Five things you can’t miss at the Easter Festival!

THERE’S lots of events and activities that will be on at Bendigo Easter Festival. Here are five to get you started!

Bull Street Music Festival

More than a dozen acts will grace the stage at Bull Street from 4pm to 11pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Performers include MDR, Soul Contract, Mr Samsonite, Unkle Dumpy, Borrowed Time, Equalize, Ryan Gay, Regular Joes, Diggity Diggity, Grinners, Harlem, John Grossman Project, and SOS Australian ABBA Show.

Gala Parade

The Bendigo Chinese Association take the world’s longest imperial dragon, Dai Gum Loong, on a tour of some of the town’s main streets on Easter Sunday from 12.30pm.

The procession will include bands, cultural groups, dancers, sports clubs, and school groups, with the parade route taking in View, McCrae and Bridge streets.

Easter Book Fair

Bendigo Foodshare has taken on the running of the traditional Easter Book Fair to raise money for their programs.

Head over to Tom Tweed YMCA Stadium at 47 Mundy Street to browse thousands of pre-loved books, DVDs, CDs, magazines, and puzzles, to snag a bargain or a few.

The event runs from 9am to 5pm Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and closes at 1pm on Monday.

Family Day at the Lake

For those not yet chocolated-out, the Bendigo Easter Fair Society will be hosting a Family Day at Lake Weeroona on Easter Monday from 10am to 3pm.

There’ll be a kids’ zone complete with carnival rides and activities and market stalls and community events for those a bit older.

A variety of food trucks will be there, so a great opportunity for a picnic and some other fun, and entry to the event is free.

Ellis Wines Chocolate and Wine Pairing

For the big kids this event is open from 11am to 4pm every day of the Easter long weekend at Ellis Wines, 52 Garsed Street, where there’ll be wine and chocolate pairings.