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Thorpdale Potato Festival: A fun-filled celebration of the region's potato farming heritage on 9 Mar 2025 at Thorpdale Rec Reserve
The Thorpdale Potato Festival celebrates potato farming heritage with races, workshops, fried treats, entertainment, and community reinvestment. Fun for all ages, featuring contests, petting zoo, live music, and great vibes!
Potatoes - boil them, mash them, stick them in a stew. Or in the case of the town of Thorpdale, throw an entire festival dedicated to this mighty vegetable. The Thorpdale Potato Festival is the ideal day out for any carb lover. Created to celebrate the area's strong potato farming heritage, it has evolved to become a jam-packed day that the whole family can enjoy.
Come and join the potato celebration at the Thorpdale Potato Festival, a fun-filled tribute to potato farming heritage! Celebrate on 9 March 2025 at Thorpdale Rec Reserve
Thorpdale Potato Festival
We're talking 'tato picking, stacking, throwing and eating, and stall holders selling every kind of fried treat you can think of. Marvel at the creativity of the "Hessians on the Field" event with outfits made from potato sacks.
There's even entertainment for those of us that aren't in awe of this versatile vegetable. There are sheep shearing races, wood chopping contests, plus a petting zoo and live entertainment. The Thorpdale Potato Festival is a loving ode to the area's strong potato farming culture, and all the profits from the day are reinvested back into the community. Come for the chippies and potato races, stay for the excellent vibes.
Festival details
The Festival offers a fun-filled day for the entire family, with music, food, kids' activities, fashion, photography, cooking demos, and the popular 'potato races.'
WHEN: 9 Mar 2025, 9:30am - 4:30pm
WHERE: Thorpdale Rec Reserve, Stockdales Rd, Thorpdale VIC 3835
TICKETS: Available at Humanitix website
- $20 adult
- $17 concession
- $15 child (4-18 years)
- $60 family package
The best part of this event is that all proceeds from the event go back into the community!
Pictures from Visit Gippsland website.
Source: http://gippsland.com/
Published by: news@gippsland.com
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