VISIT VICTORIA - REGIONAL EVENTS SUPPORTED THROUGH THE REGIONAL PILLAR TOURISM REGION EVENT START EVENT END EVENTS FUND (REF) Country Victoria Events Other Multiple Regions 1/01/2016 1/01/2016 Shearwater Festival Festival Phillip Island 1/01/2016 1/01/2016 Flower and Garden Show Exhibition Multiple Regions 1/02/2016 1/02/2016 Meeniyan Garlic Festival Festival Gippsland 20/02/2016 20/02/2016 The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival Festival The Murray 31/03/2016 3/04/2016 Surf Coast Arts Trail Exhibition Great Ocean Road 13/08/2016 14/08/2016 Surf coast Century Sport Great Ocean Road 3/09/2016 4/09/2016 KidsFest Festival The Murray 17/09/2016 18/09/2016 Mildura Country Music Festival Festival The Murray 23/09/2016 2/10/2016 Patchewollock Music Festival Festival The Murray 14/10/2016 16/10/2016 Upwelling Festival Festival Great Ocean Road 29/10/2016 29/10/2016 Gippsland food and Wine Festival Culinary Gippsland 6/11/2016 6/11/2016 Lorne Film Festival Festival Great Ocean Road 11/11/2016 11/11/2016 Murray Quad Sport The Murray 19/11/2016 19/11/2016 Phillip Island Jazz Festival Festival Phillip Island 25/11/2016 25/11/2016 Massive Murray Paddle Sport The Murray 25/11/2016 27/11/2016 Geelong Revival Motoring Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 25/11/2016 27/11/2016 Queenscliff Music Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 25/11/2016 27/11/2016 National Cutting Horse Association Festival High Country 8/12/2016 8/12/2016 Athletico Madrid Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 3/01/2017 3/01/2017 Festival of Sails Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 21/01/2017 24/01/2017 Opera in the Alps Festival High Country 21/01/2017 21/01/2017 Peninsula Short Film Fest Festival Mornington Peninsula 3/02/2017 11/02/2017 Victorian Open Golf Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 9/02/2017 12/02/2017 Southern 80 Water Ski Race Sport The Murray 9/02/2017 12/02/2017 Riverboats Music Festival Festival The Murray 17/02/2017 19/02/2017 T20 International Cricket Double Header Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 19/02/2017 19/02/2017 Grampians Music Festival Festival Grampians 24/02/2017 26/02/2017 Wellness Festival - Business Case Development Funding Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 1/03/2017 1/04/2017 Latrobe City International Open Water Ski Championships Sport Gippsland 4/03/2017 5/03/2017 Shepparton Festival Festival The Murray 4/03/2017 19/03/2017 Chill Out Festival Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 9/03/2017 13/03/2017 Lost Trades Fair Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 11/03/2017 12/03/2017 Tastes Of Rutherglen Culinary High Country 11/03/2017 12/03/2017 Hooked on Lakes Entrance Culinary Gippsland 12/03/2017 12/03/2017 Castlemaine State Festival Festival Goldfields 17/03/2017 26/03/2017 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Regional Program Culinary Multiple Regions 31/03/2017 9/04/2017 Dr Blake Mysteries Exhibition Goldfields 1/04/2017 30/09/2017 DreamWorks Lights The Exhibition Exhibition Mornington Peninsula 1/04/2017 30/04/2017 Yarra Valley Wine and Food Festival Culinary Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges 1/04/2017 2/04/2017 Koroit Irish Festival Festival Great Ocean Road 28/04/2017 30/04/2017 High Country Harvest Culinary High Country 5/05/2017 21/05/2017 Clunes Booktown Festival Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 6/05/2017 7/05/2017 Grampians Grape Escape Culinary Grampians 6/05/2017 7/05/2017 Winton SuperSprint V8 Supercars Championship Sport High Country 15/05/2017 17/05/2017 Great Ocean Road Marathon Sport Great Ocean Road 21/05/2017 22/05/2017 DMP Harvest Festival Culinary Daylesford Macedon Ranges 1/06/2017 30/06/2017 Woodend