The York Festival (expired event)

Our location in WA's Wheatbelt informs the content of our program, like the Wara Art Trail giant straw sculptures, the Running of the Lambs costumed obstacle event and the York Open Garden Art Trail.

Other highlights include the York Escape Maze designed by local school kids, the entrepreneurial Business Tips from the Richest Man in the Colony!, Chalk The Walk pavement painting, York Art & Craft Awards (since 1973),  the Medieval Fayre living history, Spare Parts Puppet Theatre's String Symphony, From Hooves to Highways photographic exhibition, A Day in Japan extravaganza of Japanese culture, the Sake Malarkey, 40 Year Old Popstar by Alli Butler plus walking tours, art, comedy, live music and heaps more!

Guaranteed to add the wow factor this year is the creation of four giant straw sculptures by Japanese artists Shingo Miyajima, Akira Moriya and Masaharu Noguchi.  Watch, but better still, get involved in the construction of these spectacular representations of endangered Australian creatures.