5964 2088 or visit www.montdelancey.org.au

From March 3 to April 6, Mont De Lancey is presenting an exhition/sale in The Gallery by the Two09 Group of Artisans. Their works have been inspired and created with the history and ambience of the Homestead, its surrounds and history in mind - an eclectic multi-mix of media will be on display.

Time: 10am-4pm (closed Mondays & Tuesdays, expect for group bookings)

Cost: $5pp entry fee to the Gallery and Museum (self-serve tea and coffee available)

5962 6055 or visit www.healesvilleart.com.au

Heart gallery was formed to support, promote and involve serious artists of the region with exhibiting and selling in their own art space. It represents local and regional artists, and features traditional and contemporary paintings, photography, ceramics, limestone sculpture, mosaics, textile, mixed media works, silver art jewellery and creative jewellery. Heart Gallery welcomes serious artists to apply for membership.

Time: Wednesday-Sunday, 10am-4pm

9760 8100 or visit www.kuranga.com.au

Commencing Saturday 6^th March and running to Sunday 14^th March (including Labour Day holiday), Kuranga Native Nursery will have plants to suit every situation. Choose from their huge selection on offer including groundcovers, grasses, climbers, small to medium shrubs, large shrubs to trees - sale plant prices starting at $2.95 through to $8.95.

5962 1977 or visit www.mtrael.com.au

Once again Mt Rael is participating in the Express lunch where two-courses and a glass of local wine, tea/coffee is available.

Cost: $35 per person

5962 6111

Enjoy Four & More who are fast becoming one of the most requested ensembles in Melbourne. Led by the gorgeous Jessica Martin with a highly experienced three piece male backing band in tow, Four&More play a wide repertoire of jazz, pop, blues, soul, latin and funk. Come in and enjoy some cool jazz and soft swing classics with a glass or two of wine!

Time: 7pm

Cost: free music

13 6100 or visit www.marysvilletourism.com

In 2010 Marysville will be back presenting the World's Longest Lunch to showcase the food, wine and hospitality of the region. Sit at the long table in the lush green valley and river flats of Steavensons River to enjoy local cool climate wines, trout, olive oil and other treasures prepared by four of the region's finest chefs.
 
Come celebrate our recovery!

Time: 12pm-4pm

Cost: $95

0425 794 167 or visit www.yvgg.com.au

Yarra Valley Gourmet Greenhouse will be hosting a Farmers' Market to celebrate certified organic and local produce. Also participating will be: Australian Harvest; Raw Wine and Beer; and Yarra Valley Dairy. Wild Oak will be catering in the morning. Enjoy wood-fired pizzas and live music from midday. Browse the market, then relax on the lawn by Ferndale Creek to enjoy the spoils.

Also, be inspired by passionate chefs who use the certified organic produce on their everyday menus. Classes and tastings will be held in a private garden setting, and will feature: Rob Barbey from B.coz; Katherine Lipic from Little Zephyr (kids' cooking class); Mathew Macartney from Chateau Yering; and Dale Prentice from Stones of the Yarra Valley. Cooking class numbers are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

Time: 9am-4pm

Cost: FREE entry (prices vary for cooking classes)

1300 766 784 or www.zoos.org.au

What's Up Skip? is the perfect outing for couples, groups or families looking for a truly unique experience. So get your friends together, grab a picnic rug and feel the 'serenity' at Healesville Sanctuary. Arrive from 6pm and settle in amongst the towering gums for an evening of entertainment. A fun Skippy trivia session will be followed by an episode of the classic TV series. Then, as the sun sets, your feature film will commence...

Time: entry from 6pm

Cost: Adults $16, children $10

5967 1358 or visit www.bulongestate.com.au

Get a group together and join us for a traditional Spanish four-course dinner accompanied by the music of our live Latin American guitarist. Antointe has devised a menu that is sure to impress. On arrival there will be a complimentary glass of sangria and the meal will start with a tantalising selection of tapas. This will be followed by hearty paella, cooked the traditional way with chicken, choritzo and seafood. A palate cleanser of Spanish cheese and salad will lead into a classic Spanish dessert.

Cost: $65 per person (drinks at bar prices)

5957 3510 or visit www.tarrawarra.com.au

TarraWarra Estate’s paddocks, orchards and kitchen garden are bursting with fresh produce – they will be celebrating the 2010 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival with an unforgettable feast featuring the food and wine grown and crafted by the people of the Estate.

