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Mornington Peninsula Seniors Festival

The Seniors Festival is a major state-wide festival for and involving seniors, with an emphasis on fun and good times. The theme for 2023 is Learn Love Live.

Mornington Peninsula Seniors Festival will be in full swing over the month of October. With over 70 events on offer, you are sure to find something of interest that will light you up with joy. From nature walk to comedy show, exercise classes and social games, open days, movie nights, singing workshops and more.

The Seniors Festival Event Guide features a diverse range of free or low-cost events and activities put on by local clubs, groups and organisations as well as Shire services. You will also find pre-festival and post-festival events that inspire and bring community together. Pick up the Seniors Festival Event Guide at your local Mornington Peninsula Shire Office, community centre or view it online. If you would like a hard copy posted to your address please contact: positiveageing@mornpen.vic.gov.au or 5950 1900.

Download: Seniors Festival 2023 Brochure(PDF, 4MB)

The Shire is providing free transport to three flagship Seniors Festival events including:

Pre-festival Get Active Expo on 28 September at Camp Manyung
Melbourne LGBTIQ+ Elders Dance Club on 8 October at Collingwood Town Hall
Get in the swing of it - A night of laughing and dancing on 28 October at George Jenkins Theatre

Contact individual event hosts for information and bookings.

Festival Events

Pre - Festival Event: Get Active Expo

Come and find out how you can get active around Frankston and the Mornington Peninsula. View demonstrations, try activities (including giant swing and archery) and enjoy morning tea.

Virtual reality meditation

Meditation made simple and visual. Bring peace, joy and calm back into your daily life with guided meditation through a virtual reality headset. Drop in between 10am – 12pm for a 20 minute meditation.

Australian Croatian Social Club open day

Come along to the Australian Croatian Social Club – Mornington Peninsula Rye Bocce Club Open Day. Our members will share the game of Bocce inviting you to take part, learn about the game and lend a hand as you play. Tea coffee and cake refreshments provided.

Indoor bowls

Come along and try an afternoon of indoor bowls. Meet other locals and enjoy the game.

Musical community lunch

Enjoy our community lunch with music. Provide your favourite songs or poems and we will try to include them (or you can perform them yourselves).

Bingo

Come along and get involved in playing bingo at your local Seniors Club.

Snooker

Pick up a cue and join in an afternoon of Snooker.

Card Games and Scrabble

Fun for everyone! Card games and scrabble provide a lively social morning, a great time to be had by all. Come along and pull up a chair.

Meet and greet Sorrento Beachside Visitor Information Centre

Come along and join Sorrento beachside tourism for a a meet and greet information session. An opportunity to mingle and meet new friends over morning tea. Also a chance to learn more about volunteering with our centre (the best job in the world).

Fire planning workshops by the CFA

Fire Planning Workshops assist people with developing their bushfire survival plan. It covers local risk, fire behaviour, medium level preparation information and psychological preparedness. Participants will increase their understanding of local bushfire risk and environment, identify personal barriers to bushfire preparedness and learn how to write a bushfire plan.

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