Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival

In September of each year the people of Kyneton invite visitors and friends to join with them in celebrating spring at the Kyneton Daffodil and Arts Festival. 

Visitors will enjoy the displays of daffodils at the many beautiful gardens open during the Festival. 

Among the special events are the Spring Flower Show featuring the many varieties of daffodils for which the region is famous, the Kyneton Antique Fair, the Festival of One Act Plays, the Kyneton Art & Craft Show, Art and Photography Exhibitions, the Daffodil Old Time Ball and the Festival of Flowers. An Alpaca Fiesta and Fleece Show have now joined the Festival. There are tours, street fairs, markets and ferret racing for the young at heart. Events also include a fun run and cycle events. There are live performances with concerts at the historic Town Hall and an Art Trail throughout the town. The Festival ends with a Grand Parade through the streets finishing with a fair in one of Kyneton's historic precincts.

Daffodils and Kyneton:

Daffodil enthusiasts have been improving the quality of their flowers since the 19th century, many from the Kyneton Macedon Ranges locality.

By the early 1950’s the Kyneton Daffodil Show was keenly contested. Kyneton then had the biggest and best show in Victoria, giving the town its reputation for growing daffodils.

When it was decided to have an annual Kyneton Festival in 1973, the daffodil seemed the obvious symbol and so began the planting of massed daffodils along Kyneton's main thoroughfares.