Guests will be able to share in this year’s harvest and get an insight into the joy of creating dishes from the freshest Estate-grown produce and locally sourced ingredients. The four-course menu will be matched to wines grown and made from the same soils.

Time: 7pm-10.30pm

Cost: $135 (four-courses and matching wines)

5962 5688 or visit www.threestories.com.au

Tutor: Ember Fairbairn-Ramsay (artist). Free up you artmaking! Using various techniques to 'get yourself out of the way' and allow your innate creativity to move. Utilises some creative techniques and mind tricks. This class could become ongoing if there is sufficient interest.

Time: 10am-4pm

Cost: $95 per person

5962 5760 or visit www.dominiqueportet.com

Dominique Portet sparkling wine and a straight pinot noir mmm… The friends of petanque will gather under the umbrellas. A French throwing of the silver balls on the pitch will test your skill. Bring your team and we’ll have winemakers doing the harvest, pies and pinot prepared. A fun run thrown in, around the vineyard and dam… purely perfect Portet.

Cost: Free

5964 3284 or visit www.sevillehill.com.au

Summer Jazz at Seville Hill is a perfect way to spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon with family and friends. Join us at the winery under the shade of the 150 year old elm trees or on the terraced lawn while listening to the smooth sounds of jazz performed by the Chris Dal Trio joined by up and coming young musicians.

Free entry and light meals available. The menu will include: freshly made cheese & antipasto plates; gourmet BBQ; vegetarian options; and desserts. Children’s menu also available.

Time: 12pm-5pm

5965 3528

As in "The Odyssey", the Aegean Sea is the setting when our hero, Elias, sets out on his adventures. On the same waters, under the same sun and the same sky as the dawn of civilization. After countless incidents and accidents, a stopover in paradise and a sojourn in hell, the magical conclusion of his journey takes place in Paris....Paris, the shining city in the deepest dreams, in the most uncertain sleep of wanderers.

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $8 per person

5966 4500 or visit www.harmonyfest.org

Harmony Festival 2010 Joy, Peace, Unity For All. The Harmony Festival celebrates social cohesion, tolerance, cultural diversity and harmony in community through interfaith dialogue, visual art, music, self development workshops, education, community activities and food.

1300 766 784 or visit www.zoos.org.au

What's Up Skip? is the perfect outing for couples, groups or families looking for a truly unique experience. So get your friends together, grab a picnic rug and feel the 'serenity' at Healesville Sanctuary. Arrive from 6pm and settle in amongst the towering gums for an evening of entertainment. A fun Skippy trivia session will be followed by an episode of the classic TV series. Then, as the sun sets, your feature film will commence...

Time: entry from 6pm

Cost: Adults $16, children $10

0401 905 777 or tim@mountainsports.com.au

The Lake Mountain Sprint tarmac rally will return to the mountain of its moniker, bringing more than just exotic cars and exciting action to the twisting tarmac. The two-day event will also produce some much needed tourist dollars and support for the fire-ravaged community of Marysville and the alpine resort of Lake Mountain, which was all but destroyed in the Black Saturday inferno.

An outdoor market with approximately 50 stalls selling a wide variety of items including hand-crafted goods and home-grown and local produce. Quality live entertainment will entice you to stay for lunch in the alfresco dining area. Both hot and cold take away food is available for purchase. All proceeds go to Wandin North Primary School.

Time: 9am-2pm

Cost: FREE

9730 1332 or visit www.yarravalleyracing.com.au

Enjoy a great day out at the Yarra Valley Cup; with great local foods, wine and racing, there’s plenty to entertain. A highlight of the day will be the specially created Food & Wine Avenue offering a taste of the Yarra Valley.

Presented by Yarra Valley suppliers, the Avenue will showcase sensational Yarra Valley produce, as well as award winning Yarra Valley wines, available for purchase by the glass or bottle.It’s a perfect opportunity to taste the best the Yarra Valley has to offer or simply picnic on the lawns with a glass of wine while enjoying a great days racing.

Visitors can relax and listen to the tunes of the live band, be dazzled by the roving entertainment, or for the fashion conscious there’s the Fashions on the Field competition.

Spectacular racing plus food and wine, combined with a relaxed picnic atmosphere, all add up to a great and entertaining day out.

