Organisers of the Newstead Live Festival announced Wednesday 21 January – just as the TT was going to press – that it was cancelling its 2026 event scheduled for this weekend. In a statement posted on social media, the team said: “It’s with a heavy heart that we announce the cancellation of the 2026 festival.…
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Easter Egg Hunt at the Maldon Athenaeum Library We have been notified that the Easter Bunny herself will be making some deliveries to the library on Easter Saturday, 18 April. There will be eggs for both children and adults, but you will need to hunt to find them in cunningly hidden spots. Hunting commences at…
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Brass and a half
Q: What do Carols by Candlelight, the Easter Parade, Maldon and Baringhup Show and almost every other major event in town have in common?
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Lyster Opera presents Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice
Furies in action. Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine – Saturday 28 February, 2pm Lyster Opera presents Christoph Willibald Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice at the Phee Broadway Theatre on Friday 28 February at 2pm, in a new production that places emotional truth and visual storytelling at its centre. One of opera’s most enduring and moving works, Orphée…
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