From park activities, ballet performances and a Travelling Film Festival, there will be plenty of diverse events showcased at the Moncrieff Entertainment Centre in October.
Find out about the October events below:
Animania in the Park – free community event
Wednesday, 2 October 9.30am
Bundaberg Regional Council presents ‘Animania’, a morning of free, family fun.
There will be animal themed activities in Gallery Park (next to BRAG) followed by free screening of Puss in Boots (PG) at the Moncrieff Entertainment Centre.
Time: Activities 9.30 to 10.30am, film starts 11am
Cost: Free
Proudly supported by Bundaberg Regional Libraries, Moncrieff Entertainment Centre and First5Forever
Imperial Russian Ballet – Swan Lake
Tuesday, 8 October 7.30pm
The Imperial Russian Ballet Company return to Australia with Swan Lake, the most loved classical ballet of them all.
This masterpiece ballet is presented in two acts and follows the original storyline with subtle revisions introduced by Gediminas Taranda, Artistic Director of the Imperial Russian Ballet Company.
Travelling Film Festival
Friday, 11 October to Monday, 14 October
The Travelling Film Festival has been bringing the best on screen to regional Australia since David Stratton founded it in 1974, and has proudly been touring to Bundaberg since 2000.
Showcasing a curated program of award-winning titles from around the world, fresh from their screenings at the Sydney Film Festival in June, we hope the festival will continue to delight and entertain Bundaberg audiences!
Billy Connolly: The Sex Life of Bandages – CinemaLive
Thursday, 17 October 7 pm
Hailed as the UK’s most influential comedian of all time, legendary Scot Billy Connolly is coming to cinemas with this brilliant show from his final stand-up tour.
Recorded in 2015, this whip smart routine is a riotous journey filled with outrageous tales and blistering observations of everyday absurdities.
Oh What a Night! The Show
Sunday, 20 October 6.30pm
Join four of Australia's smoothest voices for a night of pure entertainment at Oh What A Night! The Show.
Take a trip down memory lane with this theatrical tribute to the original Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons featuring back-to-back hits includingSherry, Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You, Big Girls Don’t Cry and more!
Serenades for Strings – ACO Collective
Wednesday, 23 October 7.30pm
The ACO is renowned for embracing celebrated classics alongside new commissions and Serenades for Strings is no exception.
A romantic program of the finest classical music from Beethoven to Mendelssohn mixed with an exciting new Australian work, Australian composer Paul Stanhope’s Dancing on Clouds from the Hush 18 Collective Wisdom Album.
Big Fish Big Adventure – Film Night
Friday, 25 October 6.30pm
Ocean exploration is a romantic notion that reaches out to the adventurer in all of us.
From an early age people dream of exploring the farthest reaches of the earth – uncovering history and ancient stories, witnessing the true beauty of nature while discovering the raw essence driving that simple word, ‘exploration’.
Now they can. Don't miss Big Fish Adventure among the October Moncrieff highlights.
Bundaberg Caledonian Pipe Band
Saturday, 26 October 7pm
The Bundaberg Caledonian Pipe Band members have upheld 135 years of continuous service to the residents of Bundaberg and district.
During this time the pipers and drummers have marched and played every Anzac Service, with 2020 being their 100th year.
They have marched in processions, festivals, light parades, and competed at many competitions over the years.
The Leisure Seeker – MCS
Sunday, 27 October 2pm
Moncrieff Cinema Society presents …
A journey they'll never forget.
John and Ella Spencer have almost reached the end of the road; Ella is frail, while John’s memory is failing.
Instead of quietly fading away, however, the Boston seventy-somethings flee the suffocating care of their doctors and children and hop aboard their vintage campervan, The Leisure Seeker, to visit the Florida Keys house of John’s hero, Ernest Hemingway.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe – MCS
Thursday, 31 October 7.30pm
Moncrieff Cinema Society presents …
It's just another night at the morgue for a father and son team of coroners, until an unidentified, highly unusual corpse comes in.
Discovered buried in the basement of the home of a brutally murdered family, the young Jane Doe, eerily well preserved and with no visible signs of trauma, is shrouded in mystery.
As they work into the night to piece together the cause of her death, the two men begin to uncover the disturbing secrets of her life.
The latest from Trollhunter director Andre Ovredal is a scarily unpredictable, supernatural shocker that never lets up.
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