9739 0222

Our seafood evening brings the Yarra Valley and the coast together at Vines Restaurant. The menu will be a selection of fresh seafood and local produce served table buffet style and finished with a stunning dessert.

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $85 per person

5962 4158

Enjoy the show plus full buffet dinner at Sanctuary House Resort Motel.

Cost: $40 per person

www.yarravalleysmallerwineries.com.au

Join the Smaller Wineries of the Yarra Valley for the inaugral Harvest Feast. The event will provide a harvest feast located at four venues across the Yarra Valley, with three to four wineries represented at each venue.

Each venue will provide a three course meal matched with wines plus the owners and/or winemakers will be on hand to talk about the wines. The following venues and wineries are participating (in alphabetical order):

* Five Oaks Vineyard lunch on Sunday March 28 with Seville Estate and Yarra Track Wines. To book phone Seville Estate 5964 2622

* The Sebel Heritage dinner on Saturday March 27 with Badgers Brook Vineyard, Boat O'Craigo, Lirralirra Estate and Yering Farm Wines. To book phone The Sebel on 9760 3355

* Seville Hill Winery lunch on Sunday March 28 with Billanook Estate and Warramate Wines. To book phone Seville Hill 5964 3282

* Yarra Valley Conference Centre lunch on Sunday March 28 with Allinda Winery, Millers Dixon Creek Estate, Steels Creek Estate and Yileena Park. To book phone Yarra Valley Conference Centre 9730 1977

0411 051 902 or visit www.vjmc.org.au

1300 766 784 or visit www.zoos.org.au

What's Up Skip? is the perfect outing for couples, groups or families looking for a truly unique experience. So get your friends together, grab a picnic rug and feel the 'serenity' at Healesville Sanctuary. Arrive from 6pm and settle in amongst the towering gums for an evening of entertainment. A fun Skippy trivia session will be followed by an episode of the classic TV series. Then, as the sun sets, your feature film will commence...

Time: entry from 6pm

Cost: Adults $16, children $10

0437 664 121 or visit www.gembrookvillage.com.au/events

The Gembrook Market features a wide range of mostly local Craft and fresh Produce. A family friendly fun outing. Free to visit. Every 4th Sunday in the Month.

Time: 9am - 3pm

5962 2119 or visit www.rochfordwines.com

Custom built car enthusiasts come together for a day of great wine, food, music and fun to celebrate Eagles Rods and Custom Club's 50th anniversary.

Over 500 customer built cars from all over the state will arrive and line up on the green for all to see. Registrations are from 8am-10am. Entrance fee applies per rod and there are several prices to be won.

Be entertained by Rock and Roll band 'Itchy Fingers' and join in with the rock n roll dances. Get into the spririt of the day and dress to impress. Prizes will be awarded for the best costume!

A trade alley will be set up for the car enthusiasts and a craft market for all to enjoy. The Rochford cafe will be open all day serving breakfast and lunch; alternatively the restaurant is open for lunch from 12pm-3pm. Outdoors there is a Courtyard Deli Bar where you can design your own platter or select a gourmet pie from the pastry bar. Of course, a great selection of wines and beers will be available to purchase. No BYO permitted.

CFA Healesville are also supporting the day with car parking and sausage sizzle. It will be a fun day for all the family, so pack the chairs or bring along a picnic rug and enjoy all that Rochford in the Yarra Valley has to offer!

Time: 9am-5pm

Cost: FREE entry (hot rod fee will apply)

5965 3528

From one of Hollywood's hottest new directors comes a dramatic comedy about a man whose only connections in life are those between flights. George Clooney stars as a downsizing expert who spends most of his life in transit. When a young graduate hotshot proposes a rationalizing move to video conferencing, he sees his lifestyle under threat just as he's met a like-minded fellow traveller who he happily keeps running into.

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $8 per person

5966 4500

By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he is not alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.

Time: 11am

Cost: $7 per person

5965 3528

It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean.

Time: 11am

Cost:  $7 per person

5964 2088 or visit www.montdelancey.org.au

From March 3 to April 6, Mont De Lancey is presenting an exhition/sale in The Gallery by the Two09 Group of Artisans. Their works have been inspired and created with the history and ambience of the Homestead, its surrounds and history in mind - an eclectic multi-mix of media will be on display.

