	{"id":7073,"date":"2021-07-27T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themooraboolnews.com.au\/?p=7073"},"modified":"2024-02-04T21:44:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T10:44:10","slug":"festivals-out-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Festivals out of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Lachlan Ellis<br \/>\nAfter 15 years, the Bacchus Marsh Tourism Association (BMTA) has officially ceased operations \u2013 but there are hopes another organisation may step up to the plate and continue its famous festivals.<\/p>\n<p>To read the full story &#8211; Simply click on the following link and flip through to page number three (3)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2021-07-27\">https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2021-07-27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>in the 27 July 2021 edition<br \/>\nOR<br \/>\npick up a paper around your town.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00\"><strong>**NOW DELIVERING 12,000 FREE COPIES WEEKLY**<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lachlan Ellis After 15 years, the Bacchus Marsh Tourism Association (BMTA) has officially ceased operations \u2013 but there are hopes another organisation may step up to the plate and continue its famous festivals. To read the full story &#8211; Simply click on the following link and flip through to page number three (3) https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2021-07-27 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":27272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[240,3185,3398,3399],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bacchus-marsh-tourism-association","tag-glenda-jones","tag-harvest-festival","tag-strawberry-and-cherries-festival"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Festivals out of season - The Moorabool News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Festivals out of season - The Moorabool News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Lachlan Ellis After 15 years, the Bacchus Marsh Tourism Association (BMTA) has officially ceased operations \u2013 but there are hopes another organisation may step up to the plate and continue its famous festivals. To read the full story &#8211; Simply click on the following link and flip through to page number three (3) https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2021-07-27 [...]Read More...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Moorabool News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-26T23:00:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-04T10:44:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Lachlan Ellis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Lachlan Ellis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Lachlan Ellis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302\"},\"headline\":\"Festivals out of season\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-26T23:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-04T10:44:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":81,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bacchus Marsh Tourism Association\",\"Glenda Jones\",\"Harvest Festival\",\"Strawberry and Cherries Festival\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/\",\"name\":\"Festivals out of season - The Moorabool News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-26T23:00:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-04T10:44:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2021\\\/07\\\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":768},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/news\\\/festivals-out-of-season\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Festivals out of season\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Moorabool News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Moorabool News\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/MooraboolNews-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/28\\\/2024\\\/01\\\/MooraboolNews-logo.png\",\"width\":1089,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"The Moorabool News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302\",\"name\":\"Lachlan Ellis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Lachlan Ellis\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/themooraboolnews\\\/author\\\/lachlanellis\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Festivals out of season - The Moorabool News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Festivals out of season - The Moorabool News","og_description":"By Lachlan Ellis After 15 years, the Bacchus Marsh Tourism Association (BMTA) has officially ceased operations \u2013 but there are hopes another organisation may step up to the plate and continue its famous festivals. To read the full story &#8211; Simply click on the following link and flip through to page number three (3) https:\/\/issuu.com\/themooraboolnews\/docs\/mn_2021-07-27 [...]Read More...","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/","og_site_name":"The Moorabool News","article_published_time":"2021-07-26T23:00:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-04T10:44:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":768,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Lachlan Ellis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Lachlan Ellis","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/"},"author":{"name":"Lachlan Ellis","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/person\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302"},"headline":"Festivals out of season","datePublished":"2021-07-26T23:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-04T10:44:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/"},"wordCount":81,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg","keywords":["Bacchus Marsh Tourism Association","Glenda Jones","Harvest Festival","Strawberry and Cherries Festival"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/","name":"Festivals out of season - The Moorabool News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-26T23:00:06+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-04T10:44:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/07\/bmta-768x768-1.jpg","width":768,"height":768},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/news\/festivals-out-of-season\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Festivals out of season"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/","name":"The Moorabool News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#organization","name":"The Moorabool News","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/01\/MooraboolNews-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2024\/01\/MooraboolNews-logo.png","width":1089,"height":400,"caption":"The Moorabool News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/#\/schema\/person\/bfbc5a1c6baaf34dd181f21c64f18302","name":"Lachlan Ellis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b8766ff6263c9ffb6ec80f89efea9b7a992bc23f7fd86445d569b0e6b510f3e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Lachlan Ellis"},"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/author\/lachlanellis\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7073"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/themooraboolnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=7073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}