2025 Community Fruit Harvest Festival
You’re invited to the Community Fruit Harvest Dunedin Harvest Festival! Come help us celebrate the success of another season, recognising our fruit owners, volunteers and recipients.
Mark your calendars for Sunday, April 27th, from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM at the North East Valley School Hall for a day of fun, food, and festivities! Celebrate the season with a variety of activities including:
Community & Market Stalls
BBQ & Food Trucks
Workshops & Live Music
Family Fun & Competitions
Spot Prizes & Apple Pressing
Seed Swap & Coffee
Kids activities
This is a zero waste event, so please bring your own keep-cups and empty juice bottles to fill with freshly pressed apple juice for just $2 per litre. Don’t miss the free crop swap happening right after the festival, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM!
Want to get involved? More details listed below! Check out the Facebook Event Page.
Looking to get involved?
We’d love to have you participate as a stall holder, information table participant food provider, volunteer or Jam/Preservers contestant. Follow the links below to sign up now!
To make our event exciting and fresh, come sell your garden-harvest themed goods! Homebaking, seedlings, produce, art inspired by nature, and other home-crafted goods!
Part of an organisation that wants to promote what you do? We’d love you to have a information table and teach our attendees all about what you do.
Are you a food truck or food vendor? Our attendees are hungry! We’d love to have you.
Register with the link above!
Our festival is fun because we work with so many volunteers! From setup, to greeters, apple pressers and more! Click the link above for more details and to register to help.
For a $2 entry, anyone is welcome to come taste and pick your favourite jam, chutney or pickle. Winner will be awarded Dunedin’s Preserve Champ! Interested in entering your jam? Free to enter and limited to 1 entry per category. Jams must be brought by 1045am. Registration not required, but encouraged.
Event Details here: https://fb.me/e/5osz3R7CG
Schedule of Events
11-14:30 Kids activities, Sausage sizzle, market stalls, information tables and food trucks
Music Lineup:
10:50-11:30 Rohana Weaver
11:40-12:20 TBA
12:20-12:30 Announcements/Preserve Awards
12:35-13:15 Paul Allen and Bella
13:30-14:30 James Dignan
Workshops/Events:
(NEV School Hall)
11-12pm Preserves Competition and Tasting, School Hall For a $2 entry, anyone is welcome to come taste and pick your favourite jam, chutney or pickle. Winner will be awarded Dunedin’s Preserve Champ!
13:00-13:30 Official seed swap event (table open until 14:30) *Anyone is welcome to bring seeds for sharing. Free
(Workshops held in TVP Fred Hollows Room)
11:30-11:30 Workshop 1 TBA
11:45-12:15 Workshop 2 TBA
12:30-12:45 Tour of NEV Community Garden 12:24-13:15 Bees and Pollination Workshop 13:30-14:00 Workshop 4 TBA
Crop Swap: 15:00-16:00 at The Valley Project Bring your excess produce from home and swap it for some treats from other locals! Free, anyone welcome.
Contact Us
harvest@ourfoodnetwork.org.nz