Winter Arts Festival Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 9/06/2017 12/06/2017 National Celtic Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 9/06/2017 12/06/2017 Ballarat Winter Festival Festival Goldfields 17/06/2017 23/06/2017 Winter Blues Festival Festival The Murray 27/07/2017 30/07/2017 Walhalla Vinter Ljusfest Festival Gippsland 1/08/2017 28/08/2017 Ballarat International Foto Biennale Exhibition Goldfields 19/08/2017 17/09/2017 Western Bulldogs Sport Goldfields 19/08/2017 19/08/2017 NBL Pre Season Sport Gippsland 7/09/2017 9/09/2017 Amy's Gran Fondo Sport Great Ocean Road 16/09/2017 17/09/2017 AFL Masters Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 1/10/2017 7/10/2017 Marysville Jazz and Blues Weekend Festival Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges 20/10/2017 22/10/2017 Toast to the Coast Culinary Geelong and the Bellarine 4/11/2017 5/11/2017 Geelong Revival Motoring Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 24/11/2017 26/11/2017 Queenscliff Music Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 24/11/2017 26/11/2017 Matildas v China Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 26/11/2017 26/11/2017 Targa Florio Australian Tribute Sport Multiple Regions 29/11/2017 3/12/2017 Gippsland food and Wine Festival Culinary Gippsland 3/12/2017 3/12/2017 Cycling Australia Road National Championships Sport Goldfields 2/01/2018 9/01/2018 Big Bash League Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 3/01/2018 3/01/2018 Melbourne Victory v Central Coast Mariners Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 6/01/2018 6/01/2018 Grampians Music Festival Festival Grampians 2/02/2018 4/02/2018 SuperFoilers Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 9/02/2018 11/02/2018 Peninsula Film Festival Festival Mornington Peninsula 9/02/2018 9/02/2018 Regional Centre for Culture Festival Goldfields 14/02/2018 3/12/2018 Apollo Bay Seafood Festival Culinary Great Ocean Road 16/02/2018 19/02/2018 Riverboats Music Festival Festival The Murray 16/02/2018 18/02/2018 Chill Out Festival Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 8/03/2018 12/03/2018 Port Fairy Folk Festival Festival Great Ocean Road 9/03/2018 12/03/2018 Wall to Wall Festival Festival High Country 9/03/2018 12/03/2018 Lost Trades Fair Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 10/03/2018 11/03/2018 Wooden Boat Festival of Geelong Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 10/03/2018 12/03/2018 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Regional Program Culinary Multiple Regions 16/03/2018 25/03/2018 Lorne Sculpture Biennale 2018 Exhibition Great Ocean Road 17/03/2018 02/04/2018 Lake Bolac Eel Festival Festival Grampians 23/03/2018 25/03/2018 Speedway Sedans Australia Modified Sedans National Title 2018 Sport Grampians 30/03/2018 1/04/2018 Grampians Grape Escape Culinary Grampians 1/04/2018 6/05/2018 PBR Wodonga Invitational Sport The Murray 7/04/2018 9/04/2018 Cullulleraine Music Festival Festival The Murray 13/04/2018 15/04/2018 High Country Women's Cycling Festival Sport High Country 21/04/2018 22/04/2018 Koroit Irish Festival Festival Great Ocean Road 27/04/2018 29/04/2018 Plate up Ballarat Culinary Goldfields 1/05/2018 31/05/2018 Clunes Booktown Festival Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 4/05/2018 6/05/2018 Geelong After Dark Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 4/05/2018 4/05/2018 High Country Harvest Culinary High Country 4/05/2018 20/05/2018 Western Bulldogs @ Eureka Stadium Sport Goldfields 5/05/2018 29/07/2018 Illumin8 Festival Goldfields 17/05/2018 20/05/2018 Winton SuperSprint V8 Super Cars Championship Sport High Country 18/05/2018 20/05/2018 Great Ocean Road Running Festival Sport Great Ocean Road 19/05/2018 20/05/2018 