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DEAD AIR #125 by The Departure

‘Creativity and Funeral Rites; The use of creative arts during wakes, funerals & memorials’ with Joh Fairley - AHFA Wed 26 March 2025, 7-8.30pm AEDT.

Lifting The Lid Death Festival, 14-16 Nov 2025, apply via the Presenters Application Form HERE

The 2025 Festival of Death and Dying 22-23 Nov, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney. Super early-bird tickets available now.

Castlemaine Fringe Festival - Remembrance Rave with DJ Alkaline Hydrolysis (that’s me!) is on at the Flamin’ Galah Fringe Hub, Mechanics Lane. Wed 2 April 6-8pm. Please add your songs to the playlist, it can be accessed through the Castlemaine Fringe Festival webpage HERE it’s FREE and an all ages event so children are welcome! I can't guarantee all the songs will be played as we only have two hours, but please add your choices to the mix.

Amy Firth – Funeral Music Guide: a playlist for every mood and occasion - The Classics, Uplifting, Emotive Songs, Unique & Unusual

How To Kill A Witch: A Guide For The Patriarchy, by Claire Mitchell & Zoe Venditozzi - Booktopia

Sign up for the University of Bath - Centre for Death & Society newsletter HERE

Interview with actor Letty and producer Theresa from ‘Constellations’ for the Castlemaine Fringe Festival. Book tickets for a show HERE – Wesley Hill Hall - 28, 29, 30 March & 4, 5, 6 April. $30/$25. Sunday sessions have Q&A directly following the event.

TRACKS: You – Marcia Hines / You Are The Sunshine Of My Life – Stevie Wonder / Everybody Dies – Billie Eilish

DEAD AIR #102 by The Departure

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

Open discussion with HUUM founders (NOR/human composting)

Contribute to discussions on NOR with Zach & Luke, submit form HERE

Centre for Death and Society's 2024 Conference - Death and Communities FULL PROGRAM

What are Your Chances of Being BURIED ALIVE Today? Taboo Education

PODCAST Don’t Be Caught Dead

Art of Grieving Workshop series in Castlemaine!

Six Feet Under: Design + Death, two-day symposium Open House Melbourne, and Design Week.

PSA Coffee Hearse Business for sale in country Victoria

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic  

Oni Street Wear – DEAD & Electric Heads (Chewton Primary School!) Sunday 21 April 1.30pm ALL AGES then Fundraiser for Palestine – at Theatre Royal 3-6pm

TRACKS: Tail Spin – DEAD / The Silent Dark - Scattered Order

DEAD AIR #99 by The Departure

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

‘Heartless thieves steal dead children’s memorial plaques from Melbourne cemetery’ The Guardian  

‘Funeral prices show the cost of dying varies but does not have to be expensive’ ABC News

Loop Biotech, The Netherlands: biodegradable products, from local mushroom species and upcycled hemp fibres.

‘How palliative care is delivered to infants with life-limiting conditions’ Care Search article

Death Walker Training with Zenith Virago in Fryerstown 3-5 May 2024.

‘Disrupting Death. A guide to dying well’ Zenith Virago, TEDxByronBay

Advance Care Planning Week 18-24 March 2024 JUST DO IT!

DEATHxDESIGNxCULTURE: Radical Re-Imaginings for the End-Of-Life Conference

Email CDAS for newsletter: cdas@bath.ac.uk

The 4th Lifting the Lid International Festival of Death and Dying. Online 15-17 November 2024.
Online form, due 30 July HERE

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: Angels of Deception – The The / Cherry Baby - Palberta / Plastic Bag - Minty