Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival
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A feast for the senses
Entering its final week, the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival is offering one last invitation to explore, indulge and celebrate. And at the moment when the festival curtain is expected to fall, instead expect to be surprised with a delicious sensory experience of scents, crackles and smoke as a twilight grand finale event erupts, enticing visitors…
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Autumn Festival to go big
The Visitor Economy team at Macedon Ranges Shire Council has unveiled the 2026 Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival poster with artwork by Chris ‘Roy’ Taylor. Preparations are already well under way for the biggest and best Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival yet – highlighting a month-long celebration across nine villages on April 1-30. The release of the…
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War memorial swamped by tourists
Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Autumn Festival strategy to disperse tourists away from Macedon’s Honour Avenue did little to deter the thousands of tourists who rushed to the street over Easter. Honour Avenue is lined with 154 pin oak trees – each one honouring a soldier from the region who served in WWI – and is…
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Festival poster revealed!
Renowned local artist and illustrator Chris ‘Roy’ Taylor has revealed the 2025 Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival poster – the latest in a popular series designed over five consecutive years. Mr Taylor, who moved to the Macedon Ranges with his family 14 years ago, said following the first year, the Autumn Festival had grown and grown.…
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Edgy veggies!
Winners of the 2024 Edgy Veg Awards have been finalised! More than 650 votes were collated to determine the winning café – Social Foundry in Kyneton, and the winning restaurant – Flying Pigeon in Gisborne. The Social Foundry tantalised tastebuds across town with their Wild Mushrooms dish. It took mushrooms to a new level with…
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‘Unprecedented number of visitors’
Macedon residents impacted by this year’s Autumn Festival visitation crowds have criticised the local council for its management of the event. One resident said the council had closed a section of Honour Avenue for the pedestrians and had crossing guards in place.“Bad luck for the people who live there,” she said. “Along the section of…
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Get voting on your favourite veggie dish!
The first day of April marked the start of the Edgy Veg Awards. The awards run from April 1 – 30 and there are a whopping 42 dishes entered across 26 cafes, pubs and restaurants in the Macedon Ranges. You can choose to eat a casual meal at a café or pub, or splash out…
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Follow the autumn food trail
Kyneton is one of nine towns participating in the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival. There are so many great events and activities, including many that are free, celebrating the harvest season! Start your weekend at Kyneton Farmers Market – a one stop destination for autumn food highlights. Apples make up half the world’s deciduous fruit harvest…
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An abundance of botanical art
The Macedon Ranges has always stimulated a love of nature and an engagement with the natural world that has attracted gardeners and artists for more than a century. To celebrate its centennial year, the Mount Macedon Horticultural Society is conducting a month-long program of events at the Mount Macedon Horticultural Hall to coincide with the…
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Festival giveaways open
Getting into the autumn spirit could win you a prize in the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival’s Autumn Wreath Giveaway. Macedon Ranges Council is offering $200 gift certificates from Macedon Ranges Produce to entice local businesses and residents to hang an autumn wreath on a shop window, front door or gate. The Instagram giveaway requires entrants…
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Unique events to launch
Macedon Ranges Shire Council’s Reconciliation Action Plan is being launched at the Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival. It is an integral part of the council’s commitment to encouraging a deeper understanding of the cultures and traditions of First Nation’s peoples and creating opportunities and partnerships to promote knowledge and skills. Three unique events will open the…
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Festival fun
The Macedon Ranges Autumn Festival kicks off this coming weekend with a month-long action-packed program of events. Musicians will be playing in live music park popups across the shire, including The Funkateers (pictured) who will be playing down Piper Street during the Kyneton Farmers Market. Visit visitmacedonranges.com for details.