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Home>Events>Major Events
| Welcome to the Major Events Calendar | | |
This calendar highlights a list of Major Events in the City of Greater Bendigo.
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| Bendigo Olive & Food Fiesta | | 
| Sunday 14 March, 2010
Presented by Rotary Club of Bendigo South Inc.
The Fiesta will celebrate the role of the Bendigo Goldfields as the central focus of Victoria's emerging Olive Industry. Our warm, dry summers and cool winters mimic the famous Mediterranean climate and provide the basis for ideal growing conditions.
The Fiesta has a number of objectives including raising funds for the Rotary Club of Bendigo South Inc.
For more information visit our website, send an email or call Terry Dalwood 03 5442 6212 or Greg Noonan 0419 546 739.
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| Eaglehawk Dahlia and Arts Festival | | 
| 17 - 28 March 2010
Eaglehawk
Our Festival will be a Cornish type using the theme "Welcome Back Cousin Jack" opening Wednesday March 17 - 2010.
Many Cornish activities are planned including local tours of Cornish Ancestory interest, Bardic Ceremony, Dressing of the Graves, Cornish Church Service, search out your Cornish Ancestor History and Displays, local shops window with history displays, Street Parade, Gala Fair, Locally made film, Flower Show, Art Show, Miniature Exhibition, Free Sunday Family Day and Cultural activities, Cycling Criterion, 1/2 Marathon, Deb Ball, Festival Idol, Trivia night, Astronomy viewing, Pet Parade, Local Garden Tour.
Go to the Dahlia and Arts website for more information.
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| Bendigo Easter Festival's 140th birthday! | | 
| Bendigo Bank proudly presents the
140th Bendigo Easter Festival
2 - 5 April 2010
Various locations throughout the CBD
We're having a party this Easter and you're all invited! We'd love you to join in four days of celebrations.
The Easter weekend will be filled with activities to honour the festival's Past, Present and Future.
The highlights include:
Sun Loong's 40th Birthday Celebrations
A Giant Gala Parade
The Big Party at Kidzone
We Built This City
Easter Egg Hunt
Torchlight Procession
For more information visit the Bendigo Easter Festival website.
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| Australian Sheep & Wool Show | | 
| 16 - 19 July 2010
Bendigo Showgrounds, Holmes Rd Bendigo
The Australian Sheep & Wool Show provides not just animals but a great variety of general interest exhibits, including fashion clothing, fleece and yarn as well as woolcraft competition and demonstration. Also featuring food and wine, daily fashion parades (4 per day) as well as shearing and wool handling.
For more information visit the Sheep and Wool Show website.
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| Bendigo Fashion Week | | 
| September - date TBC
Various locations in Bendigo
More details to come shortly...
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| 15th Victorian Teachers Games | | 
| 19 - 22 September 2010
Various locations around Bendigo
The Victorian Teachers Games will attract up to 2000 state and private primary and secondary school teachers and support staff from across Victoria to Bendigo. Thirty different sports will be offered over three days of competition, with schools vying for the prestigious Education Minister's Cup.
More information will be available shortly fromwww.victeachersgames.com
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| Heathcote Food and Wine Festival | | 
| 2 - 3 October 2010
Heathcote Showgrounds (TBC)
Synonymous with great wines, especially Shiraz, Heathcote is Australia's emerging premium wine region.
The Festival, now in its nineth year has become a must do event for wine and food lovers alike, and in 2010 this is even more so.
For information is available ontheir website.
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| Bendigo Heritage Uncorked | | 
| 9 and 10 October
Historic locations around Bendigo including The Capital, Bendigo School of Mines, and Bendigo Town Hall
Bendigo Heritage Uncorked is an iconic moveable feast event. The winemakers of Bendigo create this unique wine festival each year to showcase the best of Bendigo - Bendigo wine, superb food, local musicians and grand gold rush architecture.
For more information visit the Heritage Uncorked website.
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| Gorgeous Voices | | 
| 15 - 17 October 2010
Various venues around Bendigo
Kicking off with a free sampling of songs and performances at the Town Hall, and offering an exciting and diverse program of soloists, choirs, concerts and workshops, this 3-day community Festival celebrates singing in all its styles and shades. Whether you love to sing, or love to listen, you'll love the gorgeous voices that gather in Spring to fill the elegant streets of Bendigo with song.
Cost: sessions from $15 and passes from $50
For more information visit the Gorgeous Voices website.
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| Kid's Character Carnival | | 
| Saturday 16 October 2010
Rosalind Park (TBC)
Free Family Fun day including entertainment, activites and displays for children to enjoy.
Specific details will be available closer to the event date.
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| Jayco Bendigo Cup | | 
| Wednesday 27 October
Bendigo Jockey Club, Heinz St White Hills
Come and enjoy the spring racing at the Bendigo Cup. More information will be available shortly from the Bendigo Jockey Club's website.
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| Christmas Tree Light Up | | 
| Friday 3 December
Rosalind Park, Queen Victoria Gardens, Pall Mall Bendigo
Be part of the third annual celebration of turning on the lights on the 'Downtown Bendigo Christmas Tree'.
Families are encouraged to bring a picnic and find a spot on the grass in Queen Victoria Gardens or over the creek in Rosalind Park.
Detailed information will be available shortly.
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