FRIDAY
Music: Dirty Rascall/Andy Alberts and the Walkabouts/Lee Morgan, The Loft, 8pm.
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15 Minutes of Fame, St Brigid’s Hall Crossley, 7.30pm.
Willnko, The Last Coach, 8-11pm.
Recognition: Warrnambool College will host The Sir John Eccles Tall Poppies Awards from 6pm to 8pm. College Alumni will be recognised for achievements in their chosen fields.
Film: Dennington’s Esplanade Cinema is screening ‘Isle of Dogs’ on Friday. The 101-minute, PG-rated stop-motion-animated film by writer and director Wes Anderson will screen from 7.30pm.
SATURDAY
Music: DJ Spinners, Hotel Warrnambool, 2-7pm.
Girlatones w/Traffic Island, The Dart & Marlin, 8pm.
Mertee, Cally Hotel bar, 9pm.
Cash/Worm/The 2nds, The Loft.
Markets: The Port Fairy Community Market is on from 9am to 1pm at Railway Place on Bank Street.
Art: The Warrnambool Art Gallery are hosting one-hour information sessions with Justin Williams from iXplainIT aimed at teaching parents about gaming for children. ‘How Your Children Play Games Online’ runs from 12.30 to 1.30pm and follows with ‘The Future of Gaming – Augmented and Virtual Reality’ from 2 to 3pm.
Sport: WDFNL grand finals are expected to draw local football and netball fans in their droves to Warrnambool’s Reid Oval on Saturday. Matches kick off at 8.30am with A-grade matches from 2pm.
Dance: The Old Royal Hotel is hosting a Salsa and Latin dancing fundraiser for Warrnambool’s Standing Tall program. Lessons, grooves and pizza is on offer from 7.30pm.
SUNDAY
Performance: Melissa Bowman and Trevor McKenzie know a thing or two about entertaining an audience.
The duo have been regulars on the south-west music scene for many years and in many guises.
On Sunday afternoon in the Cally Hotel beer garden from 4pm, the pair will roll out their acoustic cover show, a popular event for those wanting a lazy Sunday.
McKenzie first rose to prominence in the 1980s as one half of Trevor and Boyd.
He played alongside Boyd Advincula, who passed away in July.
Both Bowman and McKenzie are part of well known Warrnambool band Lost in Suburbia, a combination that has been together for twenty-five years and has played at the Port Fairy Folk Festival four times.
Bowman said Sunday's gig was another chance to entertain and engage an audience.
"Our set as a duo is easy listening covers," she said.
"It's a format people enjoy, they can get up and have a dance or singalong, it's a nice way to unwind.
"When as a duo you are covering a song that is usually played by a full band, it does produce a different version, that keeps it interesting for us and the audience."
Music: DJ Spinners, Hotel Warrnambool, 2-7pm.
Sunday Sessions (Bluegrass and Oldtime Music), Victoria Hotel, Port Fairy, 2pm.
Loose Cannons, Warrnambool Bowls Club, 3-6pm.
Geoff Achison, Hotel Warrnambool, 3pm.
Trevor & Mel, Cally Hotel beer garden, 4pm.
Bowls: The Port Fairy Bowls Club is hosting a come ‘n’ try event for all ages from 10am.
THURSDAY
Music: John Hudson Guest Session, Hotel Warrnambool, 8pm.
Art: The Hamilton Art Gallery is hosting the opening of its latest exhibition ‘Botanica’ by Bruce Slorach and an artists’ talk from 6pm to 7.30pm.
Ideas: F Project Gallery is hosting the ‘FOUNDRY658 Roadshow’ on Thursday. Budding artists, designers or creators with a business idea are encouraged to attend for inspiration and pizza from 6pm.