The Village Festival

This is the place to get your tickets for the 2019 Village Festival in Edinburgh Gardens! Read below or simply check out the Rewards (at right) for your ticket options. Everyone who chooses a ticket reward will get a scannable ticket to present at the festival gate.

Help The Village Festival create a utopian playground in Fitzroy North’s Edinburgh Gardens.

Since its inception in 2005, The Village in Edinburgh Gardens has become a festival institution. Over that time, thousands of artists of all stripes and persuasions have strutted their stuff in a Village wedding tent, in a caravan, a shipping container or on the grassy Village green. More than 100,000 people have experienced the unique, welcoming, safe space that The Village provides, where curiosity rules and where creativity, beauty and personal connection flourish.

In 2019, the Festival is back with a new lease of life (after taking a one-year hiatus in 2018) and a fresh programming team (Tim Ryan, Tim Sneddon, Creatrix Tiara and Cat Scobie) that recognises the significance of the Village’s history, but also breathes fresh energy for a new generation of creatives and curious souls. 

New elements in 2019  include:

• The Sunset Ritual: Each night of the festival a promenade performance marks the transition from day to night, from picnic to party. Featuring some of Melbourne’s best acrobats and flow artists.

• The Ship of Jewels: A Festival within The Festival, grab a drink from the themed bar and settle in for an interactive performance on this watercraft like no other.

• PLUS Another world lies within The Village...if you want in early, tell us that you are MESMERISED...

But we need your help.

Whilst The Village is grateful to the City of Yarra for its financial support, the Festival in 2019 is significantly under-funded. We desperately need $8000 to ensure that we can stage this vibrant and inclusive event in a safe and sustainable way.

These funds would allow us to:

• Ensure the festival is safe and complies with the burgeoning regulations involved in putting on an outdoor event

• Provide the hundreds of artists performing at the festival with fair financial remuneration. No-one is playing The Village Festival in Edinburgh Gardens to get rich, but we want to make sure the artists are fairly remunerated for their contributions

• Create The Village that the Melbourne arts community deserves – a creative and diverse celebration of emerging and independent artists.

We are calling everyone to come along, bring your most creative selves and make this a true celebration of one of Australia’s most unique, most inclusive and most beloved arts festivals.

The Village Festival is entry by donation. We suggest $10 per adult and we know this is a complete and utter bargain - we want art and music to be accessible for everyone. Spend a few hours at The Village and you will probably see three theatre shows (elsewhere each show might cost $25), check out a handful of bands (elsewhere $10 each), and most importantly, you can get involved in a whole lot of activities that are unique to The Village (priceless!)

Why donate on Pozible if you can give an entry donation at the gate?

1. You understand the importance of supporting independent artists and Festivals

2. Sometimes people forget to donate or they think their friend did it for them or their bank account happens to be empty on that day or ...they freeload(!) Donating now through Pozible lets you calmly assess in your own time how valuable this thing called The Village Festival is.

3. You might be living far, far away or be out of town the weekend of the Festival and can’t make it, but you still want to show your support and contribute to the success of the festival (while helping the not-for-profit charity that puts on this slice of alternate reality).

4. REWARDS!! There are heaps of rewards, many of which are exclusive to this Pozible campaign, some incredible bonuses and some super-cool personalised experiences – helping to make your Festival experience something extra special.