The Castlemaine State Festival is a biennial multi-arts celebration held on the lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung People. The Festival showcases works from the region’s finest artists and performing arts companies, alongside national & international artists. The Castlemaine State Festival began in 1976 through the vision of founder Berek Segan AM OBE and has now grown to become Australia’s longest-running flagship regional arts festival. The Festival preceded any other Victorian arts festival and has been unique in its scope and diversity, and in its impact on the social and cultural fabric of central Victoria and its environs. The biennial Festival commissions, develops and presents a thrilling program of events encompassing performance, music, literature, visual arts and film and is known as a major contributor in connecting people and developing social wealth within the regional community. The Castlemaine State Festival will return in 2023