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Bendigo Easter Festival is quite simply, great fun!
Steeped in history, culture and more than a dash of contemporary entertainment,
Easter in Bendigo has the city buzzing with excitement and spectacle.
With four days of vibrant activity, as well as time to relax and celebrate
with family and friends, Bendigo Easter Festival has something for everyone
to enjoy.
Good Friday March 21
Coliban Water Family Day has fast become the traditional entertainment
on Good Friday in Bendigo. The ever popular Vision Australia Easter
egg hunt will thrill intrepid little hunters who will dig for the ultimate
Easter treasure – chocolate! Kids will be enchanted by the entertainment
on stage throughout the day. Stroll around the market, covet the classic
cars, be captivated by the art or be tempted by a taste of local wine.
You will create, play, feast, dream and move all around the picturesque
Lake Weeroona.
Good Friday Schedule
(download PDF - 967KB)
Easter Saturday March 22
Move over adults, Easter Saturday in Rosalind Park is for the kids.
Heaps of fun free activities and great shows will captivate every child
who dares to venture into Kidzone in Rosalind Park. Walk with giant
puppets then dance and sing-a-long with another day full of kids’
entertainment on the Kidzone stage. There’s plenty of fabulous
fun and activities as this day focuses on the kids.
Spectacular China is a must see this Easter. Buy
your ticket to enjoy this unique and powerful stage show with music,
dance, acrobatics and martial arts that brings to life the Chinese dynasties
long gone, but not forgotten.
Easter Saturday Schedule
(download PDF - 864KB)
Music on Bull band
line-up (download PDF - 21KB)
Kuan Yum’s birthday
(download PDF - 10KB)
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Easter Sunday March 23
Dance, drums, Lion Teams and 100,000 crackers are all part of the Awakening
of the Dragon and the Chinese Spring Festival as Bendigo celebrates
its Chinese heritage on Easter Sunday.
Human visitors will be able to wander freely to find the hidden creatures
in the Rosalind Park Fernery with over 20 different species of never
before seen sculptured and animated creatures hiding somewhere inside.
As the sun sets on a day full of colour and culture, find your place
along the road to cheer on the convoy of illuminated floats in the Torchlight
Procession concluding with a spectacular fireworks display to light
up the night sky at Lake Weeroona.
Easter Sunday schedule
(download PDF - 628KB)
Chinese Spring
Festival (download PDF - 13KB)
Awakening of the
dragon (download PDF 1.4MB)
Easter Monday March 24
The highlight of the Bendigo Easter Festival has to be The Bendigo Advertiser
Gala Parade with colourful floats, clowns, marching bands and the breathtaking
performance of Sun Loong as he winds his way through the streets. Chinese
crackers will ward off evil spirits and bring good luck to the city
until everyone comes together again for the Bendigo Easter Festival
in 2009.
Easter Monday Schedule
(download PDF - 958KB)
Chinese Association
Easter Monday activities (download PDF - 10KB)
Splendid extras!
Many special-interest events are part of the Bendigo Easter Festival,
adding to the vibrant atmosphere. It's a weekend for art-lovers, wine-lovers
and theatre-lovers to experience special performances, displays, exhibitions
and Bendigo's unique attractions.
Click here to view the full
list of splendid extra events happening over the Easter long weekend
in Bendigo
Click here to download
a the festival map (PDF - 512KB)
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