Stars & Bars Festival Heathcote rides again with a 2 day Festival this Anzac Day Long Weekend, Friday 25th & Saturday 26th April, 2025.

This Epic Countrified Music Festival Concept, part magical mystery musical bus tour, part winery/brewery tour combining amazingly talented artists, Legendary Locales while exploring Central Victoria's finest wine, craft beer, artisanal spirits & food as well as that famous Heathcote Hospitality.
Join the Friday Night Family Dinner at The Union Hotel for Dinner and a Show, before jumping aboard The Heathcote Express on Saturday for a Multi Locale Bus Tour. Includes musical performances, 3 guided tastings and afternoon tea, culminating in The Evening Session at Palling Bros Brewery featuring 3 live bands and a DJ.

Explore Heathcote and surrounds discovering our Legendary Locales; The Union Hotel Heathcote, Axedale Tavern, Tellurian Wines, Shiraz Republic, Cornella Brewery, Palling Bros Brewery.
Soundtrack your sonic sojourn in Central Victoria’s Heartland with everything from Alt Country & Americana to Rootsy Folk, Rockabilly, Deep Delta Blues and a healthy dose of Good Old Fashioned Rock’n’Roll featuring; The Drunken Poachers, Bog Log III, Mightiest Of Guns, Karl S. Williams & Sally Wiggins, Ezra Lee & His Boogie Woogie Band, Annie-Rose Maloney, Paper Jane, Ally Row + special guest DJ Chunky Love

Road trip the highways, byways and everything in between the to and from your favourite annual Central Victorian Stay-Cation Destination.