Time: 10am-4pm (closed Mondays & Tuesdays, expect for group bookings)

Cost: $5pp entry fee to the Gallery and Museum (self-serve tea and coffee available)

www.yarraglenartshow.com.au

The grand Easter exhibition will be held at Alowyn Gardens. $300 will be awarded to each of three works inspired by, or representing, an aspect of the Yarra Valley.

1300 966 784 or visit www.zoos.org.au

What's Up Skip? is the perfect outing for couples, groups or families looking for a truly unique experience. So get your friends together, grab a picnic rug and feel the 'serenity' at Healesville Sanctuary. Arrive from 6pm and settle in amongst the towering gums for an evening of entertainment. A fun Skippy trivia session will be followed by an episode of the classic TV series. Then, as the sun sets, your feature film will commence...

Time: entry from 6pm

Cost: Adults $16, children $10

5962 4506 (race day only) or visit www.healesvilleraces.com.au

They're off! The Healesville racecourse is the perfect setting for a family picnic. There is plenty of lawn space and many shaded areas for spreading the picnic rug. The racing is keen with large fields. The feeling of being close to the action where ever you are around the course, adds excitement to the pleasure of relaxing in a picturesque setting. Plenty of kids activities also.

Time: from 1.15pm (approx)

Cost: Adults $10, Pensioners $5, Under 18 FREE

5966 4500

An adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world--a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.

Time: 11am

Cost: $7 per person

5965 3528

A coming-of-age musical comedy that celebrates the adventure of finding home, Rachel Perkins' third feature is based on Jimmy Chi's 1990 landmark Aboriginal stage musical. Set in the summer of 1969, young lives in the idyllic port of Broome, Western Australia. Plucking up the courage to court local girl Rosie, Willie's romantic intentions are cut-short by his religious mother and the bad tempered Father Benedictus (Geoffrey Rush) who conspire to send him to catholic school.

Time: 7.30pm (April 6 & 10), 2pm (April 11)

Cost: $8 per person (April 6 & 11) and $11 per person (April 10)

5965 3528

Back by popular demand! Circus, Drama, Games, Crazy Characters and Loads of Fun with Mandy Pickett. Peacock feathers, sticks, brooms and chairs! Hula Hoops, Juggling balls scarves, plate spinning and Group Pyramids; come join in the fun.

Time: 1pm-2.30pm

Cost: $15 per person (suitable for ages 6-12 years)

5966 4500

Joyoti brings to life the art of Odissi! Learn the graceful, elegant and lyrical Indian Classical Dances from Orissa. Participants wil llearn the basic exercises, steps, neck movements and their names, foot positions and basic hand gestures of this rich, eartly and intimate dramtic dance form. A feast for the spirit, eyes and body!

Time: 12pm-4pm

Cost: $30 per person (suitable for ages 10 and above)

5964 3284 or visit www.sevillehill.com.au

Summer Jazz at Seville Hill is a perfect way to spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon with family and friends. Join us at the winery under the shade of the 150 year old elm trees or on the terraced lawn while listening to the smooth sounds of jazz performed by the Chris Dal Trio joined by up and coming young musicians.

Free entry and light meals available. The menu will include: freshly made cheese & antipasto plates; gourmet BBQ; vegetarian options; and desserts. Children’s menu also available.

Time: 12pm-5pm

5962 2119 or visit www.rochfordwines.com

Live music and entertainment on offer. Activities and fun for the whole family. Wine tasting and gourmet food. Help raise money for a great cause.

Choose from the 45km recreational ride highlighting the picturesque Yarra Valley or the 20km Nemisis challenge featuring Mt Donna Buang.

9737 9660 or info@mdcbs.com

Come and enjoy hot rods, classic, custom and vintage cars, classic and custom bikes, utes, Chev/F-Trucks, plus a wedding car and limousine exhibition. Trade alley, live bands and food stalls also available.

Time: gates open 10am, prizes and presentations $4pm

Cost: $5 entry for adults (under 16 free)

5965 3528

Pedro Almodovar's latest film starring Penelope Cruz. A man writes, lives and loves in darkness. Fourteen years before, he was in a brutal car crash on the island of Lanzarote. In the accident, he not only lost his sight, he also lost Lena, the love of his life. A story of amour fou, dominated by fatality, jealously, the abuse of power, treachery and guilt.

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $8 per person

5964 2088 or visit www.montdelancey.org.au

An Exhibition/Sale in The Gallery, celebrating a mother's journey, exploring colour and the beauty of nature as the river flows towards the sea. Specialising in silk paintings and scarves, enhanced with a collection of mixed media.

