Connecting Community Festival

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Please note: due to the forecasted high temperatures, outdoor activities outlined below will be moved inside The Memo. Please refer to venue staff and signage for further instructions.

The programme includes a Poets' Breakfast, and Tall Tales (see Facebook for details), Welcome to Country, line dancing, a ukulele concert, kids' activities and zine making, community stalls, basket weaving, Irish dancing, a stilt walker, Writers & Rhythm original acoustic music, and, Soulsville, a one hour gospel-style concert with choir, band and soloists.  

All activities, as well as a barbecue lunch, drinks and afternoon tea are all free. 

Come along and be part of our 'Connecting Community Festival'. 

 

This event is sponsored by Yarra Ranges Council and Bendigo Bank

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The Program 

At The Memo Healesville

10.00 AM  POET'S BREAKFAST 
11:00 AM TALL TALES‘ The Butcher, the Bakers & the Undertaker’ – tales from Healesville’s ‘good old days’  
2:30 PM WRITERS & RHYTHM - Original acoustic music
3:30 PM  CWA AFTERNOON TEA
4:00 PM WRITERS & RHYTHM - Continues
5:00 PM EVENT FINISH

 

At the Library

10.00 AM      MORNING COFFEE, KIDS' QUIET SPACE  
12.15 PM ZINE MAKING
12.30 PM WAYAPA (Outside from 12.15pm)

 

Around Healesville

10.00 AM        COMMUNITY STALLS - CWA, MOORA MOORA, NO REASON, HEWI, BASKET WEAVING, OONAH, LIBERTY FAMILY CHURCH 
10.30 AM BADGER CREEK PS MUSIC
11.00 AM U3A UKELELE GROUP
12.00 PM OPENING & WELCOME TO COUNTRY
  STILTWALKER, SES & UNTITING CHURCH AND A FREE BBQ LUNCH & DRINKS
12.15 PM WAYAPA (continues in Library)
12.30 PM U3A LINE DANCING
12.40 PM IRISH DANCING
1.00   PM SOULSVILLE GOSPEL-STYLE ONE HOUR CONCERT WITH CHOIR, BAND & SOLOISTS

 

When

  • Sunday, 10 March 2024 | 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Location

Also external and at Healesville Library

The Memo, 235 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville, 3777, View Map

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