January
| 1 |
Ararat Cup Meet, Ararat Harness Racing |
| 12 |
Blue Ribbon Raceway SRA Open Sprint Cars Round, Horsham |
| 26 |
Great Western Village Race Day |
February
| 2-9 |
Cross Country Soaring Comp., Horsham |
| 8-10 |
Grampians Jazz Festival, Halls Gap |
| 10 |
Ararat Gift |
| 16 |
Diamonds on the Dome |
| 23 |
Adayonthegreen, Great Western |
| 23-28 |
Grampians Texture, Halls Gap |
| 29 |
World’s Longest Lunch, Ararat |
March
| 2 |
Elmhurst Festival of the Wind |
| 4-6 |
Wimmera Machinery Field Days |
| 8-9 |
Moyston Country Music Festival |
| 12-16 |
Ararat Jailhouse Rock Festival |
| 13-15 |
Moyston Sheep Dog Trials |
| 14-20 |
Art is... Festival, Horsham |
| 21 |
Great Western ‘Good Friday’ Rodeo |
| 21-23 |
Shakespeare in the Grampians,
‘Macbeth’, Halls Gap |
| 22-23 |
Burrong Basin Speedway, Stawell |
| 22-24 |
Australia Post Stawell Easter Gift Festival |
| 23 |
Stawell Gold Cup Race Day |
| 28-29 |
Lake Bolac Eel Festival |
April
| 1-30 |
‘Grampians Four’ Autumn Art Exhibition |
| 5 |
Blue Ribbon Raceway Formula 500 Stampede Series, Horsham |
| 6-9 |
Grampians Rotary Art Show, Halls Gap |
| 11-12 |
Ararat Relay for Life |
| 13-4/5 |
Scarecrows in the Vineyard Competition
and Display,
Great Western |
| 14-20 |
Art Is... Festival, Horsham |
May
| 1-4 |
Moyston Art Show |
| 4 |
Scarecrows in the Vineyard Picnic and
Competition Judging, Great Western |
| 3-4 |
Grampians Grape Escape: The Wine
and Food Festival, Halls Gap |
| 6 |
Melbourne Comedy Festival |
| 12-14 |
Great Western Dance Club
30th Anniversary Ball Weekend |
| 17-18 |
Landmark AWB Alpaca Show, Stawell |
| 24-25 |
Great Grampians Little Desert 4WD Escape |
| 30 |
Victorian Police Blue Ribbon Ball, Ararat |
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June
| 1 |
Wood and Craft Expo, Horsham |
| 7-8 |
Blue Ribbon Raceway Carnival, Horsham |
| 7-9 |
Pomonal Art Show |
July
| 13 |
Crowlands Film Festival |
| 13-14 |
Grampians Model Railroaders Train Exhibition, Stawell |
August
| 2-3 |
Ararat One Act Play Festival |
| 23-24 |
All Breeds Championship Dog Show, Horsham |
September
| 12-14 |
Australian Cymbidium Festival, Ararat |
| 16-17 |
Grampians Alternative Fair, Halls Gap |
| 29-3/10 |
Grampians Wildflower and Arts Show,
Halls Gap |
| 29-8/10 |
‘Grampians Four’ Spring Art Exhibition,
Halls Gap |
| 29-12/11 |
Best’s Spring Art Exhibition, Great Western |
| 30-1/10 |
Horsham Agricultural Show |
October
| 4-5 |
Horsham Spring Orchid Show |
| 4-5 |
Pomonal Native Flower Show |
| 10-12 |
Great Escape Pleasure Ride, Great Western |
| 11-12 |
Horsham Spring Garden Festival |
| 16-26 |
Golden Gateway Festival, Ararat |
| 17-26 |
Awakenings Festival, Horsham |
| 24-26 |
Wimmera Art Show Exhibition, Horsham |
| 25 |
Stawell Agricultural Show |
| 26 |
Ararat Agricultural Show |
November
| 7-10 |
Halls Gap Film Festival |
| 8 |
Mount William Cycling Classic, Halls Gap |
| 30 |
Kannamaroo Festival, Horsham |
| tba |
NMIT China Bowl Cup, Ararat |
December
| 6-7 |
Landsborough Summer Festival |
| 7 |
Carols by Candlelight, Ararat |
| 9 |
Carols by Candlelight, Horsham |
| 13 |
Eel Skinners and Duck Pluckers Bachelor
and Spinsters Ball, Lake Bolac |
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