Time: 10am-4.30pm (Wednesday to Sunday) - group bookings may be made for Monday/Tuesday

Cost: $5pp entry, which includes self-serve tea & coffee.

5966 4500

The Kransky Sisters are back from their tour of the wilds of Europe with Three Bags Full. Don't miss the award-winning trio as Mourne, Eve and youngest sister Dawn hit the long and winding road. In this new simmering mix of music, song and story, these three curious and dysfunctional siblings, with their naive take on the world, will share with you their experiences of their recent journey to Europe, where shoes are made of wood and cars drive on the wrong side of the road. Equipped with their trusty tambourines, tuba, musical-saw, kitchen pots, toilet brush and a 1960s reed keyboard, The Kransky Sisters will share their own peculiar renditions of songs from The Bee Gees to Plastic Bertrand and Devo to AC/DC. The Kransky Sisters will boil up their own special pot of porridge that is sure to have you glued to your seat!

Time: 8pm

Cost: Adults $34, Concession $31.90

5962 5688 or visit www.threestories.com.au

Lesley Dickman (artist) will take you from sketching in the landscape to producing a large painted canvas, through explorative techniques, interpretation and a contemporary approach. Great for established artsits or beginners.

Time: 10am-4pm

Cost: $290

5965 3528

Imagine John Lennon's childhood... A lonely teenager, curious and sharp, growing up in the shattered city of Liverpool. Two incredible women clash for his love. Mimi (Kristin Scott-Thomas), the formidable aunt who raised him, and Julia (Anne-Marie Duff), the spirited mother who gave him up. Yearning for a normal family, John (Aaron Johnson) escapes into music. Poignant and powerful, the untold story of the boy who created The Beatles.

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $8 per person (April 20) and $11 per person (April 24)

1300 766 784 or visit www.zoos.org.au

What's Up Skip? is the perfect outing for couples, groups or families looking for a truly unique experience. So get your friends together, grab a picnic rug and feel the 'serenity' at Healesville Sanctuary. Arrive from 6pm and settle in amongst the towering gums for an evening of entertainment. A fun Skippy trivia session will be followed by an episode of the classic TV series. Then, as the sun sets, your feature film will commence...

Time: entry from 6pm

Cost: Adults $16, children $10

5964 3284 or visit www.sevillehill.com.au

Summer Jazz at Seville Hill is a perfect way to spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon with family and friends. Join us at the winery under the shade of the 150 year old elm trees or on the terraced lawn while listening to the smooth sounds of jazz performed by the Chris Dal Trio joined by up and coming young musicians.

Free entry and light meals available. The menu will include: freshly made cheese & antipasto plates; gourmet BBQ; vegetarian options; and desserts. Children’s menu also available.

Time: 12pm-5pm

0437 664 121 or visit www.gembrookvillage.com.au/events

The Gembrook Market features a wide range of mostly local Craft and fresh Produce. A family friendly fun outing. Free to visit. Every 4th Sunday in the Month.

Time: 9am-3pm

5965 3528

From Best Directing Oscar winner Clint Eastwood comes the inspiring true story of how newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman, in the role he was born to play) joined forces with the white captain of his country's rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country. Knowing his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid, Mandela believes he can bring his people together through a shared passion for sport.

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $8 per person

5965 3528

Award-winning director Jane Campion, makes a triumphant return with the visually stunning and utterly moving drama about English poet John Keats. Based on a true story, Campion's film reveals the relationship between Miss Fannie Brawne (Sommersault's Abbie Cornish) a headstrong young woman whose taste for progressive fashions and speaking her mind was at-odds with 19th-centrury English society and English poet Keats (Whishaw).

Time: 7.30pm (May 4 & 8) and 2pm (May 9)

Cost: $8 per person (May 4 & 9) and $11 per person (May 8)

5964 4650

Raising funds for the local CFA. Enjoy Devonshire tea specials.

Time: 10am-4pm

Cost: Adults $5, Concession $4, Children under 12 free

5962 5688 or visit www.threestories.com.au

Tutor: Ember Fairbairn-Ramsay (artist). One of the most ancient and enduring forms of painting, encaustic can be used with oil based paint media, pigments and resins and is fantastic for mixed media and collage artists as well, you can use paper, textiles, or even sculpt with it. A very freeing and versatile medium.

