2024 Festival

The 2024 festival is on Sunday 24 March 2024 at the Pirra Homestead, Lara. 

Entry: Kids under 18 free. Adults 18 yo+ $10. Entry ticket gets you a chance at our Gate Prize Draw, including a $1,000 Travel Voucher from Geelong Travel and loads of gift vouchers to local restaurants. Purchase tickets online or with cash or card at the gate.  

Cheese Champion Competition

Are you a cheesemaker? Enter our Cheeseslinks Cheese Champion Competition.

The Cheeselinks Cheese Champion wins a $300 Cheeselinks gift voucher and a perpetual trophy.

Best in category wins a $100 Cheeselinks gift voucher. Entries are now open!

Download an Entry Form here

Download our Cheeselinks Cheese Champion poster here

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Donut Eating Competition

Our Donut Eating Competition, proudly sponsored by the local Lara Rod's Bakery, is back!

So get ready to enjoy all that doughy goodness.

Kids aged 8 - 12 can register on the day to compete in one of our many heats throughtout the day.  Winners of each heat go into the grand final.

The overall winner receive lots of yummy Rod's Bakery donuts to take home.

Master & Apprentice Cooking Competition

In our Master & Apprentice Cooking Competition leading local chefs team up with Culinary students from The Gordon. The chefs mentor and work with their student to compete against another Master & Apprentice team. Our celebrity chef, Simon Toohey will help judge the competition.

We will have 3 competitions, one for entree, main and dessert, each with two teams. So lots of tasty dishes will be served up. And nobody will know beforehand what they have to cook with. It will be a surprise and the Master and the apprentices will need to think quick!

Watch the action on The Gordon Cooking Stage as our competitors go head to head in three cook-offs. 

Special thanks to The Gordon TAFE for sponsorsing this event.

All Day Music

Enjoy the entertainment on our all-day music stage featuring the cool tunes of popular local musicians, including festival regulars, Reed Street!