Hidden Histories Laneway Festival

Better utilising Warrnambool’s laneways is a key element of the city centre renewal and in recent months the Hidden Histories Laneway Festival has been injecting activity and life into the city’s lanes.

The festival has involved the Warrnambool arts community through the F Project organisation.

The festival began officially in January. The 10-event festival will also see one laneway receive a permanent treatment.

F-Project Vice-president Megan Nicolson said that the community could expect more laneway fun between now and the festival’s conclusion in May.

“We’ve been thrilled with the public response to our activities in January and February, and we’re hoping the community will continue to support the event as the schedule picks up pace over the next two months,” she said.

“Earlier this year we put a call out to F-Project members for suggestions on interesting laneway events and we were blown away by the creativity and diversity of the ideas put to us.

“By the end of May, we hope to have as many people thinking about the future of Warrnambool’s laneways as possible.”

The Hidden Histories Laneway Festival is a joint initiative of the Warrnambool City Council, the F-Project, RMIT University and the Victorian Government.

For details on upcoming events, please visit www.warrnambool.vic.gov.au or www.fproject.org.au.