Program Reveal
Friday 11 September
Our Venues & Spaces
The Marquee
Expand your mind with our full-day speaker program in The Marquee featuring conversations, teachings and lived wisdom from practitioners, healers, researchers and community leaders. Gather in to hear stories that illuminate and inspire and panel discussions that challenge and question. From ancient healing traditions to modern wellbeing science, each speaker brings a unique lens on how we care for ourselves and each other.
10am - 3pm, free entry
The Temples
Enter The Temples, our dedicated spaces for transformation and energy alchemy. Sessions are guided by skilled practitioners who weave ancient lineages with contemporary tools for healing, clarity and embodied leadership. These immersive sessions invite you to move beyond inspiration into integration to sit with what’s real, to shift what’s ready, and to rise with renewed purpose. Each workshop is crafted for depth, safety and change.
10am - 3pm, tickets on sale from Friday 11 September
Sign-up for first release ticket sales
The Pavilions
Wander through the Pavilions and speak directly with our exhibitors, practitioners and wellbeing organisations from across Central Victoria. Our exhibitors are ready to share their knowledge, answer questions, demonstrate their modalities and help you discover what resonates. This is your chance to learn, ask, explore and connect with the people shaping wellbeing in our region. You just might find your next guides and healers.
10am - 2pm, free entry
The Circle
Step into your body for movement, mindfulness and embodied practice from yoga and tai chi to somatic flow, rhythmic release and community ritual. Across the day, skilled facilitators guide sessions designed to ground, energise and reconnect you with your own inner rhythm. Whether you’re stretching into stillness or flowing through form, this is a space to let go and release in.
10am - 4pm, free entry
The Wellspring
Step into The Wellspring, our whimsical, alcohol‑free bar at Golden Wellness Festival. A cosy meeting place where you can gather, unwind and sip delicious booze‑free alternatives, botanical blends, tonics, elixirs and nourishing health drinks.
A space to pause, chat, laugh and enjoy the festival with friends old and new.
10am - 4pm, free entry
The Off-line Lounge
Step into the Off‑Line Lounge, a quiet, screen‑free sanctuary for reading, playing, chatting and simply being. Soft seating, analogue games, curious books and gentle company invite you to slow down, reconnect and let your nervous system breathe. No phones, no pressure, just presence.
10am - 3pm, free entry
The Creation Space
The community co‑creation art activity invites everyone to craft an exciting, meaningful and possibly magical piece guided by local artists. Each artwork becomes part of the closing performance in The Circle carried or danced into the ritual transforming individual expression into a shared, living symbol of our collective journey.
10am - 3pm, free entry
The Visioning Hearth
Guided vision‑boarding and goal‑setting sessions invite you to imagine the path ahead with clarity and heart. Supported by gentle facilitation and tactile creative tools, you’ll craft a personal map of intentions. Sit alongside others and connect while you tailor your village‑made compass to carry forward long after the festival’s final circle closes.
10am - 3pm, free entry
The Festival Kitchen
Inspired by cookbooks like The Enchanted Broccoli Forest - our catering is designed to feel wholesome, vibrant, and deeply nourishing, offering food that supports both energy and ease throughout the day. Expect colourful bowls, fresh seasonal produce, slow‑cooked goodness made with real ingredients that leave you feeling light, satisfied, and restored.
10am - 4pm
Opening Ceremony
As the day begins, we gather to share set intentions and give thanks to the First Nations People who have nurtured the lands that we live and practice on for thousands of years to this day despite the cultural devastation that they have experienced. Our sound healers will open the space, and we will connect through Welcome to Country before the sessions begin.
3pm - 4pm, free entry
The Marketplace
A vibrant outdoor bazaar brimming with handmade products, remedies, tools, art and wellness goods crafted by local and regional makers and soulful creatives. Each stall will offer something beautifully unique, from botanical blends to ceramics, ritual tools to natural skincare, inviting you to explore, and take home a little piece of the festival’s magic.
10am - 4pm - EOI’s now open
Closing Ceremony
As the day softens, we gather to share presence and gratitude honouring the day, our community, and the golden glow we’ve created together. Weaving the artifacts made by attendees together with music and dance, this uplifting closing celebration invites us to dance, reflect, and carry the warmth of our collective energy back into our lives.
3pm - 4pm, free entry