Events and Festivals
The Royal Geelong Show is held each year at the Geelong Showgrounds.
Other smaller events include Pako Festival, Gala Day Parade and Family Fun Day and the Geelong Heritage Festival run by the local branch of the National Trust.
Geelong also hosts an international photographic salon every two years. Vigex was first held in 1980.
Arts and entertainment
Geelong is home to a number of pubs, nightclubs and live music venues and has also given birth to a number of notable Australian bands and musicians such as Barry Crocker, Gyan Evans, Magic Dirt, Jeff Lang, and Denis Walter. Geelong also hosts festivals such as the Queenscliff Music Festival, Meredith Music Festival, the Offshore Festival, Poppykettle Festival, National Celtic Festival, and Pako Festa, and has a number of cultural venues, including the Geelong Performing Arts Centre (commonly known as "GPAC"), the 1500 seat Costa Hall auditorium, and the Geelong Art Gallery. The Geelong Regional Library Corporation provides an extensive regional network of branches. It provides services the municipalities of the City of Greater Geelong, Golden Planes Shire and the Borough of Queenscliffe.
Skateboarding
The Geelong skateboarding scene has a lengthy history, with a well-known Corio "street" location featured in a photograph with former professional skateboarder, Lee Ralph. The photograph, taken at a spot known as the "paint tray", was used for an advertisement for the Vision skateboard company.
Media
The Geelong Advertiser, the oldest newspaper title in Victoria and the second oldest in Australia, was established in 1840. Also circulated are the free Geelong Independent, and Geelong News newspapers.
Geelong receives free-to-air television from Melbourne, including the community channel Channel 31. Networks offered are ABC, SBS, Seven Network, Nine Network & Network Ten. The Geelong region also
