Open Casket is the Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas Community Access (Free) Program. Community-led (free) events, exhibitions and activities to die for. A new community-driven component of our festival, this exciting inclusive, die-verse program features local artists and groups initiating and producing their own events.

Gothic Goldfields supports community contributions and emerging artists and producers, and we encourage your support too, to take a chance and come taste what Open Casket has to offer.

Open Casket is a lucky dip of talks, conversations, exhibitions and performances and will be a highlight of the 2023 Goldfields Gothic Festival of Dark Ideas.

FRIDAY 4 AUGUST

Groosome Roofest (a night at the Roo)

SATURDAY 5 AUGUST

DED Talks (Edge Galleries)
The Black Cat (Neighbourhood Centre)
Vampire Lounge (Kangaroo Hotel)
Walking Dead (Main Street, Midnight)
Dark Markets (Vintage Machinery and Museum)
Horrible Histories Exhibition (Maldon District Museum)

SUNDAY 6 AUGUST

Australian Hearse Nationals (Main Street, Maldon)
Victorian and Gothic Picnic (Shire Gardens)