Merri-bek Family Festival MBFF is a new arts festival for children and their families.

All activities at Brunswick Library & Town Hall & the Counihan Gallery.

During the first week of Sept school holidays, dive headlong with your kids into a creative arts WORKSHOP

Sept 18: build a magic garden (ages 7-12 yrs)
Sept 19: make a talking shadow puppet (ages 5-12)
Sept 20: learn to beatbox (ages 5 +)
Sept 21: learn how to publish your own mini-book (ages 5-12)
Sept 24: expand your creative writing: "Finding a poem" (suitable for 10 yrs+)

--> At Brunswick library: Workshops are FREE, but bookings are essential as space is limited. (Reserve tickets here on this site)

Our Friday (22 Sept), come experience the festival opening performance of choir (Choral Edge) and light projections created by children (maybe yours?) at Brunswick Library -- this is FREE to attend.

On Saturday & Sunday (23 & 24 Sept), come along and experience local artists in musical story-time, Virtual Reality (VR) cinema and a mega scavenger hunt. Except for our Brunswick Town Hall Program, all activities and workshops at the Merri-bek Family Festival are completely FREE!

Town Hall program ($13 + gst/fees. per person) Book on this site.

Fritz (10:15am: Saturday) : clown and puppet show
Sticks Stones Broken Bones (12:15 pm: & 3pm Saturday) : shadow puppet show
Ultra Galactic Hyper Spacescape: (1- 4 pm Sunday) : drop in, and experience another galaxy - music and puppet making, with video projections, live music and alien creatures from Kinetic Theatre.

--> see www.mbff.au for full program details

Supported by Merri-bek Council , Arts Merri-bek, Merri-bek Libraries and the State Government of Victoria.

The Merri-bek Family Festival acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung people as the traditional custodians of the lands and waterways now known as Brunswick. We pay our respects to Elders past and present, and to all First Nations Communities.

This event has been proudly supported by Merri-bek City Council through the Flourish: Arts Recovery Grant Program. And through the State Government's Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions' SME Program.