L to R: Jacinta Parsons, Costa Georgiadis and Hannah Moloney- speakers at the sell-out 2022 Mountain Festival in Macedon.
Jacinta Parsons will be appearing again at the 2024 Festival, this time in conversation with Alone Australia winner, Gina Chick. Photo / supplied.
Mountain Festival, Australia’s first and only environmental festival launches its program, headlining luminaries such as Alone Australia winner and author Gina Chick, environmentalist Bob Brown and Miles Franklin winner Alexis Wright.
Other popular guests include bestselling author of Dark Emu Bruce Pascoe, Tasmanian writer Robbie Arnott, renowned chef Annie Smithers, garden designer Paul Bangay and Australian rock icon Tim Rogers.
Running from 22-24 November – full program here – in the forests of Geboor (Mt Macedon) on Wurundjeri Country, Mountain Festival pivots from a Writers’ Festival to a Story Festival. The expanded program includes nature immersion, Indigenous astronomy, art classes and kids’ workshops in a bid to gather with the community to embrace storytelling in all its forms.
The popular Ash Wednesday play reading will also make a comeback, as much-loved actors Shane Jacobson and Pia Miranda perform alongside local performers to bring this story of community resilience to life.
The inspiring combination of professional and community actors will make for a special performance.
Founder and Festival director, Sonia Orchard, said the sell-out success of the inaugural 2022 festival showed “just how much support there is for these kinds of cultural conversations and experiences about place, story and nature.
“The stunning setting of the Macedon Ranges in Spring, so close to Melbourne, is the perfect location to host such a weekend, full of inspiring conversations, relaxation in nature, and of course, indulgence in the local produce.”
“Macedon is known for the beauty of its gardens and the excellence of its wine and hospitality. This year adding in bird walks and fire side stargazing as well as art workshops, yoga and meditation will make it even more well rounded. We hope guests return from their weekend feeling spiritually, intellectually and physically nourished.”
Weekend and day passes are on sale now at mountainfestival.com.au
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