Festival Program here
Blackbutt Avocado Festival 2023
Saturday, September 9th
7am – 5pm
Other important information:
Assisted Parking (Thanks for your donation)
Pet Friendly (on a leash please)
Saturday Programme Events Example only to be confirmed:
0700 Breakfast at the Avofest Country Canteen (environmentally friendly packaging)
0800 The Festival Begins
0830- 1500 Blackbut Medical Avo Central Guest Speakers - An Array of guest speakers and cooking demos
0900 - 1630 Avo Games - Avocado Juggling, Avo Roll, Avo Toss, Avo Golf & Strongman/ woman
1030 - 1500 Hauser Haulage Woodchop - Blackbutt Axemen & sawyers club woodchopping & postripping competition
1300 Ken Mills Toyota Street Parade - Starts rear of Showgrounds Arena
1400 Rod Benson Skydiving Avo Drop - Buy a numbered cup for $5 and place it in the arena. If your cup gets selected you win $500!!!!
1530 - 1630 Formidable Vegetable Sound System - Permaculture Electro Funk/ Swing band on their National tour that will get the whole family dancing
(Raffle will be drawn by Formidable Vegetable)
0830- 1500 Blackbut Medical Avo Central Guest Speakers
0850 - 0920 Chris Henderson - Water Coherency
0930 - 1000 Leanne Johnston - Avocado Nutrition
1010 - 1040 Jason Peppler - Avocado Inspired Cooking Demo
1050 - 1120 Kate Erbacher - Avocado Farm Health
1130 - 1200 Charlie Mcgee - Permaculture Principles
1210 - 1240 Jim & Julia - Syntropic Farming
1430 - 1500 Jason Peppler - Avocado Inspired Cooking Demo
0900 - 1630 Live Music
Main Stage (Next to the Hall, across from the Avodrop zone)
1000 - 1100 Natalie Fenton
1120 - 1220 Cathy Gilliland
1240 - 1340 Les Horvath
1400 - 1500 Amber Goldsmith
1530 - 1630 Formidable Vegetable Sound System
Second Stage (Under Pavillion, next to the woodchop)
0920 - 0950 La creme dance academy
1000 - 1030 school bands
1040 - 1125 Misfitz
1135 - 1150 Blackbutt school choir
1200 - 1245 Misfitz
1300 - 1345 Warren Gould
1400 - 1445 Mr Q duo
1000- 1400 Curbside Carnies
1000 - 1045 Juggling workshop in the kids space, Bubble roving, Ariel displays
1100 - 1200 Kids face painting, Diablo/ unicycle roving, Ariel displays
1200 - 1400 Bubble workshop in kids space, Kids tumbling, Ariel displays
1300- 1400 Roving performances through the Ken Mills Street Parade
All Day Festival Events
0800- 1600
Avo Stages - An array of entertainment, announcements & games
Avo Central - Industry talks, cooking demos & “Get Your Avo On” Photo shoot
Avofest Stall Trail - Stallholders line up along the rail trail to display their products
Farmers Markets - An alley way of locally sourced fresh produce & eatery
Alvin the Avocado - Ken Mills Toyota Street Parade and along Festival Trail
Helicopter Rides - Experience Blackbutt from above with the great ocean helicopter flights
Kids Central - Face painting, Games and activities
Food Court - Avofest Country Canteen, Food stalls & trucks, Coffee, Icecream
Bars - Woodcutters Bar and Avo-BAR-do
This map is a souvenir of the Blackbutt Avocado Festival drawn with thanks to David Daniel and is designed only to be representative of the Festival Trail. It is not to scale. It is not accurate. It is a fun and whimsical interpretation of the Festival. It is a piece of art. Hope you enjoy the creative strokes of David Daniel.