welcome to The Clare Valley Festival of the Lamb
The annual spring festival
The Mintaro Progress Association (MPA) is staging the 6th Clare Valley Festival of the Lamb 17-21 September 2025 which is now an annual spring equinox festival combining the first buds of the vines and the premier time for new-season lamb that is lean, tender and ideal for a wide range of recipes.
A focus is on lamb and to be as ethical as possible in its preparation by having the restaurant / venue take a full lamb/s from the farmer which the chef will then utilising in consultation with a butcher and the farmer.
Calling all knitters and crocheters! Help us create a woolly spectacle at this year’s Clare Valley Festival of the Lamb. We’re inviting crafters to knit or crochet sheep using sheep’s wool, which will be displayed throughout the Clare Valley during the festival.
We have some resources for you to download patterns and get started. Be sure to name your wooly creation and deliver it by August 31, 2025, to the Clare Valley Wine Food & Tourism Centre or mail it to 8 Spring Gully Road, Clare, SA, 5453.
After the festival, all sheep will be donated to children’s charities, spreading joy beyond the event.