Time: 10am-4pm

Cost: $95

5964 3015

Spoil Mum this year for Mother's Day at Elmswood Estate! Enjoy a glass of sparkline on arrival, a gift for every mum, three course meal, selected Elmswood Estate wine and plunger tea/coffee. The menu has been created by internationally acclaimed, award-winning chef Ben Higgs from Wild Oak Restaurant, Olinda. Children's menus also available upon request.

Time: from 12.30pm

Cost: $80 per person

5965 3528

The breakout comedy sensation of the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival, THE FRENCH KISSERS premiered in Director's Fortnight to a raucous audience and critical ovation. A rollicking tale of a pair of teens who are far removed from the cool crowd, as they suffer the endless embarrassments and minor triumphs of their first sexual longings. Remarkably fresh and smart, but most of all flat-out hilarious.

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $8 per person

5965 3528

Torn apart by the shattering impact of the death of his long-time lover, college professor George Falconer (Colin Firth) experiences the most transformative day of his life, blending past and present, desire and despair, and discovering that love persists even after the object of love is gone. Set in a sun-drenched 1960s California coastal canyon, featuring revealing performances by Julianne Moore and Matthew Goode, Best Actor - Colin Firth - 2009 Venice Film Festival

Time: 7.30pm

Cost: $8 per person (May 18) and $11 per person (May 22)

www.gembrookvillage.com.au/events  or 0437 664 121

The Gembrook Market features a wide range of mostly local Craft and fresh Produce. A family friendly fun outing. Free to visit. 9am to 3pm. Every 4th Sunday in the Month.

9739 0222 or visit www.vinesrestaurant.com.au

Join us for a glass of sparkling and canapes at Vines Restaurant at Helens Hill Wedding Expo featuring dedicated wedding professionals from the Yarra Valley and surrounding regions. Exhibitors involved in all aspects of booking a successfull wedding will be showcasing their products and services. Door Prizes - Live Entertainment - Free Magazine Giveaways.

5962 2119 or visit www.rochfordwines.com

Hot Salsa and Funky Beats! Held inside the Rochford Winery Restaurant, Barrel and Cellar Door. Warm up with Melbourne Salsa Dance Lessons followed by a South African band in the Vineyard Restaurant with DJ and bongo’s in the barrel room.

This is the second year that we have run Wine Quests mid year winter event with a live 15 piece South American band, sensational sexy salsa, exciting dance lessons with Melbourne Salsa, open fires, toasted marshmallows, spit roast and hot mulled wine.

Some Shelter and open fires will be provided around the Restaurant Courtyard. Limited tables and chairs available. Recommended for over 18’s.

Time: 6pm-1am

Cost: $50 (includes entry and entertainment, dinner and a glass of wine)

5962 5688 or visit www.threestories.com.au

Tutor: Ember Fairbairn-Ramsay (artist). Oil painting can be intimidating but rewarding. We will cover the principles of oil painting in a modern context, experiment with washes and glazes, shape and texture, and learn how NOT to make mud out of it!

Time: 10am-4pm

Cost: $95

www.gembrookvillage.com.au/events  or 0437 664 121

The Gembrook Market features a wide range of mostly local Craft and fresh Produce. A family friendly fun outing. Free to visit. 9am to 3pm. Every 4th Sunday in the Month.

5965 3528

It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean.

Time: 11am

Cost:  $7 per person

5966 4500

Let your imagination soar as you conjure up a mythical creature to ride through your dreamscape and the school holidays. Horse, Dragon, Unicorn, Eagle; the possibilities are endless. Local artist Sioux Dollman can help dream up and create your new flight of fancy to take home!

Time: 11am-12.30pm

Cost: $15 per person

5966 4500

A fun filled session learning to drum to the world beat! Explore and play with performance percussionist Neda Rahami. Join the drum circle and try your hand at Big Bass Drums, African Hand Drums, Shakers, Clap-sticks, Bells and Tambourines. All instruments are provided, everyone is welcome and no prior experience is needed to join in.

Time: 10am-11.30am

Cost: $15 per person (suitable for 6-12 years)

5965 3528

Let your imagination soar as you conjure up a mythical creature to ride through your dreamscape and the school holidays. Horse, Dragon, Unicorn, Eagle; the possibilities are endless. Local artist Sioux Dollman can help dream up and create your new flight of fancy to take home!

Time: 1pm-2.30pm

Cost: $15 per person