Immerse yourself in the arts -The 9th Margaret River Art Auction showcases a diverse range of work from internationally acclaimed artisans as well as the region's most exciting emerging artists. See a stunning collection of paintings, sculpture, photography, glass and textiles go under the hammer or make a bid in our popular silent auction. Enjoy...
Enjoy a self drive tour of gardens in Margaret River that are open just for this event. (A fundraiser for Arts Margaret River ) Springfield Garden, Bussell Hwy – 10am with morning tea Rosemary and Bob Taylor’s large country garden is packed with cool climate winter flowering treasures overlooking a lake where they source their...
Give yourself a day off and join Arts Margaret River at the Margaret River Cultural Centre to hear a variety of speakers with morning tea and a light lunch provided. Travelling on the trail of Old Roses Di Durston, has just returned from speaking at an international Heritage Rose conference in Hyderabad. Di, a tea...
Major fundraiser for the Margaret River Organic Garden...an all ages friendly event with a variety of organic/sustainably focused market stalls, live entertainment, art exhibition & sales, garden related speaker programme & refreshments...all set in the beautiful natural spaces created with the volunteer run and maintained Margaret River Organic Garden.
You are invited by Margaret River Amnesty International in partnership with the Uniting Church Margaret River and Tig-Le House to the screening of Jessica Taylor’s documentary: “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”. The film tells the story of the refugee through candid interviews, hidden camera footage and asylum seekers themselves. Guest speaker Dr.Caroline...
The long awaited annual Cowaramup Sunday Sundowners are on again every Sunday in February from 5pm to 7pm. Held in Pioneer Park Cowaramup, these family friendly concerts feature the best live performances by local South West musicians. Bring a picnic or purchase food and drinks from the local community stalls. No entry fee but donations...
The long awaited annual Cowaramup Sunday Sundowners are on again every Sunday in February from 5pm to 7pm. Held in Pioneer Park Cowaramup, these family friendly concerts feature the best live performances by local South West musicians. Bring a picnic or purchase food and drinks from the local community stalls. No entry fee but donations...
The long awaited annual Cowaramup Sunday Sundowners are on again every Sunday in February from 5pm to 7pm. Held in Pioneer Park Cowaramup, these family friendly concerts feature the best live performances by local South West musicians. Bring a picnic or purchase food and drinks from the local community stalls. No entry fee but donations...
The long awaited annual Cowaramup Sunday Sundowners are on again every Sunday in February from 5pm to 7pm. Held in Pioneer Park Cowaramup, these family friendly concerts feature the best live performances by local South West musicians. Bring a picnic or purchase food and drinks from the local community stalls. No entry fee but donations...
Shaun Tan has donated his book Rules of Summer to create a performance artwork. Anita Haywood will draw portraits with a sewing machine as a fundraiser for Amnesty International International. This will happen at Pauline McLeod's Margaret River Bookshop on 21st March. Book your time & background image to have your portrait drawn by Contacting...
You are invited by Margaret River Amnesty International in partnership with the Uniting Church Margaret River and Tig-Le House to the screening of Mary Meets Mohammad. The film follows the arrival of Tasmania’s first asylum seeker detention centre through the eyes of local knitting club member Mary. This is the regular Sunday cinema movie slot....
Surfrider family fundraiser
unReal is for those of us who escape. A film that celebrates breaking free from the confines of reality and venturing into a boundless world. This place isn’t remote or hard to find, and yet many never see it. Here, glacial walls transform into mountain bike trails, rain and snow aren't the only elements to...
Forced out of his own company by former protégé Darren Cross, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas) recruits the talents of Scott Lang (Paul Rudd), a master thief just released from prison. Lang becomes Ant-Man, trained by Pym and armed with a suit that allows him to shrink in size, possess superhuman strength and control an...
Join us in a whole lot of yarn-spinning and creative fun knit, crochet, felt, sew or create beanies for a Fashion Parade, Exhibition and Fundraising Extravaganza OR Organise a Beanie Knit-In over winter Beanie patterns available below and from The Sewing Shop Margaret River or online. Donations of wool welcomed at the Arts Margaret River...
We keep unearthing more gardens to share. Join Julie Kinney on another wonderful gardening adventure as she shows you the diversity of the Margaret River region. You will be visiting private coastal gardens not viewed before, featuring everything from tropical and natives to exotics. Be privy to exploring these special gardens, listen to great gardening...
