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Enjoy an evening of food and entertainment for the whole family at the Fintona Festival.
The Fintona Festival, held every two years, has grown significantly over the past 15 years, and has become an incredibly popular community event.
We are excited to hold the 2024 event as a Twilight event after the increased attendance and success of our 2022 event.
We also welcome this year our Old Fintonians, who are still very much connected to the School as well as the many new families wanting to visit Fintona and enrol in future years.
The event will be held on Saturday 23 November 2024 from 4.00pm to 8.00pm.
The Festival combines the best of fine food, wine, boutique stalls, children’s amusements, an online auction, and live entertainment in a family friendly atmosphere.
Organised and co-ordinated by the Fintona Parents’ Association in conjunction with the School, the Festival is a fantastic event for the entire community to enjoy.
Information about the Fintona Festival
Enjoy an evening of food and entertainment for the whole family at the Fintona Festival. Learn more by viewing the tabs below.
Money raised at this year’s Festival will go towards our much-anticipated Performing Arts Centre, a multi-use performance space for school assemblies, debates, music concerts and theatrical performances.
In addition to the functional auditorium, there will be a number of small and large rehearsal spaces for individuals and ensembles, drama and music classrooms and a large foyer that caters for events and functions.
Each Festival we have a Silent Auction that is an incredibly popular component of the Festival. Items include accommodation packages, household items, a variety of hampers, children’s toys and vouchers for restaurants and fun activities.
We use a site that allows users to see auction item descriptions, photos, and bidding information, to easily make a bid, once registered.
All donating individuals and businesses will receive recognition as a supporter on the Fintona Festival website, auction brochure, online auction portal GalaBid and in our e-newsletter.
If you are interested in donating an item, please email to Adele McIntosh, Development and Community Engagement Manager at [email protected] or phone 9830 1388.
We thank the following businesses that have donated items to date:
- Academy of Dance Victoria
- Accident Car Hire
- Aneta Tankir
- Augello’s Restaurant Balwyn
- Back to Sleep Balwyn
- Balwyn Park Tennis Club
- Batman’s Hill on Collins
- Cannings Butchers
- Centonove
- Chargrill Charlie’s
- CompNow
- E and S Trading
- Elevate Physio and Pilates
- Ella Bache
- Epson
- Flame Greek Tavern
- Flip Out Box Hill
- Gardener and Son
- Gloria’s Wine Bar
- Il Sogno Italian Resturan
- Lenautmost Beauty
- Let’s Talk Kitchens
- Lori Cucinotta
- Miss Biscuit
- Piccoli Portraits
- QuayClean
- Rio Dance Studio
- Sarah Black Photography
- Skintrition
- Sleeki Hair
- Spaghetti Tree Restaurant
- Spotlight, Box Hill
- St Alberts Pizzeria
- Tarn Hook Artwork
- The Art Factory – Balwyn Studio
- Tilnak Fine Art Photography
- Verve Portraits
- Windmill Education Toys and Equipment
- Yarra Valley Lodge
- ZIMT Patisserie Surrey Hills
- Australian Skin Clinics Chadstone
- Bob Stewart
- Feel Good Pilates
- Future Demand Tennis
- Hawthorn Aquatic and Leisure Centre
- Kitte
- Linda
- Luna Park Melbourne
- Maling Road Pharmacy
- Stranger Coffeehouse & Kitchen
- Wood Frog Bakery – Kew
- Basfoods International
This year we will have the following food stalls:
Paella: Chef Arnoldo from the Camden Hotel in Caulfield will cook 2 varieties of Paella for us on their large Paella pans.
Sausage Sizzle: Our Fintona parents will be cooking up a storm with delicious sausages and onions and sauces to compliment.
Dumplings: Parents and grandparents will be preparing homemade succulent pork & cabbage, chicken & corn, and vegetarian dumplings.
If you are interested in baking something for the Fintona Bakery at the Festival, please find below some helpful information.
You can collect baking kits to get started at both the Junior and Senior Campus receptions.
Happy baking!
Rides and Activities
This year we have an incredible selection of children’s activities, the most we have ever had. For the young or young at heart!
Larger than the typical teacup ride, our Turbo Tubs comfortably accommodate both adults and kids, making it a fantastic choice for family fun. The tubs spin on rotating arms which is great for mums and dads with toddlers or for those juniors seeking a thrill ride.
The Turbo Tubs is new ride addition to the Festival this year. It is without a doubt one of our best kids’ attractions for families to enjoy.
Find your way through the many twists and turns and see if you can find your way out before your friends do! A fun challenging, adventurous, and exciting new concept suitable for all ages, young and old!
Test your skills with this awesome fun and exciting Fire Rescue Challenge. This Fire Rescue themed inflatable Obstacle Challenge has a Giant slide with obstacle course attached. Enter through the sides, squeeze through the tunnel, race around the obstacles and climb the ladder to go down the slide.
Meltdown is our 8-player action game, which challenges your stamina, agility, and reactions. Not one but two spinning boom arms try to knock you off your podium. You have to duck underneath or jump over the foam boom. Who will be the last one standing?
In a darkened lab in the heart of the school, experiments with humanoid robots have gone awry. What horrors and mayhem await you inside the Finterror Labs facility?
Enter if you dare
Pat and feed 35-40 cute and cuddly baby farm animals including a calf, lambs, goats, piglet, goose, ducks, rooster, hens, rabbits, guinea pigs and chicks.
Sponsors
Thank you to our Gold Sponsors for their support of the Fintona Festival:
- Accru Melbourne
- Bob Stewart
- Brahma AI Systems
- Compnow
- Epson
- KTL Australia
- Quayclean
We also thank our Bronze Sponsors for their support of the Fintona Festival:
- Hunter Industrials
- iSmile Studio Dental
- Crown Coaches
