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October 2015
The Tabernacle
Survive the apocalypse with a smile! Talks, installations, food, cooking, gardens, art, various stuff. Revolving program throughout the day
Find out more »Dan’s Caravan of Consumption
Follow the advice of cantankerous football supporters the country over and "Go Up the Guts". This is a caravan being converted into a human, where visitors get to experience the digestive system frmo the inside. Eeew!
Find out more »Red Cross Op Shop
Red Cross Op Shop & Installation
Find out more »World Kitchen- Cooking with a conscience
Hey! Food is not just to be consumed you know. A light-hearted look at the different ways we can make our food resources stretch further. Includes a Fare Share food demo with Dani Valent; Get the Food know-how with Lisa Coba; Food foraging. And The Iron Chef Competition at 1.30pm.
Find out more »Origami
Patrons to the sensory experience, remove their shoes at the entrance to the rotunda and are offered a calming warm sage foot bath on arrival before being given Japanese Slippers and being ushered into the space and asked to sit. Peaceful traditional Japanese Kyoto music plays as they select a sheet of beautiful hand made and painted WASHI origami paper from the many various designs provided. This is just the beginning of a meditative and ultimately positive and healing experience.…
Find out more »Gherkin Khan’s Amusement Arcade for Young Warriors
Complete the 7 Tasks of the Great Khan. If you dare... enter into the wooden venue. Once you have negotiated with the gnarly guard, take a chance and guide your pinball through the maze. Hand-eye co-ordination needed. The iPad of the future (and past). Various times
Find out more »The Hadal Zone
The Hadal Zone is a place deep, deep, deep under the sea, where only the most tenacious (and weird) things live. This is that zone recreated at sea level.
Find out more »Dog Grooming
My Pet Warehouse dog whisperers will pamper your dog. A dog well groomed is a dog with options! Then make sure you enter them in The Famous Village Dog Show
Find out more »Dog Costuming
Get your dog looking its best with a costume for The Famous Village Dog Show
Find out more »Pol the painter
Pol will paint. Pol will paint you. Pol will paint with you. Paint with Pol. Paint Pol.
Find out more »Lolly Shop
A lolly Shop, for sure. But SO, SO, SO, much more. But you have to buy a lolly to find out.
Find out more »Sharpie a van
You are invited to grab a texta and doodle on a Big White Van.With Tristan Stowards and with thanks to GoGet Car Share.
Find out more »Book Pedaller
Look out for the Book Pedaller at the Village, seeking stories to share! An opportunity for children to create and publish their own book with the Portable Publishing Kit carried by bike using both traditional hand made and digital publishing techniques. Presented by Kids’ Own Publishing and the City of Yarra
Find out more »Llama Boy and Friends
Films from the fantastic crew at Yarra Youth Services. Catch the highlight: Llama Boy is an animation created by Village Artistic Director Ian Pidd and Mandy Ord, working with a group of young people from Yarra Youth Services in Melbourne. It is a Village Festival project and was screened at both the Village Winter Festival 2015 in Castlemaine and the Gertrude St. Projection Festival 2015.
Find out more »Mick Stuart
Visiting from Sydney, Mick has created an African thumb piano of godly proportions. It looks and sounds as if from another world.
Find out more »Malia Walsh
a theatre and circus artist puts on an incredible show
Find out more »Otto Learns to Fly
Otto has a dream. He wants to fly. But bears can't fly...can they? Ultimately he discovers that it's all in the mind.Otto Learns to Fly is performed by a collection of vintage puppets and objects in The Magic Lantern Travelling Puppet Theatre. Then the action explodes into the wider world on a much larger scale with Sanctum Theatre’s life-sized body puppets
Find out more »November 2015
20 minutes- Kristian Santic
a dance improvisation experiment, focusing on random text and interpretation of chosen text. I will purchase 50 books, at random, probably cheapest, from the closest op shop/book shop. One person enters tent, reads a line, or two, and we start to move (for five minutes of course). Rinse and repeat.
Find out more »KT Prescott Live Portrait Atelier
Be immortalized in only 15 minutes as artist KT Prescott strives to give a truthful account of each face before her. Become part of the longstanding tradition between sitter and artist, and experience what is known as the human connection, as your portrait is drawn. Over the festival weekend, a gallery of faces will appear before our very eyes as an exhibition…Staring into Humanity. Old, young, solemn, smiling, profile or frontal, lovers, divorced, pets, babes in arms, well known, unknown, all…
Find out more »Iron Chef Family
Two families battle it out in the world kitchen arena iron chef style. Parents do Main Course, kids do dessert. Our "carry-over take-away" champions are Buff, Ness and the two boys are ready to take on a challenger family - perhaps it could be you. Judges include food critic and author Dani Valent.
Find out more »Roslyn Quin
Join storyteller Roslyn Quin as she brings traditional stories and new tales from around the world to life through her quirky performances and charming puppets
Find out more »Glambulance
The Glambulance takes you to the Glamergency Room, equipped with sparkles, costumes, arts and crafts, with WrongTown Boutique hosting your outfit revamp. Once your disco ensemble is ready, step onto the catwalk or straight into the discotheque to boogie your troubles away
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Sounds From Planet Sol
Charlotte guides you through a lyrical landscape as she introduces you to the musical medicine of Dr Lala Lulu
Find out more »Otto Learns to Fly
Otto has a dream. He wants to fly. But bears can't fly...can they? Ultimately he discovers that it's all in the mind.Otto Learns to Fly is performed by a collection of vintage puppets and objects in The Magic Lantern Travelling Puppet Theatre. Then the action explodes into the wider world on a much larger scale with Sanctum Theatre’s life-sized body puppets
Find out more »Itchy Scabs
Bad music for good children Oi kids! The Itchy Scabs do family friendly garage punk. Their songs are about cool stuff like robots & dinosaurs and the show has stunts, monsters and other stupid stuff. Rock it.
