Riddells Creek Neighbourhood House (RCNH) will be hosting a festival designed to celebrate local creatives, after it was announced the organisation received a grant to fund the event.
RCNH will accept $2500 as part of Greater Western Water’s community sponsorship program, which will help them to organise the festival scheduled for November.
An additional $4000 has been provided by Macedon Ranges council.
RCNH community development manager Lisa Linton said the focus of the event will be to support creative industries that have been hit hard by the pandemic.
“The idea is that what we want to do is celebrate the local artisans because they’ve been doing it very tough,” Ms Linton said.
“We’re going to have artists, community groups and stores and it’s all going to be really locally focused.”
Ms Linton said they were also on the lookout for anyone that might like to help co-ordinate the festival.
“We’re particularly focused on supporting young people and their ideas, so if there’s anyone that would like some experience in event management, this would be a great opportunity and a lot of fun,” she said.
The festival will be run in tandem with Christmas in Riddells Creek group and will run from 3pm to 8pm on November 27.
Oliver Lees
