Events – Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges
Combine the best things in life in the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges, with food, wine, the arts and nature coming together for memorable moments.
Dishing up the best in the Yarra Valley
Pay homage to Dame Nellie Melba, Australia's most famous opera singer, at the springtime Melba Festival, showcasing food, wine and classical music.
Join the festivities at the Yarra Valley Grape Grazing Festival when over 20 wineries host feasts created by top chefs, accompanied by live music and, of course, outstanding Yarra Valley wines. Don your work boots for Shedfest, when the Warburton Highway wineries dust off their sheds for fine wine and frivolity. Rock up to Rochford Winery for A Day on the Green Summer Festival, and duck into winery restaurants for the annual shortest and longest lunches.
Celebrating nature in the Dandenong Ranges
Rejoice in spring when the Dandenong Ranges burst with colour. The Tesselaar's Tulip Festival in September is a breathtaking display of tulips, freesias and daffodils, and the National Rhododendron Gardens' Rhododendron Festival is a profusion of rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.
February
Hillside Film Festival – Belgrave
Marysville Wirreanda Festival – Marysville
Raspberry Fair – Kinglake
March
Harvest Feast – Smaller wineries throughout the Yarra Valley
Longest Lunch, Melbourne Food and Wine Festival – Various venues throughout the Yarra Valley
Scarecrows Picnic – Yarra Valley
Ranges Folk Festival – Olinda
April
Ferny Creek Horticultural Society Autumn Show – Ferny Creek
Easter Children's Week – SkyHigh Mount Dandenong
Thomas the Tank Engine at Puffing Billy – Belgrave
Yarra Glen Arts Show – Dixons Creek
Performing and Visual Arts Festival – Emerald
May
Puffing Billy's Great Train Race – Belgrave
Dandenong Ranges Open Studios – Various locations in the Dandenong Ranges
Nillumbik Artists Open Studios – Eltham and surrounding areas
Kellybrook Cider Festival, Kellybrook Winery – Wonga Park
June
The Yarra Valley's Shortest Lunch – Various venues throughout the Yarra Valley
Warburton Winterfest – Warburton
July
Emerald Winterfest – Emerald
August
Lake Mountain Toboggan Race – Lake Mountain
Spring Floral Display, National Rhododendron Gardens – Olinda
September
Inspiring in Spring Garden Festival – Various locations throughout the Dandenong Ranges
Tesselaar's Tulip Festival – Silvan
Hurstbridge Wattle Festival – Hurstbridge
Healesville Railway Heritage Festival – Healesville
October
Nillumbik Open Cellars – Various wineries through Nillumbik
Rhododendron Garden Festival – Olinda
Melba Festival Food, Wine and Music – Various wineries throughout the Yarra Valley
ShedFest – Various smaller wineries throughout the Yarra Valley
Yarra Valley Railway Halloween Night Train – Healesville
November
Eltham Town Festival – Eltham
Nillumbik Artists Open Studios – Various locations in Nillumbik
