April 11th, 2025Trentham Spudfest coming up
Trentham Spudfest Trentham celebrates its long history of potato growing with The Great Trentham Spudfest, a community-led festival bringing together local potato growers, artisans, music, food vendors, and history to showcase the region’s finest offerings across the weekend of May 3-4.
This year marks the 17th iteration of The Great Trentham Spudfest, though the deep red volcanic soils of the district have provided perfect potato-growing conditions since the 1860s.
The two-day event, held against a backdrop of spectacular autumn colour, attracts over 8000 visitors and is hosted throughout the historic town of Trentham and surrounding districts.
Festival coordinator Kye Theobald says Spudfest remains a largely free event, with a selection of specially curated activities requiring tickets.
New for 2025 is the inaugural Digging Deep: Cooks in Conversation event on Sunday morning, featuring award-winning cookbook author and TV host Alice Zaslavsky, local chefs Tony Tan and Liam Downes, and moderator Jacinta Parsons at The Mechanics Trentham.
The festival runs a different program on each day.
“On Saturday, our legendary Street Fair is held in the heart of Trentham town, with four main precincts packed full of spud food, fresh regional produce, our local makers market, live music, and of course the fabulous Spud Olympics. It’s a great carnival atmosphere,” says Kye.
“And if you want to buy a bag full of famous Trentham spuds, Saturday is the day all our growers are in town.”
Visitors can also join a Trentham Historical Society-led bus tour of the heritage protected Spud Huts, dotted across the local landscape.
Saturday evening the fun continues with the Spudfest Cèilidh, a family-friendly celebration of Celtic music, food, and dancing, to mark the halfway point of the festival.
On Sunday, Trentham Town Square will transform into the Spud Hub, with freshly harvested potatoes on sale, exclusive Spudfest merch, details about all tours and trails, and sign-ups for the Scavenger Hut.
There will be horse and cart rides, guided historic walking tours and Red Beard Bakery tours.
Link: www.trenthamspudfest.org.au/ Words: Contributed | Image: Karen Malbon
