CERES Harvest Festival
Saturday 23rd March, 10am to 4pm, CERES Environment Park
We are currently looking for local, organic, artisan type stallholders - more info here.
If you'd like to support our event by offering us a few hours of your time, see the volunteer roles here.
Come celebrate and give thanks to the good earth, our farmers and the cycle of the seasons at the CERES 2013 Harvest Festival on Saturday 23rd March. Everyone is welcome! Entry is free.
Join in the heart-felt celebrations of our supply of wondrous food, learn more about the ‘seed to feed’ cycle and participate in a real country-fair in the city!
Entertainment
CERES Harvest Festival offers a range of entertainment with live music, performance, free workshops, free-range animal displays and kids activities. All this alongside craft and food stalls from our most loved local merchants.
See below for a list of market stalls.
Set times have been announced. Check out the links to hear music samples and find out about these incredible local artists:
Village Green |
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| 12.00 - 12.40 | Charlie Mgee |
| 12.55 - 1.10 | Bobby and the Pins |
| 1.30 - 2.10 | Danny Walsh Banned |
| 2.30 - 3.10 | Josh Armistead |
| 3.10 - 3.20 | Trisna (performance) |
| 3.20 - 4.00 | Isaac de Heer |
| 4.00 - 4.10 | Trisna (crowd participation) |
| 4.10 - 4.40 | Zinnia Blue |
| 5.00 - 5.40 | Ben Kelly |
| 6.00 - 6.40 | That Gold Street Sound |
Cafe - Twilight Dinner |
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| 7.00 - 7.50 | Gypsy Jazz Band |
| 8.10 - 9.00 | Tom Pretty and the Pretty Boys |
Cake Baking, Home Produce & Preserves Competition
Attention all hard-working home gardeners and aspiring home chefs. Come and join us for some friendly community competition.
We've expanded our famous cake competition (judged by Betty Burgess from the Country Women's Association), to include home produce and preserves. Our expert judges will select the best of the best cakes, slices, biscuits, home grown produce and preserves across all nine categories with great prizes for all winners.
Slices of all cakes will be available to buy on the day.
More information on how to enter here.
Free workshops, tours and demonstrations
| When |
What | Who | Where |
| 10-2 | Building with Salvaged Timber Demos | Urban Bush Carpenters | Resource Hub |
| 10 | Chook Tour 1 | Louise Chook Queen | Market Area |
| 10.30-11 | Wiggly Worms Family Workshop 1 | Kirsty from CERES Sustainable Schools | Resource Hub |
| 10.30-11.15 | CERES Tour | Ian from CERES Education | CERES Stall |
| 11 | CERES Chook Workshop | Louise Chook Queen | Market Area |
| 11-12 | Zen Shiatsu and Reiki - 10 min sessions | Lisa and Antonella Carone | Multicultural Classroom |
| 11.30-12 | Wiggly Worms Family Workshop 2 | Kirsty from CERES Sustainable Schools | Resource Hub |
| 12.15 - 1 | CERES Tour and History | Lorna from CERES Education | CERES Stall |
| 12.30-1.30 | Solar Cooking Demo | Stephen Mushin and Neil Farragher | Community Kitchen |
| 1 | Chook Tour 2 | Louise Chook Queen | Market Area |
| 1-2 | Zen Shiatsu and Reiki - 10 min session |
Lisa and Antonella Carone |
Multicultural Classroom |
| 2 | Chook Tour 3 | Louise Chook Queen |
Market Area |
| 2 | Earthships in Australia | Rachel from Earthships Australia | Multicultural Classroom |
| 2 | The Sustainability Show | Michael from Envirogroup | Honey Lane Outdoor Classroom |
Food
A Harvest Festival would never be complete without an abundance of delicious food. CERES Café will be serving a variety of festival friendly, easy to eat surprises. Other takeaway food stalls include:
Urban Street Food - gourmet Filipino style street food
Primasoy - delicious fried tempeh and more
Happy Popcorn - flavoured popcorn
Mr. Pro Whipp - icecream
Happy Hour
Harvest Happy Hour 4-6pm will include drink specials at the CERES Bar.
CERES Harvest Twilight Community Dinner
What better way to end the day's festivities, then by joining us at our Harvest Twilight Community Dinner.
We invite you to come and share in the season's bounty! Listen to some live acoustic tunes as you enjoy a 3 course organic feast prepared by our 7 Stars team.
Cost: $40
When: Saturday 23rd March 2013
Time: From 7pm
Where: CERES Cafe
There will also be delicious organic drinks available from the bar.
Bookings are essential and places are limited. Better get in quick!
For more information you can contact the Merri on 9389 0166 or email themerri@ceres.org.au
To make a booking please Click to book!
Downloads available here - help us get the word out and support local food, farmers and artisans:
List of Market Traders:
- Edgars Mission
- Parklands Mobile Farm
- Rambilldeene Farm
- Lovedabead
- Mulecraft
- Hook & Purl
- Giulia Cardamone
- Vintage Makings
- Pet's Haven
- Sgt Floyd
- Real Animals
- City Chicks
- Dolomiti
- Clean Skincare
- Ike & Fly
- Made It
- Emma M Jewellery
- Holly Burton
- Prom Country Flowers
- Burrowes Park
- Hazeldean Forest Farm
- Urban honey Company
- Moreland Council
- Darebin Greens
- Growstuff
Want to help? Here's how.
Volunteer on the day
Get in touch with harvest@ceres.org.au to volunteer.
Tell your friends about it
Use the share buttons above.
Put up a poster at your school/ work or club.
Harvest A4 poster download
Harvest A3 poster download
Join our event on Facebook.
Click here to open the facebook event page.
Questions or Comments?
Email reception@ceres.org.au.
Price: Gold coin donation for parking
Contacts:
General Enquiries: CERES Reception ceres@ceres.org.au or 03 9389 0100
Stall Holders: harvest@ceres.org.au
Like to be a stallholder? Click here.
