Buninyong Gold King Festival
The Festival Committee regrets that it has decided to take a break in 2010 so there will be no Gold King Festival in 2010.
See the Buninyong Gold King Festival website for more information.
Held every year since 1975, it's fun for everyone: Art Exhibition, Fun Run, Market stalls, Walking tours, Street Parade, Church fete, picnics and much more.
2009 Festival: Friday 27th - Sunday 29th March
The 2009 Buninyong Gold King Festival was very successful, with many exciting activities as always. Wonderful autumn weather brought happy crowds who enjoyed the lively entertainment, street parade, Art Exhibition, folk music, craft stalls, walking tours, market stalls, Bunny Breakfast, fun runs and much, much more.... More about the 2009 Festival ...
Teddies having fun at the Teddy Bears picnic
The Buninyong Gold King Festival was established in 1975 to promote local community groups and provide a free festival for the Ballarat region. By bringing art, theatre, sport, activities for young and old, market stalls and the excitement of the annual Grand Parade to historic Buninyong, the Festival aims to put a smile on everyone's face!
The Festival is held largely in Desoza Park and named after Buninyong's former "Gold King", Henry Joseph Desoza, who, on the eve of his departure for Europe in 1883, conducted an unusual ceremony where he dressed in a velvet cap with a purple scarf and a camellia in his button hole and distributed about 100 gold sovereigns to various charities. At the conclusion of the ceremony Desoza was crowned with a circlet of gold fashioned to depict ferns and forget-me-nots.