Yes, Mountain Festival is returning to Wurundjeri Country (Macedon, Victoria) later this year.

We are excited to not only announce our festival dates - 22-24 November 2024 - but also our new name (did you notice?), a fabulous new board chaired by ex-ABC news reporter Mary Gearin, a new ambassador - the one and only Peter Garrett - and a bigger festival program, with at least two additional venues.

We are now Mountain Festival (or simply 'Mountain' to our friends), not Mountain Writers Festival, as we feel it better reflects our forever focus of Place Story Nature, and acknowledges that stories can be told in many ways, not just writing. Writers and books will remain the core of the festival, but we will again be programming the extraordinarily powerful Ash Wednesday play (which has been in creative development all this time), and will also embrace other forms or storytelling, some which will take us into closer contact with nature.      

We are already well underway locking in some incredible events that interrogate and celebrate our place on this land and within the natural world, and look forward to sharing more news about the 2024 program soon. Please subscribe to the newsletter and follow us on Facebook or Instagram if you haven't already - then you'll be the first to know. And of course, please share with your friends.

For those who have never been to Mountain, and for those who'd like a reminder what a special festival check out the video below for a short taste of Mountain 2022.

It's wonderful to be back. We look forward to seeing you at Mountain this Spring.

Sonia Orchard - Founder and Festival Director