Banyule Arts and Culture

19/06/2026

Thanks to everyone who came along last night to our Creative Industries event, From Practice to Portfolio: the Art of Business - in collaboration with Nillumbik Council.
Look out for the next event in this series in October - How Much? An exploration in articulating value for creatives.

04/06/2026

Have you ever wanted to put your migration story into words?

Join us for a free info session to learn more about this creative writing workshop series by local writer and migrant Ana Asanovic.

Info Session:
📅 Saturday 20 June
🕦 11.30am – 12.30pm
📍Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub

For more information and to register, visit: https://anaasanovic.au/stories-between-lands/

02/06/2026

Last chance to check out our Layered exhibition by Thursday Collective, finishing this Sunday 7 June in Loft 275 at ILCH.

Featuring works by Elizabeth Barr, Colleen Cousins, Kate Ficai, Kate Golding, Jemima Jones, Ruth Shepherd and Sally Swan.

For more information, visit: https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Whats-on/Exhibition-history/Layered

22/04/2026

Chillin' in Banyule kicks off next week and runs throughout May!

Check out the website for the full gig calendar, list of participating local artists and venues https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/chillin

Also, there a still some tickets available for the special Launch Night event Tuesday 28 April! https://www.trybooking.com/DKMEF

Chillin' in Banyule is back, bringing over 30 free gigs to 17 venues across the north-east suburbs throughout May.

20/04/2026

From Tuesday 5 May, Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub Art Gallery is thrilled to be presenting Bangerang artist Peta Clancy’s acclaimed ‘Undercurrent’ series.

Clancy’s practice responds to colonial representations of landscape by working with Country rather than treating it as subject matter. Country holds culture, memory and story that cannot simply be captured in an image.

To create the works – developed in collaboration with Dja Dja Wurrung Traditional Owners and Country during a residency with the Koorie Heritage Trust – Clancy printed large-scale images of the landscape and attached them to a custom-built frame on the same site where the image was first taken. She sliced and re-photographed the images to challenge our focus on denied histories. Trees peer over the fault line of the divided image, combining two contemporary moments to instil in viewers a yearning to see what is behind and, in turn, remind us to look for what is hidden below.

‘Undercurrent’ is part of our ongoing celebration of Heidelberg School masterpieces – on long-term loan from the National Gallery of Australia as part of Sharing the National Collection – that invites leading Australian artists to enter a critical dialogue with this treasured heritage.

For more information and exhibition times see https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Whats-on/Exhibition-history/Undercurrent

20/04/2026

Already underway and running until Sunday 10 May at Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub: Lachlan Plain's CHRYSALIS.

CHRYSALIS is a meditation on metamorphosis – on things becoming other things. The moon waxes and wanes, cells divide, babies grow, and grubs become butterflies. Human life is a series of metamorphoses, as we transition from one phase to the next, one body to the next.

This immersive installation combines Lachlan Plain’s sculpture and painting, with his rudimentary handcrafted animation. It is underscored by Nick Wilson’s mesmerizing composition for guitar and prayer bowl.

CHRYSALIS the exhibition is presented by Banyule City Council and Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF).

Entry to all exhibitions Ivanhoe Library and Cultural Hub is free. For opening times and more information, visit https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Whats-on/Exhibition-history/CHRYSALIS

13/04/2026

Save the date – or save the dates – for Chillin' in Banyule!

A month of local music across Banyule kicks off on Tuesday 28 April.

Chillin' in Banyule is our local music festival running throughout May. With over 30 live performances at 17 participating venues across Banyule – from Ivanhoe East to Heidelberg West, from Macleod to Monty – Chillin’ showcases the best of local solo artists and bands playing gigs close to home.

Melbourne and Banyule favourites Stella Anning, Gordon Lewis and Lunic & Band kick off the events series in a special evening at Empire Music Studios in Heidelberg West.

Free drink included with each ticket booking. Limited canapes will also be served.

Tickets to Opening Night are FREE but essential. All other Chillin' events are FREE and unticketed.

To buy tickets to Opening Night or find more info on Chillin' in Banyule – including a complete line up of dates, artists and venues across May – see https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/chillin

If you're coming to the Opening Night, let us know: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BJCy2WwUy/

08/04/2026

Are you an aspiring writer?

Join our artist-in-residence, Patsy Stierna, in a FREE Introduction to 'Scrivener' workshop.

Patsy will show you how she has used this tool to write two books.

📅 Wednesday 15 April, 6:30-8:00pm
📅 Saturday 18 April, 1:00-2:30 PM
📍 Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub

For bookings and more information: https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/Events-activities/Whats-on/Council-events/Introduction-to-Scrivener-software-for-writers

02/04/2026

Our favourite live music series, Chillin' in Banyule, is back this May with 30 gigs across heaps of Banyule venues!

Kicking off the month long music series is a special launch night event, with special performances by Stella Anning, Gordon Lewis - Music and Lunic.
Tuesday 28 April, 6pm - 9pm at Studio 52 / Empire Music Studios
Free event, bookings essential.

https://www.banyule.vic.gov.au/chillin