Do you love a great weekend of spectacle, fun, food and excitement? Do you love family-friendly events and activities that don’t break the budget and provide something different for all ages and interests?
Then 2023 is your lucky year! The Whittlesea Show returns to its regular November schedule, following the postponement of last year’s show to January this year. Two shows in one year!
The November show will be held across the weekend of 4 and 5 November at the beautiful Whittlesea Show Grounds which are already starting to look at their spring best thanks to the dedicated volunteer crew and grounds teams.
The show schedule, which gives you information about entering in the show (exhibit entry) will be available online mid-September. The schedule provides information about office hours, the online entry system, exhibit entry opening and closing dates and drop off times.
This year there are the usual favourite classes to enter as well as some new additions. You can even enter your Lego designs in the Homecrafts Section this year!
With family always the focus, the show provides something for the whole crew, and at a cost of only $5 per ticket (online) for children, it offers seriously good value for money with the wide range of free attractions and entertainment on offer. While the kids are well looked after, there is plenty for the rest of the family to enjoy. View amazing exhibits of needlework, art and cooking in the Homecrafts pavilion, educational and photographic displays, the woodchop competition, showjumping, heritage precinct, Eroni’s ’Big Top’ Circus, roving musicians and stage performances and grab a show bag or two. Have a “fling” in the Bilby Boot Throw competition or enter the Fun Dog Show, enjoy the carnival rides and the animal nursery, which is always popular with show-goers of all ages.
The Young Person’s Competition will be held again on the Sunday of the show (Sunday 5 November). A fun and inclusive event for children and teenagers, the competition aims to encourage positivity and confidence while developing public speaking skills in an encouraging and friendly environment. Each entrant is judged by a panel on presentation, personality and general knowledge, with entries invited for Tiny Tots, Whittlesea Junior, Pre-Teen, and Teenager categories. Each contestant will receive a participation ribbon and the first-place winner will also take part in the Whittlesea Show Grand Parade at 3pm on Sunday.
The show always attracts a large number of equestrian entries across a wide range of competition and disciplines. The Jack Eadon Memorial Show Jumping held on both Saturday and Sunday, attracts big entries and will provide a wonderful spectacle for show patrons on the main arena. Jack was a Whittlesea local, a show jumping legend and a Life Member of the Whittlesea Agricultural Society. This major event named in his honour will attract top competitors to the show jumping arena.
The show theme this year is “Memories in the Making”, so mark your calendars now! Organisers warmly invite you to join them in November at the Whittlesea Show to make some wonderful memories of your own.
The Whittlesea Agricultural Society, one of Victoria’s oldest agricultural societies, is a group of dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers who continue to work hard to provide for this much-loved and important event. The society has members who are the fourth and fifth generation of the founding families who were involved in establishing the Whittlesea Show. Likewise, the reputation of the Whittlesea Show is widespread, and many visitors return to the picturesque showgrounds each year to enjoy the program of events across the weekend. Sponsorship is vital to such a large event, and we are grateful to have secured some outstanding support for the 2023 Show.
We encourage enquiries from people who would like to become involved in the organisation of the show
as a volunteer, or to support the event as a sponsor. You will be enthusiastically welcomed to the very committed team. Members of the Whittlesea Agricultural Society looks forward to you joining them at the 2023 Whittlesea Show.
