Arts and Entertainment Get in quick, Frozen Jr opens this weekend Forzen Junior opens this weekend. Make sure to get your tickets before they sell out Forbes Advocate > 24 Jul 2025
Arts and Entertainment Winners of the 2025 dance eisteddfod Congratulations to all this year’s major prize recipients Forbes Advocate > 23 Jul 2025
Arts and Entertainment Entries open for Spirit of the Bush photos Rural Aid invites Australians to share their images of life on the land Mid West Media > 22 Jul 2025
Arts and Entertainment Entries open for Spirit of the Bush photos Rural Aid invites Australians to share their images of life on the land Mid West Media > 22 Jul 2025
Arts and Entertainment $108k funding for Street Dreams festival A new arts and cultural festival will transform the heritage heart of Forbes for one night only, thanks to a $108,550 grant to launch Street Dreams. Councils across the region are sharing in $3.6 million of NSW Government funding under the Open... Mid West Media > 13 Jul 2025
Arts and Entertainment Drama students shine in eisteddfod spotlight Forbes Eisteddfod is in full swing with dance to go Madeline Blackstone > 08 Jul 2025
Arts and Entertainment Stand-out performers of 2025 eisteddfod The first section of Forbes eisteddfod is complete, with plenty of talent taking the stage across a big week of performance. Adjudicator Dr Rachel Campbell had a big week of encouraging and providing insight to the region’s performers of all ages... Mid West Media > 06 Jul 2025
Arts and Entertainment Curtains to open on annual eisteddfod The entries are in, the programs are out: the annual Forbes eisteddfod is just a week away. Town Hall doors open on Wednesday 18 June to launch the first stage of competition in music, speech, drama and more. School students from across our region... Mid West Media > 15 Jun 2025
Arts and Entertainment Un-brrr-lievable response to Frozen auditions Auditions for Frozen JR have broken Parkes M and D records!The upcoming junior production at the Little Theatre attracted a record-breaking 104 junior registrations for auditions, with its audition panel saying they were “well and truly spoiled for... Mid West Media > 08 Jun 2025
Arts and Entertainment Curtains to open on annual eisteddfod The entries are in, the programs are out: the annual Forbes eisteddfod is just a week away. Town Hall doors open on Wednesday 18 June to launch the first stage of competition in music, speech, drama and more. School students from across our region... Mid West Media > 15 Jun 2025
Arts and Entertainment Un-brrr-lievable response to Frozen auditions Auditions for Frozen JR have broken Parkes M and D records!The upcoming junior production at the Little Theatre attracted a record-breaking 104 junior registrations for auditions, with its audition panel saying they were “well and truly spoiled for... Mid West Media > 08 Jun 2025
Arts and Entertainment Sounds of music fill Town Hall The sounds of music filled Forbes Town Hall on Sunday as two Forbes-grown musicians brought together the grandeur of the pipe organ and the technology of the electone in concert. There was fun, nostalgia, beauty and power in the morning’s program and... Mid West Media > 01 Jun 2025
Arts and Entertainment Hall story still being told, 160 years on Monday 5 May marked 160 years since the death of Ben Hall, but if this week has made one thing clear it’s that the bushranger’s legend is very much alive. From Eugowra to Canowindra and Forbes, Hall has been back in the spotlight. One group on a Ben... Mid West Media > 11 May 2025
Arts and Entertainment Mamma Mia! A show you haven’t seen “This show will take the bar to a whole new level.“That’s the message from director Lyn Townsend who eagerly awaits opening night of Parkes Musical and Dramatic Society’s latest production Mamma Mia, as do her cast and crew. New microphones, new... Christine Little > 11 May 2025
Arts and Entertainment Two Eugowra murals now bright again Mural artists have once again gathered in Eugowra to give their time to tell the town’s stories through public art. Artists from Labrador in the Gold Coast, Rochester in Victoria, Londonderry in Sydney, Canberra and Nowra made their way to Eugowr... Madeline Blackstock > 04 May 2025
Arts and Entertainment Forbes puts Ben Hall on trial 160 years on Come one, come all, to the Trial of Ben Hall. This is, of course, the trial the bushranger whose name is forever connected with the Escort Gold Robbery never received. It was imagined in 1986 by then Forbes solicitor Dominic Williams, who penned... Mid West Media > 27 Apr 2025
Arts and Entertainment Unforgettable experience for four local schools Four local schools made the trip to Sydney to perform at the large-scale event of Pulse Alive. Bedgerabong Public School, Eugowra Public School, Forbes North Public School and Forbes High School all took a number of students to not only experience... Mid West Media > 20 Apr 2025
Arts and Entertainment Cabonne calls for entries in Acquisitive Art Prize Entry forms now available on Cabonne Council website Mid West Media > 21 Mar 2025
Arts and Entertainment Help get Trundle’s aspiring musician to Europe Trundle’s Carmel Kelly is asking for help to het her to Europe this June Contributed Article > 11 Mar 2025
Arts and Entertainment Invitation to artists for CatholicCare art competition Aboriginal community members invited to put paint to canvas Mid West Media > 11 Feb 2025
Arts and Entertainment Easy come, easy go art show Take in the exhibition at Forbes Town Hall this week Mid West Media > 16 Jan 2025
Arts and Entertainment Angus transforms his speed cubing talents into portrait of Elvis The Elvis portrait made from cubes by a local is on display this Elvis Festival Christine Little > 16 Jan 2025
Arts and Entertainment Melody’s art a new feature for Cafe Aglio e Olio There’s an ongoing art exhibition at the Parkes Hotel Christine Little > 16 Jan 2025
Arts and Entertainment Lexi nominated for Best Youth Actress Lexi Herden nominated for Best Youth Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical Madeline Blackstock > 06 Dec 2024
Arts and Entertainment Enjoy the still or the film with new art at hospital It’s part of the Arts OutWest arts and health program Renee Powell > 01 Nov 2024
Arts and Entertainment M and D’s newest fun-packed pantomime Parkes M and D presents Cinderella and the Crystal Slipper Renee Powell > 23 Oct 2024
Arts and Entertainment Sonata: The bull and the child Sculptors share their vision Renee Powell > 20 Oct 2024
