Events

Yoorrook Walk for Truth

Yoorrook Justice Commissioner Travis Lovett is leading a 400 km walk from Portland to Parliament House to present the final report of the Commission 18 June. Members of the public are welcome to join Commissioner Lovett in the final stages of the walk.

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Winter Sounds

Winter Sounds returns to Daylesford and surrounds from August 14 to17 bringing live music to intimate, unusual and atmospheric spaces, from country halls to bush schools to churches and aboard vintage trains across the region.

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Central Victoria Indigenous Film Festival – “Contact” to Screen at Yandoit Cultural

The Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival runs from Tuesday, May 27 to Tuesday, June 3 2025 as part of Reconciliation Week. Award winning film “Contact”, to screen at Yandoit Cultural, is constructed around one of the most extraordinary pieces of footage in Australian history: the moment when a group of Martu women and children walked in from their nomadic existence of millennia into the universe of European modernity.

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Information Session: Digital Water Metres and the Daylesford Pipeline

Central Highlands Water (CHW) will soon replace it’s fleet of more than 75,000 existing water meters with new digital water meters. Stage 2 of the Daylesford Pipeline Project which involves an upgrade to the Blampied Pump Station on the Goldfields Superpipe is underway. Come along and hear an update from Central Highlands Water about these important water supply projects.

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Trentham Spudfest

​Get ready for a spud-tacular weekend at The Great Trentham Spudfest, returning to the charmingTrentham on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2025. This longstanding, community-led festival celebrates the region’s rich potato-growing heritage with a delightful mix of food, fun, and festivities for all ages.

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O Sweet Woods: A Musical Celebration of Love, Nature and Melancholy

The next in the 2025 Christ Church Concert series features the hauntingly beautiful music of John Dowland, one of the English Renaissance’s most expressive composers. O Sweet Woods, a concert inspired by Dowland’s deeply emotional works, promises a captivating afternoon of song and lute, performed by some of Australia’s finest early music artists.

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Daylesford Conversations: Green Hydrogen is Not Dead

With the turbulence in Australia’s hydrogen sector, what role should Australia play in delivering the green hydrogen the world needs? Join Chris Rowland, CEO of Hadean Energy, to discuss the future of green hydrogen in Australia. This is the next in the Daylesford Conversations series hosted by Daylesford Rotary and The Wombat Post.

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