Last weekend, Sunday 27 March, festivities filled Deans Marsh with live music, food stalls, pony rides, art stalls and more.

The Dean Marsh Mini Festival ran at the Deans Marsh Memorial Reserve between 10am and 3pm.

Secretary of the Deans Marsh Community Cottage, Jennifer McDonald, said the group was excited to host the mini festival again this year, bringing the community together after a difficult few years.

“We’ll still had the usual array of market stalls ranging from native plants, local produce, with wine, olives, honeys, cards, prints, ceramics and we also got a number of our young entrepreneurs, one in particular does wax wraps for foods, so we were very happy to have them back as well.”

Ms McDonald said the festival was run by the community for the community, with a gold coin donation entry raising money for the Deans March CFA.

“There were some raffles for local community groups, all of the money that’s made either goes back to the individual store holders, or the individual groups,” she said.

“The school play was a really big part in the day as well, providing us with pony rides and cake stands, and a number of other activities as well. So it’s really about bringing the community together.

“All of the music was provided by Surf Coast locals, so they were given the opportunity to showcase their talents and make a bit of money from a gig on a Sunday afternoon.”

The Deans Marsh Memorial Reserve is at 10 Pennyroyal Valley Road, Deans Marsh.

Surf Coast Times story here.