MUSIC & EVENTS
Set in the heart of Castlemaine, the Theatre Royal is the longest continuously operating theatre on the mainland. Winner of the best Regional Music Venue, five times running, the theatre hosts some amazing local and international artists.
MIFF 2026
VIEW OUR REGIONAL PROGRAM
We’re excited to be a regional screening location for the Melbourne International Film Festival 2026.
From 14–16 and 21–23 August, MIFF returns to nine cinemas across regional Victoria for the festival’s 74th edition with a bold, original program of Australian and international films. From hotly anticipated titles to outstanding debuts by emerging filmmakers, see it first at MIFF 2026.
MIFF continues its commitment to meeting audiences where they are. The MIFF Regional program, supported by VicScreen, presents a selection of this year’s most anticipated titles. Some stellar titles screening at Theatre Royal include Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s Broken English, Arlo Dean Cook’s Jebediah: Are We OK? (with Q&A), and Taratoa Stappard’s Mārama.
Outside of regional Victoria, MIFF returns to metro Melbourne sites from 06-23 August.
Browse the full program at miff.com.au
Keep up to date with the festival at @melbfilmfest
CINEMA
Our 200-seat cinema shows the best new commercial, arthouse and foreign releases. Ice-cream, popcorn and drinks available. No pre-bookings for regular film sessions.
Dine in or takeaway pizza Tuesday – Sunday
Semi-sourdough pizza made with organic ingredients and a very little amount of yeast. The magic is in the fermentation process, which takes up to 72 hours. Each pizza is then balled up and hand-stretched to order. We cook our pizza in a 500c oven with a stone floor. The effect is a thin, crisp base with a puffy, leopard-spotted crust. No bookings required.
Bar and Bottle Shop
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, serving cocktails, local & international wines, beer and an extensive array of non-alcoholic offerings. You can also enjoy a drink in the cinema. Our Bottle Shop is open during our regular opening hours. Take home anything from our drinks menu, along with a selection of Australian and European wines, premium digestifs and packaged beer.
Outdoor Garden Bar
Open from Tuesday to Sunday, serving cocktails, local & international wines, beer and an extensive array of non-alcoholic offerings. You can also enjoy a drink in the cinema. Our Bottle Shop is open during our regular opening hours. Take home anything from our drinks menu, along with a selection of Australian and European wines, premium digestifs and packaged beer.
Show your support with a Loyal Royal Membership
Once again Theatre Royal are calling out for lovers of live music, independent cinema and the Arts to get behind Castlemaine’s historical Theatre Royal and become Loyal Royal members for 2025. Loyal Royals not only get discounted tickets all year through, plus access to behind the scenes news and events, but also provide Theatre Royal owners Felicity Cripps and Tim Health with the means to preserve one of the oldest continuously operating theatres in the Southern Hemisphere.
Venue Hire
TR offers a unique space as a wedding or party venue, allowing you and your cohorts to take over the venue and put on your own rock and roll party! A large, paved, beautiful garden space can hold up to 300 people for a ceremony outdoors before heading inside to make full use of the famous music venue’s stage, dance floor, cinema screen and historical atmosphere.
Operating since 1856
Theatre Royal is the longest continuously operating theatre in the mainland. With several Regional Music awards under its belt, TR stands as one of the most renowned and loved music venues in the state. One of the first “picture palaces” to screen silent moves in 1919 and then the talkies followed, Theatre Royal is firmly cemented in the evolution of Australian cinema.
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