OverSixty July 2023 Digital

ENTERTAINMENT OVERSIXTY.COM.AU | ISSUE 5 | JULY 2023 25 Discover what’s on around the country in the coming months Photo: Joan Marcus (Wicked) ENTERTAINMENT Floriade Canberra, ACT Relish the season of spring with a visit to the nation’s capital to see the ZRUOG IDPRXV )ORULDGH D IUHH ȵRZHU and entertainment festival held from September 16 to October 15 at Commonwealth Park on the shores RI /DNH %XUOH\ *ULɝQ ΖW IHDWXUHV LQFUHGLEOH GLVSOD\V RI ȵRZHULQJ EXOEV with integrated sculptures and other VWXQQLQJ DUWLVWLF IHDWXUHV :KHQ WKH sun goes down, NightFest (held from 28 September until 1 October) takes RYHU R΍HULQJ HQWHUWDLQHUV PXVLFLDQV fantastic food stalls, and instaworthy light LQVWDOODWLRQV 6HFXUH 1LJKW)HVW WLFNHWV DW ȵRULDGHDXVWUDOLD FRP Mudgee Food &Wine Festival Mudgee, NSW ΖI \RXȇYH HYHU FRQVLGHUHG D WULS WR 0XGJHH there’s no better time to visit than 6HSWHPEHU $Q XQIRUJHWWDEOH JDVWURQRPLF experience, Mudgee’s annual wine and food month festival started over 40 years ago as a week-long celebration of the wine industry and has now become one of NSW’s longest running wine and IRRG IHVWLYDOV (QMR\ D ZLGH UDQJH RI events including twilight wine tastings, Wednesday wine trivia, an elegant long table grazing dinner and a Meet the Makers dinner, where you can discover KRZ WKRVH H[TXLVLWH ZLQHV DUH FUHDWHG Visit PXGJHHZLQHPRQWK FRP DX Wicked Sydney One of the most successful and popular musicals in the world – and winner of over 100 awards – Wicked LV ȵ\LQJ LQWR the Sydney Lyric Theatre, The Star, from $XJXVW ΖW VWDUV 6KHULGDQ $GDPV LQ KHU ȴUVW OHDGLQJ UROH DV (OSKDED WKH JLUO with emerald-green skin who becomes the “Wicked Witch of the West”, while &RXUWQH\ 0RQVPD 3ULQFHVV $QQD LQ WKH $XVWUDOLDQ WRXU RI 'LVQH\ȇV Frozen ) – will play Glinda, the popular, golden-haired girl ZKR EHFRPHV Ȋ*OLQGD WKH *RRG :LWFKȋ Boasting spectacular production values, awesome music and a storyline with heart, brains and courage, Wicked is a must-see IRU DOO *R WR ZLFNHGWKHPXVLFDO FRP DX Illuminate Adelaide Adelaide ΖOOXPLQDWH $GHODLGH FHOHEUDWHV WKH LGHD RI D 6RXWK $XVWUDOLDQ ZLQWHU ȴOOHG ZLWK ODWH QLJKWV EULJKW OLJKWV DQG ELJ DGYHQWXUHV Held from 28 June to 30 July, the state’s premier winter event unites the best in art, music, technology and invention IURP DURXQG $XVWUDOLD DQG WKH ZRUOG WR WXUQ $GHODLGHȇV VWUHHWVFDSHV DQG LFRQLF ORFDWLRQV LQWR D FLW\ ZLGH VSHFWDFOH People young and old are welcomed WR HQMR\ D ZHDOWK RI HYHQWV ERWK IUHH and ticketed, by local, national and international artists, including music by <RWKX <LQGL 7RXULVW DQG 'REE\ GDQFH performances and incredible light GLVSOD\V 6HH LOOXPLQDWHDGHODLGH FRP FESTIVALS, SHOWS AND EVENTS COMPILED BY ZOË MEUNIER What’s on