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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 »Red Cross Op Shop
Red Cross Op Shop & Installation
Find out more »Special-T Lounge
The old and the new meet in the tea lounge. Check in on social media and check-in with your inner self, with a customised cup of tea using a variety of ingredients based on a list of health benefits.
Find out more »Jimay and Sha Gazey
Jimay Falcon and Sha Gazey are, Masters of ALL Ceremonies!!! Panning from the outer reaches of the multiverse to the humble Cat Island of The Bahama's. These two super stars bring you high quality KO-WALA bear entertainment! Sure to set you sailing through space and time with a whole new groove in their unlimited thought provoking Games Extravaganzzza's and immeasurable love parties. They will be hosting the Main Music Stage.
Find out more »The Tabernacle
Survive the apocalypse with a smile! Talks, installations, food, cooking, gardens, art, various stuff. Revolving program throughout the day
Find out more »World Kitchen- Saucy Night…!
Oh yeah baby, give me some of that special sauce. What do they say: Food is the Music of Love? Fina Po- Deep water treats; Miss Fribby- Kitchen Moves; Triso and Duncan for all your kitchen advice
Find out more »Red Cross Op Shop
Red Cross Op Shop & Installation
Find out more »Special-T Lounge
The old and the new meet in the tea lounge. Check in on social media and check-in with your inner self, with a customised cup of tea using a variety of ingredients based on a list of health benefits.
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 »The Tabernacle
Survive the apocalypse with a smile! Talks, installations, food, cooking, gardens, art, various stuff. Revolving program throughout the day
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 »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 »November 2015
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 »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 »The Tabernacle
Survive the apocalypse with a smile! Talks, installations, food, cooking, gardens, art, various stuff. Revolving program throughout the day
Find out more »World Kitchen- Food Fun!
Hungry Sunday in the World Kitchen is fun and educational. Includes Honey Extracting with Alana; Prepping Indian Food with Tony Adams. And then it is all about Thalis. Book in for the workshop and/or feast.
Find out more »Shakuhachi Workshop
Shakuhachi Melbourne is a newly group formed by shakuhachi and multi-instrumentalist, Adam Simmons, to promote the sound and beauty of Japan’s famous bamboo flute
Find out more »Red Cross Op Shop
Red Cross Op Shop & Installation
Find out more »Food Justice Truck
A first for the local area! Get your fresh produce right here in the heart of North Fitzroy. The Food Justice Truck (FJT) is an award-winning, mobile fresh food market that enhances food security for asylum seekers in the Victorian community by offering locally sourced produce including fresh fruit, vegetables, grains, legumes, tea and bread at a 75% discount to people seeking asylum. It’s a social enterprise initiative by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC) and will be selling food…
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 »Claude’s Findings
The finding from Claudes Secret Men's Business!
Find out more »Tales from Flyway
Lovely, gentle telling of the migration of migratory shore birds, from Hobsons bay to Siberia.
Find out more »October 2016
October 2017
The World Kitchen in Acland St., St Kilda
The imaginary love child of Nigella and the Swedish chef, The Village Festival's World Kitchen is a food performance venue that hosts food demonstrations from the serious to the spurious, featuring chefs from local restaurants, home cooks and special performances. It's a unique way to share food, culture and performance. On this weekend, you can see St. Kilda's finest chefs, alongside home cooks, and cooking demonstrations from the serious to the spurious. The World Kitchen will be set up in…
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The Village Festival in Edinburgh Gardens 2017
The Village Festival is part carnival, part village fair and part arts festival. Enter through the impressive façade and discover an alternative utopian world chock-full of of music, theatre, visual art, installations, puppetry, story-telling, cooking, workshops and a whole lot more. This year The Village has a special focus on works by young, emerging and experimental artists. Students from Fitzroy High School and Alice Miller School in Macedon lead Maze of Motions, a creative collaboration looking at the depth and…
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November 2017
Benalla Festival: Village Day by the Lake
The Village is working with Benalla Rural City Council to re-invent one of the icons of the Benalla Festival: join us on the foreshore by the lake to experience a multi-faceted and fun community festival. The creative folk of Benalla will be on display with some special guests from out of town. Don't miss The Famous Village Dog Show, So You Think You Can Interpretive Dance and The World Kitchen. Finishes with a fireworks spectacular on the lake.
Find out more »May 2018
The African Kitchen
The African Kitchen is a new partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria and the African-Australian Small Business Association for the Emerge in the West Street Festival. This event features cultural cooking demonstrations and storytelling with chefs and cooks from local African businesses. Discover and sample local delights, from traditional to contemporary and cross-cultural creations. Hear stories and anecdotes from these masters of craft and delve more deeply into the rich cultural history of food and food preparation. Chefs from Khartoum restaurant,…
Find out more »June 2018
Village Winter Festival
Light your creative fire at the fifth Village Winter Festival as the community of the Central Goldfields gathers to celebrate the Winter solstice in spectacular style. Go to the Facebook Event for the latest updates or view the Interactive Program Grid. Fire, Acts, Art, Music Whether you are into hot tunes or hot rods or something in between, there will be plenty to keep you entertained and involved. Local artists take centre stage throughout the festival from the moment gates open at…
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Lady Zee
Get up and close, (with her consent off course ) and meet Lady Zee as she steps off the stage in this roving role at, The Village Winter Festival. Engage in some games, fun, be challenged and learn how to talk freely about what it means to set boundaries and give consent... Lady Zee is a ‘Dragtivist’ & Queen’, telling a story of overcoming sexual assault from a place of sexual empowerment. She brings a light-heartedness to what is often…
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October 2019
Moon Rabbit Café’s Perfect Vegan Jaffle
Learn how to create the perfect vegan jaffle
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