Eynesbury Winter Festival

Embrace the chill with the Eynesbury Winter Festival.

The two week event, kicking off on 23 June, is back for the school holidays and features activities the entire family can enjoy, as well as a special kids’ program.

Every afternoon during the week there are cookie decorating classes, pony rides, reptile encounters, magic shows, circus performances by Cirque Mystique and roaming Disney characters.

On weekends there are events for the whole family, including kids’ activity days and live music. The best thing is most of the events are free!

The opening celebrations begin at 5pm on Friday 23 June and will see the Quarter transform into the Winter Village Square, where you can roast marshmallows over the firepit, or strap on your skates and hit the ice rink.

Other events include bottomless pizza nights, winter-themed trivia nights, a night market and an ice hockey exhibition match.

Ms Peacock Kitchen & Bar will be open during the Winter Festival and hosting the trivia nights.

An easy 40-minute drive from Melbourne’s CBD, Eynesbury Estate is the perfect place to entertain the family every day during the Victorian school holidays. There’s plenty of parking onsite, making it easy for visitors from Melbourne, Ballarat, Geelong, Bendigo and other locations.

The ice-skating rink will be a festival centrepiece with entry to the rink starting from $18. Skates will be available for hire at prices ranging from $18 for children (3-14 years), $26 for adults (14 years and over) and $79 for whole family (4 people), with bookings for the 45-minute sessions highly recommended. And for the month of April early bird tickets will be 50% off (for the 500 tickets sold).

To find out more information about the festival schedule and to book your spot on the ice-skating rink, go to https://eynesbury.com.au/winter-festival/

The Eynesbury Winter Festival includes the following program.

Ice-skating rink
Sunday - Thursday:10am – 7pm
Friday & Saturday: 10am – 9pm

Opening day
From 5pm on 23 June

Kids Circus Show
From 11am-4pm on 24 June and 8 July

Winter market
From 9am on 25 June

Cookie decorating classes
11am and 2pm on 26 June and 3 July

Magic shows with Micky Magic
12pm and 2pm on 27 June and 4 July

Roaming Disney characters
12pm–4pm on 28 June and 5 July

Winter-themed trivia nights
From 6pm on 28 June and 5 July

Reptile encounters
12pm–4pm on 29 June and 6 July

Ice hockey exhibition match
From 7pm on 29 June

Pony rides
12pm-4pm on 30 June and 7 July

Night market
From 5pm on 7 July

Winter Solstice
From 5pm on 1 July

Live music
From 2pm on 25 June, 2 and 9 July

Bottomless pizza (kids eat free for dinner)
12pm–8pm on 26 June, 27 June, 3 and 9 July