Category Archives: Arts

Knox Factor returns in 2020

  Registrations are now open for the Knox Factor talent competition 2020. Knox Factor is open to singers and aspiring vocalists aged 5 to 25 years who either live, study, work or play within Knox. Create and submit a raw … Continue reading

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Virtual Jigsaw Puzzles of the Hills

Local photographer Kathie Thomas has transformed some of her beautiful photos of the Hills and surrounds into puzzles. A perfect virtual activity if you’re looking for something to do on a rainy day. Check them out here for free – … Continue reading

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Knox Iso Arts: Virtual Webinars

Knox Iso Arts – Virtual Webinars When: Tuesdays and Thursdays in June Time: See program below! Where: Knox Arts & Events Facebook page Cost: Free! Knox Arts and Events are launching a series of FREE Artist Development Webinars. Join award … Continue reading

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‘Joking June’ – Kids Kreative Virtual Event

  3rd – 24th –  ‘Joking June’ – Kids Kreative Virtual Event When: Every Wednesday during the month of June (with replays on Sunday mornings) Time: 4:30pm to 5pm (see program below!) Where: Knox Arts & Events Facebook page Cost: Free! … Continue reading

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Hobbits in the Gully?

A local mapmaker has released a series of Lord of the Rings-inspired maps of the Dandenongs and Shire of Yarra Ranges. Adam Mattinson, a cartographer, grew up in Mount Evelyn and fell in love with maps from an early age. … Continue reading

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Knox Inspired celebrates local art

Knox Arts & Events is excited to launch the virtual Knox Art Collection, a beautiful online gallery that captures over 300 paintings, drawings, ceramics and heritage items collected by Knox City Council over the decades. To celebrate the launch of … Continue reading

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‘Magical May’ – Kids Kreative Virtual Event

When: Every Wednesday & Saturday during the month of May Time: 11am to 11:30am (see program below!) Where: Knox Arts & Events Facebook page Cost: Free! Abracadabra… Are you ready for Magical May?! Over the next four weeks get ready … Continue reading

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Forty years in Ferntree Gully – Knox Festival 2020

This year – the best yet! An estimated 20,000 people enjoyed the Knox Festival over the weekend 0f 29th February – 1st March. The organisers were thrilled to receive consistently positive feedback from all involved on all elements of the … Continue reading

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Wonders of the Arboretum

‘Expect the unexpected’, they said, of this first-time family event in the Tim Neville Arboretum on Sunday 16 February. Well, we did – and this is what we wandered into. Gnomic garden gnomes, cosy in wheelbarrows, mystified tiny children. A … Continue reading

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Noelene Taylor Dancers – Dancing in the Village for 24 years

The Noelene Taylor Dancers are a part of the Ferntree Gully Village, meeting in the Uniting Church hall in The Avenue and offering classes in tap, jazz, lyrical ballet and hiphop. Ballet is recognized as being beneficial for footballers who … Continue reading

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