In 1999, Munjed Al Muderis was a young surgical resident working in Baghdad when a squad of military police marched into the operating theatre and ordered the surgical team to mutilate the ears of three busloads of army deserters. When the head of surgery refused, he was executed in front of his staff. Munjed's choices...
Come down to Fair Harvest for a beautiful spring sun-downer featuring performances from local bands Blue Child Collective, Tony Lane Electric and Salt Tree. There will be a bar, great food, a raffle, lovely gifts for sale and heaps of information about what's happening in our forests and the upcoming election campaign to protect them....
FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER, 6PM - 8.30PM Margaret River Cultural Centre Foyer Gallery Featuring over 40 unique, handcrafted birdhouses for auction. The auction commences at 7pm and canapes and bar facilities will be available. The solid jarrah birdhouses were made by the Cowaramup Men's Shed and decorated by local artists including Leon...
Please note: TICKETS SOLD OUT. THERE WILL BE NO TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR. Sausage sizzle available for purchase from 6pm (proceeds will go to MRPS P&C). Movie starts at 7pm. After slipping through a mirror, Alice finds herself back in Underland with the White Queen, the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, Tweedledee...
Margaret River Off Road Cycling Association presents: NOT BAD and NOT2BAD STARRING: Brandon Semenuk, Brett Rheeder, Cam McCaul, Ryan Howard, Casey Brown, Andrew Shandro, Ruben Alcantara and Sergio Layos, with Rachel, Gee & Dan Atherton. LICENSED BAR and RAFFLE PRIZES. Doors open at 6pm. Movie screening at 7:30pm. Tickets: Adults $20, Youth (school age) $15....
ARTS MARGARET RIVER FUNDRAISER LUNCH Holmes a Court Gallery, Vasse Felix Winery, Caves Rd, Cowaramup We invite you to join us for a special artist floortalk and lunch in the Holmes a Court Gallery. Rachel Coad is the artist in residence for the month of August and she will talk about the exhibition and her art practice...
Meet & Greet: New Australian Talent Sam Carmody and Brooke Davis share the stories behind their latest books. Followed by Q&A and book signing. The Windy Season Set against an often wild and unforgiving sea, this debut novel unravels the mysteries of an inhospitable West Australian town and its residents. A young fisherman is missing from...
NERVE Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico (Emma Roberts) is tired of living life on the sidelines. Pressured by her friends, Vee decides to join Nerve, a popular online game that challenges players to accept a series of dares. It's not long before the adrenaline-fueled competition requires her to perform increasingly dangerous stunts. When Nerve...
Local identity Heather Locke shares her fascinating stories from around Australia. After spending 43 months on the road, Heather has many tales to tell - from her favourite big rocks, to house sitting hints and everything in between. Join Heather in conversation with Margot Edwards to raise funds for the 2017 Readers & Writers Festival....
Margaret River Readers and Writers Pre-Festival Event Bar opens at 6pm | Movie starts 7pm THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS - 7pm Mystery/Drama film ‧ 1h 52m Tom is a World War I veteran who maintains a lighthouse off the shore of Australia with his wife Isabel, a woman desperate to have a baby. Her prayers...
A Margaret River Readers & Writers Pre-Festival Fundraiser Hades, Candice Fox's first novel, won the Ned Kelly Award for best debut in 2014 from the Australian Crime Writers Association. The sequel, Eden, won the Ned Kelly Award for best crime novel in 2015, making Candice only the second author to win these accolades back-to-back. Also,...
A concert by members of the South West Baroque Ensemble. The concert is in aid of Opportunity International (using microfinance to solve poverty) Book at trybooking.com or at the Margaret River Bookshop
Come along to this pre-festival fundraiser to have your Jasper Jones book signed, watch the movie and participate in a Q&A with the author himself, Craig Silvey. Bar opens at 7.30pm | Movie starts 8pm JASPER JONES - 8pm Mystery/Drama film ‧ 1h 45m Australian film directed by Rachel Perkins and based on the novel...
Karridale Primary School P and C fundraiser. Car boot sale. Stall/boot /Table $20. Free entry. Set up by 8.30 am.
THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE - Margaret River Senior High School Fundraiser Raffle tickets & sausage sizzle available for purchase from 6pm (proceeds will go to MRSHS Country Week Fundraiser). Movie starts at 7pm. Animation, Action, Adventure . 1h44min There are big changes brewing in Gotham, but if Batman (Will Arnett) wants to save the city...
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE MARGARET RIVER MONTESSORI SCHOOL FUNDRAISER Movie starts at 7pm. Hot dogs and burgers available for purchase from 6:15pm. Action/Adventure ‧ 1h 29m Two overly imaginative pranksters named George and Harold, hypnotize their principal into thinking he's a ridiculously enthusiastic, incredibly dimwitted superhero named Captain Underpants. REVIEWS: **** Rottentomatoes.com rating:...
A Readers & Writers Festival Fundraiser Judy Nunn returns with a stunning portrait of love, hope and survival on an isolated island off Western Australia in her latest book Sanctuary. Many years ago, as part of a local writers’ festival, Judy had the opportunity to visit the Houtman Abrolhos, a chain of islands off the...
ONLY THE BRAVE AUGUSTA MARGARET RIVER VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS FUNDRAISER (All funds raised will go towards equipping the Shire Support Trailer which is used by all volunteer fire fighters) Action/Adventure ‧ 1h 29m Based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a group of elite firefighters who risk everything to protect a town...
MARGARET RIVER READERS AND WRITERS PRE-FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER. Bar opens at 6.00pm | Movie starts 7pm TULIP FEVER - 8pm Drama ‧ 1h 47m Set against the backdrop of the 17th-century Tulip Wars, a married noblewoman (Alicia Vikander) has an affair with an artist (Dane DeHaan) and switches identities with her maid to escape the wealthy...
A Readers & Writers Festival Fundraiser Meet Robin Esrock, bestselling Vancouver-based author, award-winning journalist, blogger, producer, and broadcaster as he speaks about his latest book The Great Global Bucket List.. For over a decade, bestselling author, TV host and travel expert Robin Esrock has sought out the extraordinary, visiting 110 countries on 7 continents in...
Join us on a bus trip to Collie to view the Inaugural Collie Art prize (an acquisitive $50,000 prize award - the highest regional art prize in Australia) 500 people entered and only 45 were chosen including Wendy and Bill Castleden's daughter Susanna Castleden and Monique Tippett whose work - 'Tree Columns' - hangs is...
CAR RALLY - SCAVENGER HUNT Rally your team and start your engines for a fun-filled adventure around the Margaret River Region! Arts Margaret River is hosting a "Rally Round the Region" on Sunday 29 July and it promises to be fun for all ages with some awesome prizes up for grabs! While there is a...
READERS & WRITERS FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER STORM BOY Adventure / Drama / Family ‧ 1h39m A beautiful and contemporary retelling of Colin Thiele's classic Australian tale. 'Storm Boy' has grown up to be Michael Kingley, a successful retired businessman and grandfather. When Kingley starts to see images from his past that he can't explain, he is...
PLEASE NOTE: LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR ONLY ON MONDAY EVENING Comedian, screenwriter & bestselling author Ben Elton, returns with a blistering satire of the world as it crumbles around us. No one is safe as he sends up everything from fake news culture to extreme gender politics, from political sloganism to the...
Amnesty Margaret River invites you to recognise the plight of refugees around the world during Refugee Week. Join Manus Island Refugee and Award winning author, Associate Professor Boochani as he chats live from Manus Island with former radio broadcaster & local historian Bill Bunbury. Hear first-hand about the hardships of Manus Island life as a...
MARGARET RIVER READERS & WRITERS FESTIVAL FUNDRAISER Bar opens at 6.30pm | Movie starts 7pm ALL IS TRUE Drama/History ‧ 1h 41m The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where...
Iyengar: The man, yoga, and the student's journey Special screening - not available in Australian cinemas! This intimate portrait of B.K.S. Iyengar, recognized worldwide as one of yoga's foremost teachers, explores his legacy and wide-reaching influence among yoga practitioners. Through never-before-seen interviews with family, students, and Guruji himself, Jake Clennell's documentary explores how his teachings have...
Iyengar: The man, yoga, and the student's journey Special screening - not available in Australian cinemas! This intimate portrait of B.K.S. Iyengar, recognized worldwide as one of yoga's foremost teachers, explores his legacy and wide-reaching influence among yoga practitioners. Through never-before-seen interviews with family, students, and Guruji himself, Jake Clennell's documentary explores how his teachings have...