Woodend Winter Arts Festival Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 8/06/2018 11/06/2018 National Celtic Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 8/06/2018 11/06/2018 High Country Balloon Fiesta Festival High Country 09/06/2018 11/06/2018 2018 East Gippsland Bream Classic and Grand Final Sport Gippsland 16/06/2018 09/12/2018 Queenscliff - Low Light Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 21/06/2018 15/07/2018 Skating at Sorrento Festival Mornington Peninsula 22/06/2018 15/07/2018 Island Whale Festival 2018 Festival Phillip Island 6/07/2018 8/07/2018 Hattah Desert Race Sport The Murray 06/07/2018 08/07/2018 Lake Mulwala Kids Festival Festival The Murray 07/07/2018 14/07/2018 Winter Blues Festival Festival The Murray 26/07/2018 29/07/2018 Australian Open Table Tennis Championships Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 26/07/2018 29/07/2018 Western Bulldogs Sport Goldfields 29/07/2018 29/07/2018 Dimboola Human Powered Vehicle Event Festival Grampians 05/08/2018 05/08/2018 Rainbow Desert Enduro Sport Grampians 10/08/2018 12/08/2018 Surf Coast Arts Trail Exhibition Great Ocean Road 11/08/2018 12/08/2018 Tour of the Great South Sport Great Ocean Road 15/08/2018 19/08/2018 2018 Victorian Sand Greens Championships Sport Goldfields 05/09/2018 09/09/2018 Wiggle Amy's Gran Fondo Sport Great Ocean Road 15/09/2018 16/09/2018 NBL Blitz Sport Goldfields 20/09/2018 23/09/2018 Live love life Daylesford Macedon Ranges Kardinia Park Festival of Sport Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 6/10/2018 7/10/2018 Bendigo Uncorked Culinary Goldfields 12/10/2018 21/10/2018 Gertrude Opera Festival Festival Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges 12/10/2018 21/10/2018 Marysville Jazz and Blues Weekend Festival Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges 19/10/2018 21/10/2018 Ciao Yarra Valley Ciao Festival Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges 3/11/2018 2/12/2018 Korean Baseball Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 15/11/2018 20/01/2019 Peninsula VineHop Festival Culinary Mornington Peninsula 17/11/2018 18/11/2018 Geelong Revival Motoring Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 23/11/2018 25/11/2018 Queenscliff Music Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 23/11/2018 25/11/2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Sport Goldfields 9/12/2018 16/12/2018 World Kiteboarding League Sport Great Ocean Road 12/12/2018 16/12/2018 Art in the Vines Exhibition Daylesford Macedon Ranges 17/12/2018 11/03/2019 Bay Cycling Classic Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 1/01/2019 3/01/2019 Melbourne Renegades Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 3/01/2019 3/01/2019 Cycling Australia Road National Championships Sport Goldfields 3/01/2019 10/01/2019 Melbourne Renegades Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 13/01/2019 13/01/2019 Melbourne Stars Sport Gippsland 23/01/2019 23/01/2019 Victorian Open Golf Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 7/02/2019 10/02/2019 Peninsula Film Festival Festival Mornington Peninsula 9/02/2019 9/02/2019 Riverboats Music Festival Festival The Murray 15/02/2019 17/02/2019 Apollo Bay Seafood Festival Festival Great Ocean Road 15/02/2019 17/02/2019 Geelong Soccer Cup Tornament Sport Geelong and the Bellarine TBC 19 TBC 19 Melbourne Storm Sport Geelong and the Bellarine TBC 19 TBC 19 Ironman 70.3 Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 15/02/2019 17/02/2019 Meeniyan Garlic Festival Festival Gippsland 16/02/2019 16/02/2019 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Regional Program Culinary Multiple Regions 1/03/2019 31/03/2019 Nagambie On Water Festival Festival The Murray 01/03/2019 03/03/2019 Walk away extinction