Find out more »StoryCatcher in the Garden
YOU will be telling stories! A storytelling workshop from a great teacher.
Find out more »Dandyman- Prince Idiot
a must see show of outrageously funny proportions
Find out more »The Famous Village Dog Show
Bring along your dog and participate in this Village Festival institution. Every year, we get twenty + dogs and their owners together and make a show. Never seen it? Don't miss out this year. Dog Grooming services from My Pet Warehouse available from 12noon. Dog Costuming workshop. Show registrations from 3pm.
Find out more »So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance
Register yourself for this event and show the judges how you can bust a move - interpretive dance style. Always a hilarious highlight.
Find out more »Malia Walsh
a theatre and circus artist puts on an incredible show
Find out more »Tek Tek
A multi-genre mini orchestra: soul/indonesian pop/surf/kenyan/eastern european/jazz/calypso/mexican. Yes, for real! TEK TEK Ensemble is a multi-genre mini orchestra. Each member performs on at least two instruments, skillfully exploited for an impressive array of musical genres and expression. The balance of three guys and three girls captivate audiences with exclamatory trombone and trumpet; hedonistic violins and accordion; deeply pulsating drums and bass; wild psychedelic electric guitar; and a rich smearing of harmonized singing (and wailing) thrown on top. TEK TEK perform…
Find out more »Scrimshaw Ffour
Authentic rootsey bluegrass and swing. Real tasty. The Scrimshaw Four are a high energy, jazz/bluegrass band from Melbourne, featuring Banjo, Guitar, Violin and Double Bass their live show will make your feet fall off from dancing so hard. Described as “Gypsy Doof Doof” The Scrimshaw Four have been busking and performing almost in every location possible, up and down the coast of Australia, there isn’t a show where The Scrims wont get everybody up and jiggin’ around. The band’s talent…
Find out more »World Kitchen- Nuts and Kitchen Bolts
Cooking construction with MC Sandra Long: these days one just can't throw together a few left-overs. One must construct a meal! Food foragers cook up their treats; All about nuts with Tony and Jules
Find out more »Special-T Lounge
The old and new meet in the Special-T Lounge. Check-in on social media and check-in with your inner self, with your choice of organic herbal tea based on a list of awesome health benefits. While you visitt, contribute #thevillagefestival to Facebook and our live Twitter feed, take an Instagram snap or simply lounge about and fill out a quick survey.
Find out more »KT Prescott’s Live Portrait Atelier
Be immortalized in only 15 minutes as artist KT Prescott strives to give a truthful account of each face before her. Become part of the longstanding tradition between sitter and artist, and experience what is known as the human connection, as your portrait is drawn. Over the festival weekend, a gallery of faces will appear before our very eyes as an exhibition…Staring into Humanity. Old, young, solemn, smiling, profile or frontal, lovers, divorced, pets, babes in arms, well known, unknown, all…
Find out more »Roslyn Quin
Join storyteller Roslyn Quin as she brings traditional stories and new tales from around the world to life through her quirky performances and charming puppets
Find out more »Sounds From Planet Sol
Charlotte guides you through a lyrical landscape as she introduces you to the musical medicine of Dr Lala Lulu
Find out more »Claude’s secret men’s Business
Claude is a man. Are you a man? Come and discuss this with Claude. Bound to be enlightening.
Find out more »Pavlova
Simple grooves, adventurous solos and an easy-going, laid-back approach to music making result in a good time for everyone, whether performing, listening, or taking photos to share on Facebook later.
Find out more »Glambulance
The Glambulance takes you to the Glamergency Room, equipped with sparkles, costumes, arts and crafts, with WrongTown Boutique hosting your outfit revamp. Once your disco ensemble is ready, step onto the catwalk or straight into the discotheque to boogie your troubles away
Find out more »5 minutes- Kristian Santic
a dance improvisation experiment, focusing on random text and interpretation of chosen text. I will purchase 50 books, at random, probably cheapest, from the closest op shop/book shop. One person enters tent, reads a line, or two, and we start to move (for five minutes of course). Rinse and repeat.
Find out more »10 Minute Dance Party
DJ Ry will be rocking the caravan - hard - but only for 10 minutes!
Find out more »Basha
Who is Basha? Where has Basha come from? Is Basha male or female? Where are Basha'a nipples! Is Basha the new prophet?
Find out more »Dandyman- Prince Idiot
a must see show of outrageously funny proportions
Find out more »Meg Nightjar
Intimate karaoke with a personal twist. Pick a card and hear a personal story told through song.
Find out more »Slide Night
Exotic, mysterious and alluring Slide Night is a seven-piece ensemble that plays kitsch 1950s exotica music with a dark twist. Offering up sensual jungle tone poems and lush orchestrations complete with birdcalls, shimmering Afro-Cuban percussion and mad jungle flutes Slide Night will transport you to a 5-o'clock dreamland! Mixing classic arrangements from the likes of Les Baxter and Martin Denny with original compositions and arrangements, Slide Night perform along side two slide projectors beaming authentic travel slides from around the…
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