Warrnambool Seniors Festival 2025
In collaboration with local clubs, community groups and cultural organisations, we've put together a jam-packed schedule of over two dozen free and low-cost activities for seniors to enjoy in October.
View the Warrnambool Seniors Festival 2025 program as a PDF
View the Warrnambool Seniors Festival 2025 online event listings
Bookings open on Monday August 18. We recommend booking early as some activities can book out in advance.
The Warrnambool Seniors Festival is part of the Victorian Seniors Festival.
Printable event posters
Archie Produce Exchange
Botanic Gardens Spring Garden Tour
BUS TRIP - HALLS GAP - WAMA
BUS TRIP - Panmure High Tea
Classic Car Tour
CONCERT Colour My World
CONCERT Morning Music The Great Gershwins
Croquet - Come & Try
Dragon Boating 2 Oct
Dragon Boating - On the River 3 Oct
Dru Yoga - Come & Try
Fletcher Jones - 'Plus 8' & other stories
Freedom Dance for Wellbeing - Come & Try
Made at Archie Exhibition
Pain Revolution Info Session
Pamper Sessions - PURE SW Tafe
Poi Twirling Come & Try
Pride in Ageing Gathering
Rotary - Social Evening
Toddle on Hoddle Playgroup
U3A - Community Garden Tour
U3A - Japanese Woodblock Prints
U3A - Mahjong
U3A - Meditation
U3A - World Oceans
U3A - Yoshida Dynasty
Watercolour Painting
Wheelie Convoy
Victorian Seniors Festival 2025
The Victorian Seniors Festival is a major state-wide festival for and involving seniors.
The festival runs from 1–31 October every year, with free and low-cost events right across Victoria.
Free public transport for Seniors Card cardholders is available from Sunday 5 – Sunday 12 October 2025
Celebration Day at Federation Square – Sunday 5 October 2025; FREE
ACMI Seniors Film Festival – Monday 6 – Sunday 12 October; FREE
Find out more about the Victorian Seniors Festival
Victorian Senior of the Year Awards
Recognising and celebrating Victorian seniors who contribute to their community through volunteering.
For more than 30 years, these important awards have celebrated the contributions and achievements of older Victorians who share their skills, time and energy with our community. These awards are presented annually each October as part of the Victorian Seniors Festival.
Award Categories:
• Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year – recognises an individual for their outstanding and lasting contribution to their local community and Victoria.
• COTA (Council on the Ageing) Victoria Senior Achiever Awards – recognises local community champions that significantly contribute to positive ageing in their community.
• Emerging Impact Award – recognises an individual who is new to volunteering and is making a significant impact in their local community.
• Positive Ageing Award – recognises an individual who improves the wellbeing of older people in their community by promoting positive and active ageing.
• Promotion of Multiculturalism Award – recognises an individual for a significant contribution to promoting the benefits of cultural diversity in their local community and across Victoria.
• Veteran Community Award – recognises an individual for their exceptional contribution to the veteran community. The recipient of the award does not need to be a veteran
More information about the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards
Nominations open on Monday 5 May for the 2025 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.
Nominations close on Monday 2 June for the 2025 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards.
An online information session will be scheduled for 1.00pm–2.00pm on Thursday 8 May 2025.