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Castlemaine State Festival’s future is secured

After entering voluntary administration earlier this year, Castlemaine State Festival is ready to face the future and preparing to rebuild.

19 Jul 2024 10:38

Richard Watts

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The Castlemaine community is doubtless celebrating the news that Castlemaine State Festival’s future is secure. Photo: DESIGNECOLOGIST, Unsplash.

The future of Australia’s longest-running regional multi-arts festival is secure, with the Festival leaving voluntary administration and plans for the recruitment of a new Festival Director already underway.

The news, announced today (Friday 18 July), means that the biennial Castlemaine State Festival will be able to celebrate its 50^th year and 25^th season in March 2026.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts