more info).
SATURDAY
- 5PM - 6PM | DJ Golden Fleece
- 6PM - 6:45PM | Timothy Wolf
- 6:45PM - 7:15PM | DJ Golden Fleece
- 7:15PM - 7:30PM | Hot Glue Buns
- 7:30PM - 8:15PM | Timothy Wolf and The Howlers
- 8:15PM - 9PM | DJ Golden Fleece
FOOD & BAR
- 5PM - 9PM | Good Land Brewing Co. Bar
- 5PM - 9PM | Gippsland Baked Potatoes
- 5PM - 9PM | Coffee & Hot Jam Donuts
TIMOTHY WOLF AND THE HOWLERS
Introspective soulful blues with a hint of 'I'm ready to boogie', Timothy Wolf is the thrilling new kid on the block with his debut studio album set for release Oct 2022. The local alt folk/country songwriter is going from strength to strength, landing raving Rolling Stone and Triple J reviews and festival and support slots for the likes of the Pierce Brothers. Get on board early, dust off your dancing shoes and introduce yourself to the immersive and boisterous mischief that is Timothy Wolf.
DJ GOLDEN FLEECE
Hailing all the way from Meeniyan, Golden Fleece has lit up dance floors from Melbourne to London.
HOT GLUE BUNS
Hot Glue Buns (Kady Mansour and Michaela Tancheff) are a feminist duo who work to increase the accessibility of dance to the public. Their works have featured at Strawberry Fields Festival and Meredith Music Festival, alongside CC:DISCO! and Gordon Koang. In 2021 Hot Glue Buns developed ‘Hot Glueshops’ as part of Moreland Festivals Development Program.
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre has a COVID safe plan.
The Big Family Weekender
A weekend full of FREE fun-times is happening.
Saturday 5 - Sunday 6 March | 10AM - 3PM | Outdoors
Get ready for fun! The Big Family Weekender is ON with a mix of undercover and indoor activities and GPAC tours perfect for wet weather entertainment for the whole family!
You don’t need a ticket for this FREE public event – simply wrangle the family and head our way. Now is the time to shake your sillies out!
We’re here for it.
Questions? Call our friendly Box Office Team on 03 5176 3333 from 10AM – 4PM Daily.
SUNDAY
UNDERCOVER STAGE
- 10AM | Morwell Citizens Band
- 10:45AM | JOF 10 Minute Dance Parties DJ Set
- 11:15AM | DJ Mz Rizk & Thando
- 12:15PM | JOF 10 Minute Dance Parties DJ Set
- 12:30AM | Ricky Harrison & Friends
- 1:15PM | JOF 10 Minute Dance Parties DJ Set
- 2:15PM | Mollimor
VENUE TOURS | GPAC FOYER
- 10AM | Venue Tour
- 11AM | Venue Tour
- 1PM | Venue Tour
- 2PM | Venue Tour
ALL DAY | GPAC FOYER
- All Day | Bed Sheet Ghost Party
- All Day | Face Paint By Children
FOOD & DRINKS
- Wheelie Good Pizzas
- Coffee & Hot Jam Donuts
BED SHEET GHOST PARTY
This is your chance as a real live human to experience the other side and become a ghost! WWHhaahha ha ha haaaaaaa! Oh, we mean, Bbboooooooooooooooooooo!
Saturday + Sunday
FACE PAINT BY CHILDREN
Calling all kids! Ever wanted to BE the face painter? At Face Paint By Children YOU are the artist!
Sunday
L2R HIP HOP WORKSHOPS
Hailing from Melbourne’s westside, L2R venture our way to teach your crew some poppin’ and lockin’.
Saturday + Saturday
10 MINUTE DANCE PARTIES
Welcome to the best dance party of your life. Your time starts…NOW!
Saturday + Sunday
(also happening for big kids at Up Late)
THIS IS ME, BUNTING
Decorate your own triangle flag that represents you. It will be sewn into a string of bunting to join our whole community!
Saturday
DJ MZ RIZK AND THANDO
As one of Melbourne’s busiest DJs, MzRizk has performed at Glastonbury Festival in the UK, WOMADelaide (with Neneh Cherry jumping on the mic as impromptu MC), Groovin' The Moo and Big Day Out. She’ll be joined by widely-loved Zimbabwean-born First Lady of Soul for a special Sunday morning set of musical treats especially for little kids and big kids alike.
Sunday
VENUE TOURS
Explore your new home of the arts. We’ll be running venue tours on Saturday and Sunday at 10am, 11am, 1pm and 2pm. Simply turn up on the day – no need to book ahead!
Saturday + Sunday
FOOD TRUCK
Enjoy tasty sweet treats, coffee and delicious food truck offerings onsite. For more substantial offerings, head down to your favourite place nearby.
Saturday + Sunday
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre has a COVID safe plan. You’ll need to check-in and show proof of vaccination to attend all events at GPAC, including outdoor events.
Get ready for fun! The Big Family Weekender is ON with a mix of undercover and indoor activities
Together
Welcome home.
Thursday 3 March | 7PM | GPAC Takeover
On Opening Night our community gathers with stories from the Valley to breathe life into our new creative heart.
Our home, here in the Latrobe Valley, is a collection of towns small and large, filled with natural beauty and industrial grit. Whether we’ve been here since the dawn of time or have come from somewhere afar, there’s one thing we all have in common: we stick things out through thick and thin Together.
TOGETHER is a musical celebration of community to mark the official opening of the Gippsland Performing Arts Centre. Be part of launching your new home to the arts and experience a special night of community choir, music, dance and more.
Weaving through our outdoor spaces, the trees of the foyer and into our incredible new theatre, this special event features members of our very own community.
You’re all invited.
Supported by Festivals Australia
Bookings are essential to secure a seat. No bookings required for outdoor viewing only.
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre has a COVID safe plan.
Sold Out | Gippsland Performing Arts Centre Opening Night
OPEN Comedy Gala
We’re raising the curtain on a huge comedy line-up.
Saturday 5 March | 8PM | GPAC Theatre
For the first time we present world class comedy heroes helmed by the legendary Dave Thornton.
Featuring Peter Helliar, Nikki Britton, Lizzy Hoo and Vidya Rajan, you’re in for a barrel of actual LOLs to get you warmed up for a regular showing of comedy talent. This place, in your own backyard, is going to rival some of the most applauded comedy venues in the country.
Get ready for more.
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre has a flexible COVID refund policy.
Client Liaison
Pull out your deluxe leisure suit and make it extra.
Friday 4 March | 8PM | GPAC Theatre
Client Liaison are bringing theirs and more to this epic occasion.
Special guests, The Merindas, will have you living your best life and channelling your most favourite girl groups of the nineties.
Having cemented themselves as both festival favourites and performing to regular sold-out crowds, this will be an otherworldly christening of GPAC as not just a theatre but a legitimate music destination.
The party starts here.
Gippsland Performing Arts Centre has a flexible COVID refund policy.
with special guests The Merindas
