2023 Autumn Festival to showcase a taste of the Ranges
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Published on 17 February 2023
Ticketed events are now on sale for the award-winning Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival, which returns in April with an exciting line-up of activities across the region.
The festival, which took out top spot in the Festivals & Events category at the 2022 Victorian Tourism Awards, is an annual celebration of the Ranges’ vibrant food, wine, arts and culture scene in addition to the beautiful gardens and autumn leaves the area is famous for at this time of year.
Mayor Annette Death encouraged both locals and visitors to start planning their itineraries and discover something new to taste, see or experience. “We really are spoilt for choice when it comes to the shire’s diversity of local wares, the producers behind them and our natural surroundings – the Autumn Festival puts the spotlight on all of these,” she said. “We are so grateful to all of our festival partners – Kyneton on Riverside, Riddells Creek Nursery, Bendigo Bank, the Victorian Government and all of our other local businesses involved – for their support in enabling us to plan a jam-packed program of trails and events.”
An exciting new addition to the festival in 2023 are the Autumn Tipple Trails, including the Tipple Train Trail designed for visitors to be able to leave the car at home, jump on the train and explore a range of local bars within walking distance to train stations.
Adding to the fun is the Tarts and Tipples Passport, which encourages festival-goers to taste their way through the region and collect stickers along the way, allowing them to enter a competition to win an amazing Macedon Ranges getaway. Passports will be available at all participating venues and can be printed from the Autumn Festival website.
Other returning features include:
three separate First Nations Events, where participants can learn about Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Country, where Macedon Ranges resides our historical gardens in Mount Macedon collaborating to host an Autumn Gardens Trail that will take visitors by shuttle bus from Centennial Park in Macedon to see the famous gardens of Forest Glade, Viewfield and Duneira Estate the popular Pie and Tart Trail, with more than 30 local cafes and restaurants in the region serving up their own original mouth-watering delicacies the Edgy Vege Trail for lovers of plant-based delights, with participating cafés and restaurants offering up a scrumptious plant-based dish for the publicly voted Edgy Veg Awards the popular Gardener Puppets, visiting the region's various farmers markets to share their humble produce with market visitors a range of artistic workshops on offer, covering everything from painting to dancing.Visit the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival website to purchase tickets and plan your itinerary.