Exhibition Gippsland 02/03/2019 26/05/2019 Chill Out Festival Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 7/03/2019 12/03/2019 Lost Trades Fair Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 09/03/2019 10/03/2019 King Valley Prosecco Festival Festival High Country 15/03/2019 17/03/2019 BMX Australia National Championships Sport The Murray 18/03/2019 24/03/2019 Castlemaine State Festival Festival Goldfields 22/03/2019 31/03/2019 MTBA National Champtionships Sport High Country 22/03/2019 31/03/2019 High Country Women's Cycling Festival Sport High Country 29/03/2019 31/03/2019 Wall to Wall Festival Festival High Country 05/04/2019 07/04/2019 Open Farm Day Festival Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges 07/04/2019 07/04/2019 Super Foilers Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 21/02/2019 24/02/2019 Seik Games Sport Mornington Peninsula 19/04/2019 22/04/2019 Go Fish Sport The Murray 25/04/2019 28/04/2019 High Country Harvest Culinary High Country 1/05/2019 20/05/2019 Grampians Grape Escape Culinary Grampians 04/05/2019 05/05/2019 Great Ocean Road Running Festival Sport Great Ocean Road 18/05/2019 19/05/2019 Winton SuperSprint V8 Super Cars Championship Sport High Country 18/05/2019 20/05/2019 Woodend Winter Arts Festival 2019 Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 07/06/2019 10/06/2019 3 x 3 Hustle Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 14/04/2019 15/04/2019 Phillip Island Whale Festival 2019 Festival Phillip Island 05/07/2019 07/07/2019 Ballarat International Foto Biennale Exhibition Goldfields 23/08/2019 23/10/2019 The Story of the Road Exhibition Great Ocean Road 19/09/2019 20/10/2019 Ballet Under the Stars Festival Gippsland 26/10/2019 26/10/2019 National Celtic Folk Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 07/06/2019 10/06/2019 Geelong Revival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 22/11/2019 24/11/2019 Western Bulldogs Sport Goldfields TBC 2019 TBC 2019 Western Bulldogs Sport Goldfields TBC 2019 TBC 2019 Queenscliff Music Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 24/11/2019 26/11/2019 Cycling Australia Road National Championships Sport Goldfields 4/01/2020 11/01/2020 Sail Melbourne - Australian Sailing Youth Championships Sport Mornington Peninsula 10/01/2020 14/01/2020 UCI BMX World Supercross Sport The Murray 1/02/2020 1/02/2020 Riverboats Music Festival Festival The Murray 14/02/2020 16/02/2020 Go Fish Sport The Murray 23/04/2020 26/04/2020 High Country Harvest Culinary High Country 1/05/2020 20/05/2020 Great Ocean Road Running Festival Sport Great Ocean Road 16/05/2020 17/05/2020 Melbourne Renegades Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 3/01/2020 3/01/2020 Western Bulldogs Sport Goldfields TBC 2020 TBC 2020 Western Bulldogs Sport Goldfields TBC 2020 TBC 2020 MTBA National Champtionships Sport High Country TBC 2020 TBC2020 Melbourne Renegades Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 14/01/2020 14/01/2020 Lost Trades Fair Festival Daylesford Macedon Ranges 7/03/2020 9/03/2020 Grampians Grape Escape Culinary Grampians 5/05/2020 6/05/2020 Ironman 70.3 Sport Geelong and the Bellarine 15/02/2020 17/02/2020 Wooden Boats Festival Festival Geelong and the Bellarine 6/03/2020 9/03/2020 Melbourne Vixens Netball Sport Goldfields 23/04/2019 24/04/2019 Great South Coast Bike Race Sport Great Ocean Road TBC 19 TBC 19 Geelong Soccer Cup Tournament Sport Geelong and the Bellarine TBC 20 TBC 20 Phillip Island V8 Supercars Sport Phillip Island 12/04/2019 14/04/2019 Australian Open Table Tennis Championships Sport Geelong and the Bellarine TBC 2019 TBC 2019 Australian Open Table Tennis Championships Sport Geelong and the Bellarine TBC 2020 TBC 2020 Korean Baseball Sport Geelong and the Bellarine TBC 2020 TBC2020