Tesselaar Tulip Festival

The 2014 Tesselaar Tulip Festival will run from 11th September until 7th October.

Events for the 2014 Tesselaar Tulip Festival include:

Sept 12-14 Turkish Weekend
A celebration of the origin of the tulip. This weekend is a showcase of Turkish culture with demonstrations of art, dance, music and gourmet food, where Victorians will have the opportunity to celebrate, learn, and savour Turkish hospitality, culture, heritage and cuisine.

Sept 15-18 Seniors Week
Enjoy old time favourites, jazz tunes, ballroom dancing duo, Dutch barrel organ and tractor rides, all at your own pace. With a variety of market stalls and foods to tempt, this is a wonderful day out.

Sept 19-21: Dutch Weekend
Grab your clogs and see the festival transform into a mini-Holland! Including Dutch entertainment, Dutch games and of course Poffertjes, Croquettes, Oliebollen, Stroopwafels, Pea & Ham Soup, Reifkoek, Frikandellen and much more.

Sept 26 - 28: Food, Wine, and Jazz Weekend
A fusion of Groove, Gastronomy and Grapes in the Garden. Enjoy non-stop tunes all weekend, with free wine and beer tasting from the region's great boutique wineries and breweries. Grab your friends and come enjoy a wonderful day out in the hills.

School Holiday Fun: Sept 22-25 & Sept 29-Oct 2nd
Treat the kids to a day of adventure with a great line up of on stage entertainment, activities and fun! Includes animal petting zoo, reptiles, face painting, tales in fairy hollow, Dutch games, gnome hunt, craft workshops, tractor rides & more. The kids won't want to leave!

Oct 3-5: Irish Weekend:
Eat, drink, laugh and be Irish’ (Old Irish wisdom - Anon). A 'craic' of a weekend, one full of fun, Irish music, Irish dancing, roving pipers and leprechauns! Of course you will also find Irish Coffee, Guinness & Kilkenny available and you might even find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

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