Springvale Snow Fest
THE streets will be filled with snow, rides, activities, stalls and performances. Fireworks will conclude the event.
- Corner Buckingham and Balmoral avenues, Springvale. Sunday 24 July, noon to 7pm. Snow play area entry is $4 and family rides are priced from $2.
Plants sale
ALL Australian plants will be on sale at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Cranbourne’s Winter Plant Sale. A wide range of plants in pots and tubes will be on sale from $3.
- Kiosk area of the Cranbourne Australian Gardens, Ballarto Road and Botanic Drive. Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July. 10am-2pm.
Dandenong Market
FOUNDED in 1866, Dandenong Market is Melbourne’s second oldest and second largest. Shoppers will find fruit and veg, meat, fish, deli items, coffee, nuts, chocolates, cakes, ready-to-eat food from around the globe, clothing, accessories, toys, flowers and much more.
- Dandenong Market, corner Clow and Cleeland streets, Dandenong, 7am to 5pm Fridays, 7am to 4pm Saturdays, 10am to 3pm Sundays.
Home and Art Prize
This free exhibition recognises the creative talents of artists who arrived in Australia as refugees or asylum seekers.
- Walker Street Gallery and Arts Centre, corner Walker and Robinson streets, Dandenong. Until Saturday 30 July. 11am to 5pm weekdays, 11am to 3pm Saturdays.
Get your hands dirty
Friends of Fotheringham Reserve hold an environmental awareness day on the fourth Sunday of every second month.
Activities include water watch, planting indigenous seedlings, weed control, seed collecting, nature walks and barbecues.
- Fotheringham Reserve, Pyke Steet, Dandenong. Sunday 24 July, 10am to noon.
The Cinderella ballet
Drum Theatre and the Victorian State Ballet are again bringing this fairy-tale classic to Dandenong audiences.
- Drum Theatre, corner Lonsdale and Walker streets, Dandenong. Friday 22 and Saturday 23 July, 7.30pm. The show is 135 minutes long, with interval. Tickets are priced from $30.
