Loddon Valley Arts Trail: Out There - In Every Way

Overview

The 2026 Loddon Valley Arts Trail festival returns from 2–4 October, transforming regional Victoria's Loddon Valley into a three-day, shire-wide celebration of contemporary art, music and place-based storytelling across more than 30 venues.  

Guided by this year's theme, 'Out there - in every way', the festival invites visitors to discover creativity in unexpected places and experience the region through the eyes of its artists. Festival highlights include: 

• Sound and light installation in a heritage woolshed at Serpentine  

• Tintype portrait exhibition in Laanecoorie creating instant heirlooms  

• Blues performance in a historic church at Kingower  

• Jazz in a paddock at Fentons Creek  

• Site-specific works across Campbells Forest, Dingee, Bridgewater, Boort and Wedderburn  

• Eucalyptus-inspired contemporary art in Inglewood  

• Photographic storytelling across the shire in Calivil’s “The Look of Loddon”  

• Performances and exhibitions spanning painting, sculpture, ceramics, photography, installation and craft  

• Plus many more exhibitions and events 

Across the region, tiny towns and small communities become cultural stages for new work by Central Victorian artists, mapping the shire through creativity and place. From Pyramid Hill and Tarnagulla’s layered histories to Boort’s creative energy and Wedderburn’s hands-on craft culture, each location adds its own voice to the program. 

Ambitious, accessible and deeply grounded in place, the festival invites visitors, locals and the “young-at-art” to experience a landscape where creativity and country are inseparable – and where every journey reveals something unexpected. 

View the full program and find out more www.loddonvalleyartstrail.com.au  

Click on the image below to view the printable program.