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What:Summer Sundays

Where:Ballarat Botanical Gardens

When:Sunday 22 January from 5 to 8pm

With warm weather forecast this weekend, the Ballarat Botanical Gardens is expected to once again host hundreds of visitors for the third week of Summer Sundays.

Council’s FREE Summer Sundays event series is on again this weekend, Sunday 22 January from 5 to 8pm, in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.

Last Sunday, more than 1,000 people turned out for the second week of Summer Sundays.

This week, Summer Sundays will feature the folk sounds of Sweet Jean from 5 to 6.15pm and the country tunes of The Elsworth Street Ramblers who will perform from 6.45 to 8pm.

The audience can indulge with dessert pizzas from the Forge Pizzeria which will be available for purchase.

Previously known as ‘Arts in the Park’ the event has a new name and a new location.

The FREE event will be held in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens on 22 January from 5 to 8pm and 29 January from dusk.

Background info on performers:

5 - 6.15pm – SWEET JEAN

Made up of the sounds of Sime Nugent and Alice Keath, Sweet Jean’s music draws on the dark, bent and old soulful tradition. Together they play frailing banjo, agricultural guitar, autoharp and harmonica with harmony singing at the centre of it all.

6.45 - 8pm – THE ELSWORTH STREET RAMBLERS

Ballarat’s bluegrass boys return to the stage bigger, brighter and twangy-er than ever before. Bringing their own delusions of banjeur to summer, this bluegrass and country crew are more fun than a string sizzlin’ rodeo in a fairy floss factory.

The final Summer Sundays event for 2012 will feature:

Sunday 29 January, from dusk

Twilight Cinema - CITIZEN KANE PG (1941)

Dessert: Twilight Cinemas - popcorn and choc tops

For more information visit www.ballarat.vic.gov.au or to keep up to date with the latest news on Summer Sundays ‘like’ the Summer Sundays 2012 (City of Ballarat) facebook page www.facebook.com/summersundays2012