Main stage
Our main stage is packed with fun and engaging activities, as we captivate kids with the wonderful world of food education.
Plan your visit by clicking the plus sign to view the stage schedule for each day.
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10:00am - Wurundjeri Welcome to Country & Smoking Ceremony
10:25am - Official opening with special guests11:00am - Didgeridoo performance - Stan Yarramunua
11:30am - Feel Good Food - Vic Kids Eat Well
12:10pm - Creative cooking with Carisma Potatoes & Simon Toohey
1:00pm - The magic of bees & pollination - Rooftop Bees
1:30pm - The Story of Ubuntu - Ubuntu Theatre Company
2:00pm - Building the ultimate lunchbox (vote for your favourites!) - National Nutrition Foundation
2:40pm - Dance and play repurposed musical instruments - Junkyard Beats
3:10pm - The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation
3:40pm - Connecting to nature meditation - Fairy Mary
4pm - Kick back with a family move - Wild Robot -
10:00am - Acknowledgement of Country - Stan Yarramunua
10:30am - Making bee hotels - the Bee Man11:00am - Good Mood Food - Alice Zaslavsky
11:40am - Costa falls into a marketing trance - Fiona Grey
12:15pm - Creative cooking with Carisma Potatoes & Simon Toohey
1:15pm - How to fuel a footballer for game day with Melbourne Victory players and AIA
2:00pm - Apples around the world - JaZZ Apples & FoodBank
2:40pm - Dance and play repurposed musical instruments with Junkyard Beats
3:10pm - Celebrating bush plants with Googar - Jack George and The Bee Man
3:40pm - Connecting to nature meditation - Fairy Mary
4pm - Kick back with a family move - Madagascar
Thanh Truong (fruitnerd), Costa Georgiadis and Alice Zavlavsky are all making their return to the Little Food Festival stage, and the Bee Man Clancy Lester joins us for the very first time.
Activities and workshops
Get ready for two action-packed days of fun. Explore our six zones for hands-on activities.
Bunnings: Get your hands dirty planting a winter harvest.
Rooftop Bees: Set off on a scavenger hunt to learn all about the secret life of bees.
Koorie Heritage Trust: Learn about the cultural significance of the Murnong Yam Daisy with Indigenous artists.
Farm My School and Monash University: Join in on the Farm Dash, a fast-paced game of two farm journeys.
A Better Choice!: Grab a basket and step into the Little Food Market.
Angharad Neal-Williams: Create a seasonal food calendar by matching fruits and veggies to where they grow.
You’re no food fool: Become a detective. Search ingredient lists to find the real foods hiding.
National Nutrition Foundation: Pack a balanced lunch to fuel learning and growing.
Common Ground Project: Learn to make cordial using delicious Australian native ingredients.
Killara Foundation: Touch, taste and smell indigenous bush food.
Veggies First!: Let’s get creative. Build fun creatures like cucumber caterpillars while learning how vegetables grow.
Ubuntu Theatre Company: Learn how vegetables can give us safe dye for fabric and food.
Jazz Apples: Do an apple taste test and learn what makes them unique with Montague Farms.
ChobaniⓇ: Spin, mix and invent! Discover fun ways to enjoy yogurt, from stirring and folding to inventing something totally new.
Oral Health Victoria: Create fruit and veggie rainbows. Learn about how eating a variety of different coloured food can help our teeth.
Tiny Fork: Discover what powers are lurking in the mystery boxes. Meet Rainbow Rae and the other Lunchbox Superheroes, answer riddles and find out what food will grant you superpowers.
United African Farm: Learn about fruit and vegetables from the African diaspora.
CERES School of Nature & Climate: Learn about healthy soil, food waste, and our tiny but mighty friends – worms.
Dillicious Pickles: Want to reduce your food waste? Learn how to do it in the yummiest way possible.
More to explore
Cooking with Carisma: Try delicious Carisma potatoes at the baked potato food truck.
Smoothie Bikes: Jump on a smoothie bike and create your very own smoothie!
Little Food Library: Relax and recharge. A selection of books to spark curiosity about food and nature will be on offer.
Voice Lab by Polyglot Theatre: A safe space for sharing thoughts and reflection, the Voice Lab encourages self- expression in a supportive environment.
Face painting: Fun fruit and vegetable themed face painting with Fairy Mary.
Indigenous art: Drop in on Indigenous artist Stan Dryden as he creates an artwork especially for the Little Food Festival.
Plus, explore what food your body needs to feel strong and play your best on the sporting pitch with AIA Australia.