Easter

Bendigo Easter Festival

Sun Loong The 2011 Bendigo Easter Festival promises to be three spectacular days of fun and entertainment from Good Friday 22 to Easter Sunday 24 April.

Bendigo’s CBD will come alive with activities and events within walking distance of each other and heaps of parking nearby.

Easter Monday will be dedicated to ANZAC Day memorial services. This means there will be some changes to the timing of the Bendigo Easter Festival events.

An outline of the activities and schedule is available in the table below:

Activity	Day	Date	Location
Hazeldene's Family Day	Good Friday 10am to 4pm	22 April 2011	Rosalind Park / Chinese Precinct
Awakening of the Dragon	Easter Saturday 2pm to 4pm	23 April 2011	Chinese Precinct
Bendigo Bank's Kidzone	Easter Saturday and Sunday 10am to 5pm	23 – 24 April 2011	Rosalind Park
Chinese Spring Festival	Easter Saturday 10am to 12 noon	23 April 2011	Chinese Precinct
Torchlight Procession	Easter Saturday night From 7pm	23 April 2011	Myers, Mitchell, Pall Mall and Chapel Sts
Bendigo Advertiser Gala Parade	Easter Sunday From 12 noon	24 April 2011	Myers, Mitchell, Pall Mall and Chapel Sts
Dragon Mile	Easter Sunday 10.45am to 12 noon	24 April 2011	Pall Mall, Mitchell and Myers Sts
ANZAC Day memorial services	Easter Monday	25 April 2011	Pall Mall
Chinese Association fundraising activities for the RSL	Easter Monday 1pm	25 April 2011	Chinese Precinct

Lost property

Over the Easter weekend a number of items were handed into the festival office. Please contact us on 5434 6000 if any of these items belong to you.

More information

For more information about the events over Easter click here.

Also you can download the how to get to the festival map or the event map.

The full program of Easter activities can be download however, please note this is a very large file (9MB).

Interested in getting involved in the festival?

Have you thought about volunteering? Download the application form below or call the City of Greater Bendigo Major Events unit on 03 5434 6000.

Application form
Description of roles

The Bendigo Easter Festival would like to thank our corporate partners:

Major Sponsors

Partners

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The Bendigo Easter Festival would like to acknowledge and thank the Dragon City Marshals and Lions International Bendigo for their continued support to ensure the Procession and Gala Parade runs smoothly each year.

We would also like to thank Central Trophies and Gifts for donating the trophies for the best parade entries.

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