Spring Fest Returns To Griffith

It’s been a long two-year wait, but Griffith’s flagship festival, Griffith Spring Fest, is set to return from October 9 to 23 this year, showcasing everything the city has to offer.

Finally, we will celebrate 30 years of the Griffith Garden Festival and 25 years of the Citrus Sculptures.

Griffith City Council’s Tourism Events Coordinator, Izabella Apolloni said Real Juice Company had come back on board as a major sponsor this year.

“We have all the favourites plus some new sculptures which will make for a fantastic display, celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Real Juice Company Citrus Sculptures,” Ms Apolloni said.

Traditionally, around 800 locals meet in the early hours of Sunday morning to help build around 70 sculptures, which is one of the key components event organisers are currently working on.

After being cancelled two years running, Miss Apolloni said they were excited to bring back some favourite events such as the De Bortoli Wines Griffith Garden Festival and the popular LINIX Launch Party down Banna Avenue.

“We are celebrating the 30th year of the Griffith Garden Festival this year with some new and returning gardens which will be announced soon,” Miss Apolloni said.

“De Bortoli Wines have joined us as the major sponsor of the Griffith Garden Festival, and I am excited to announce that gardening guru Costa Georgiadis will be back to help us celebrate - we can’t wait to have him back in town,”

Griffith Mayor, Councillor Doug Curran said despite the COVID-19 pandemic cancelling the festival in prior years, it is wonderful to be able to welcome locals and visitors back to celebrate this year. “The Tourism Team delivered an online festival in 2020, which celebrated some of our wonderful garden owners, it is exciting that we can now show some of the region’s most spectacular gardens in person this year,” Councillor Curran said.

“I would encourage you to come out this October to explore them all and support the local charities and groups at each of the gardens.”

LINX will sponsor the LINX Launch Party in the Griffith Visitor Information Centre Car Park, with live music, food, wine, beer and a selection of local stallholders on Friday, October 14 from 5:30 pm.

The full program of events will be released in the coming months as key details are finalised, so keep an eye on www.griffithspringfest.com.au or follow Griffith Spring Fest on Facebook.

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