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Music in the Gardens

Every Summer Sunday in February 5pm to 7:30pm

If you enjoy tapping your feet, dancing on the grass, humming the different tunes against a wonderful backdrop of the setting sun surrounded by exotic plants and mature trees, then these concerts definitely can't be missed. Enjoy your BYO picnic, buy a glass of wine, cup of tea or coffee and food from the Teahouse knowing that you are having a fun summer's evening while contributing to the programs and development of the GBG.

The Music in the Gardens season for 2010 has come to an end and the Friends thank all who attended, all those who volunteered and especially the musicians who entertained us all. You can read below about the line–up for the season just gone and be assured more music and entertainment will be available next year for the summer of 2011. Watch this space.

Music in the Gardens lineup for 2010
Date Time Performance
Sunday 7th February 2010 5:00pm to 7:30pm Geelong Concert Senior Band and the Geelong Concert Big Band
Sunday 14th February 2010 5:00pm to 7:30pm Donegal Express
Sunday 21st February 2010 5:00pm to 7:30pm Hip Cats
Sunday 28th February 2010 5:00pm to 7:30pm Hot Swing Club

Tickets can be pre-purchased through the Friends of the Geelong Botanic Gardens, or Geelong Perfoming Arts Centre.

Music in the Gardens 2010

Another successful Music in the Gardens took place in February 2010 with visitors coming from all around. Mark your diary for next year!

A view from behind the audience on the Teahouse lawn enjoying the Hip Cats at the 2010 music in the gardens.

Gathered on the Teahouse lawn, just inside the 19th Century garden, a large audience enjoyed the Hip Cats.

Some of the audience enjoyed a dance to the Rock-a-billy stylings of the Hip Cats.

Some of the audience found the rock-a-billy stylings of the Hip Cats too much to resist and took to the lawn, by the stage, for a dance.

The Daniel Bunce Gardening Book
The first curator Daniel Bunce as represented as a wooden bollard.

The first curator of the Geelong Botanic Gardens is featured as a bollard near the 19th Century Garden Gate. Daniel Bunce was a plantsman, a businessman, an adventurer and an author. To acknowledge and celebrate his contribution to the Geelong Botanic Gardens, the Friends are pleased to make available new editions of his “Manual of Practical Gardening”. Learn more about the Daniel Bunce Gardening Book.

Contact Us
Friends Office
Fax / Phone
(03) 5222 6053
E-mail
Office Hours
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 9am to 3pm
Postal Office
PO Box 235, Geelong, 3220
How Do I Get There?

Situated in the Eastern Gardens by the Geelong Bay, the Botanic gardens can be easily reached by car, foot and a free bus service during the summer months. There is car parking either side of the 20th Century garden by the front with space for visiting buses. Visitors to Geelong can walk the beautiful bayside promenade from the city up to the Eastern Park. Naturally the garden has been mapped by Google Maps, which you can access when you click this link.

Friends are Proudly Sponsored by …

Music in the Gardens is proudly sponsored each year by Wheeler Investment Advisors of Geelong.

Logo for Wheeler Investment Advisors.

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