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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

28 Sep 2023 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

02 Oct 2023 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

02 Oct 2023 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

02 Oct 2023 Come along and try an afternoon of indoor bowls. Meet other locals and enjoy the game.

Snooker

02 Oct 2023 Pick up a cue and join in an afternoon of Snooker.

Tai Chi

03 Oct 2023 Join us for rejuvenating Tai Chi and experience light exercise, breathing and mental focus.

Musical community lunch

03 Oct 2023 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

03 Oct 2023 Come along and get involved in playing bingo at your local Seniors Club.

Archibald Prize 2023

03 Oct 2023 Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery is the exclusive Victorian venue for the Archibald Prize regional tour in 2023. Judged by the trustees of the Art Gallery of NSW, the Archibald Prize is an annual prize awarded to the best portrait painting and is the country’s favourite and most significant art award.

Plants of the Peninsula (Free Giveaway)

04 Oct 2023 Senior residents of the Mornington Peninsula are eligible for two free indigenous plants from the Briars Nursery. All you need to do is come along and present your senior's card and proof of residency.

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