SUNDAY 3rd May is the Annual Chestnut Festival at Kalorama Reserve on Mount Dandenong Tourist Rd (near Grange Rd) which has been going for over 30 years.  Over the years it has grown into a major event in the picturesque tourist spot of Dandenong Ranges.

Aside from the rainforest at Grant’s Picnic Ground and the gum forests of Monbulk, Kalista and Kalorama just minutes from the festival, there will be fairground rides, buskers, market stalls, roast chestnuts (of course), Devonshire teas, cakes, sausage sizzle, raffles, face painting, plants & showbags at the festival itself and the warm hospitality of the hills folk (of which I am one!).

Proceeds to the Mt Dandenong Pre-school up here in the hills. And you can hang out with me and the band, Donna Williams and The Aspinauts.

The lineup of performers will be:

• Actress and Children’s entertainer, Bethany Fisher will perform 12-1pm,
• Fresh back from her UK tour, hills singer-songwriter, Janette Geri 1-2pm,
• Off the wall, avant garde, inter-arts, musical surrealism with Donna and The Aspinauts 2-3pm

Hope to see some of you there.

Donna Williams

http://www.donnawilliams.net

http://www.myspace.com/donnaandtheaspinauts