Editing Bendigo (section)

===Music===
[[File:BendigoTownHall2.JPG|thumb|upright|The [[Bendigo Town Hall]], a popular venue for music concerts]]
A number of live music venues offer local independent bands and artists performing on a regular basis. The [[Bendigo Town Hall]] also hosts music concerts and is a primary venue for the Bendigo Chamber Music Festival. Several adult choirs and the Bendigo Youth Choir often perform overseas; the [[Bendigo Symphony Orchestra]], the Bendigo Symphonic Band, the Bendigo and District Concert Band, several brass bands and three pipe bands perform as well.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Arts Register
 | publisher=[[City of Greater Bendigo]]
 | year = 2010
 | url = http://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Directory/s2.asp?S1Key=5&S2key=36&S3Key=212&Show=y&h=0
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091008033032/http://www.bendigo.vic.gov.au/Directory/s2.asp?S1Key=5&S2key=36&S3Key=212&Show=y&h=0
 | archive-date = 2009-10-08
 | access-date =6 June 2010}}</ref>
Musicians originally from Bendigo include [[Patrick Savage (composer/musician)|Patrick Savage]] – film composer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/8187970/no-strings-attached-violin-virtuoso-returns-home-to-bendigo/ | title=No strings attached: Violin virtuoso returns home to Bendigo | date=8 May 2023 }}</ref> and former principal first violin of the [[Royal Philharmonic Orchestra]] in London. ''Australian Idol'' winner [[Kate DeAraugo]] grew up in Bendigo where her family still live.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musictheatreaustralia.com.au/component/entertainers/kate_dearaugo/4670 |title=Celebrity – Book Kate Dearaugo at MTA – Entertainment Booking Agency Australia – MTA Entertainment and Events |publisher=Musictheatreaustralia.com.au |date=5 November 1985 |access-date=31 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Kate-DeAraugo-Biography/DC9B1CC6447CA544482570ED0010B24E |title=Kate Dearaugo Biography |publisher=Sing365.com |access-date=31 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141936/http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Kate-DeAraugo-Biography/DC9B1CC6447CA544482570ED0010B24E |archive-date=2 April 2015}}</ref>