Editing Geelong (section)

===Events and festivals===
The [[Royal Geelong Show]] is held each year at the [[Geelong Showgrounds]]. Other events include [[Pako Festa]] (held annually in February),<ref>{{cite web|title=Pako Festa|url=http://www.intown.com.au/events/pako-festa.htm|work=Intown|publisher=Intown Entertainment|access-date=22 April 2013|year=1998–2013}}</ref> [[Gala Day|Gala Day Parade]] (annual event that celebrated its 96th year in 2012)<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Gala Day Geelong&nbsp;... a huge success!|url=http://www.gforce.org.au/news/article,documentid,4065.aspx|work=Gforce Employment Solutions|access-date=22 April 2013|date=19 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425105247/http://www.gforce.org.au/news/article,documentId,4065.aspx|archive-date=25 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Family Fun Day (held annually as part of the Gala Day celebrations),<ref>{{cite web|title=Gala Day Geelong 2012|url=http://www.weekendnotes.com.au/gala-day-geelong/|work=Weekend Notes|publisher=On Topic Media PTY LTD|access-date=22 April 2013|year=2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518083317/http://www.weekendnotes.com.au/gala-day-geelong/|archive-date=18 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Geelong Heritage Festival that is run by the local branch of the National Trust.<ref>{{cite news|title=Geelong World Heritage Day|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/04/11/61981_news.html|access-date=22 April 2013|newspaper=The [[Geelong Advertiser]]|date=11 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Geelong World Heritage Day|url=http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2009/04/11/61981_news.html|access-date=22 April 2013|newspaper=The [[Geelong Advertiser]]|date=12 April 2009}}</ref> The Gala Day Parade was axed in 2023.

Geelong hosts Victoria's only international photographic salon 'VIGEX' every two years. VIGEX is an acronym for "VIctoria Geelong EXhibition" and the inaugural event was held in 1980. The Australian Photographic Society, the world governing body of exhibition photography the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Art Photographique|International Federation of Photographic Art]] and the Victorian Association of Photographic Societies are patrons of the biennial photographic salon.<ref>{{cite web|title=What is Vigex?|url=http://www.vigex.org.au/about-us.htm|work=Vigex, Inc|access-date=22 April 2013|year=1980–2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410072446/http://vigex.org.au/about-us.htm|archive-date=10 April 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Geelong's History is preserved through both the Geelong Historical Society, and the associated [[Geelong Heritage Centre]] currently housed in the new regional library<ref>{{Cite web |title=About The Dome {{!}} Geelong Regional Libraries |url=https://www.grlc.vic.gov.au/glhc/about-dome |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=www.grlc.vic.gov.au}}</ref> building opened in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourceable.net/library-heritage-centre-geelong-landmark/#|title=Library and Heritage Centre to Be a Geelong Landmark|date=14 January 2014|access-date=17 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094806/https://sourceable.net/library-heritage-centre-geelong-landmark/|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Now defunct, Geelong hosted a digital conference Pivot Summit which was headlined by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] Co-founder [[Steve Wozniak]] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-09-08|title=Jobs genius to add some star power|url=https://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/apple-cofounder-steve-wozniak-to-headline-geelong-technology-event/news-story/4fc16943c9f8c8200a0719c4bae70a94|access-date=2020-09-17|newspaper=Geelong Advertiser|language=en}}</ref>