Expressions of Interest Open for the 2025 festival of the lamb
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.
Wed September 18 | 6 pm | Mintaro Institute
Thu 19 September | 6.30pm | Mintaro Institute
THUR 19th 1PM AUBURN INSTITUTE - Free Entry
SAT 21 Sept 6.30PM
Sun 22 September | 11am-3pm | Penwortham
SUNDAY 22ND
18-22 September 2024
Viva Italia!
This includes the inaugural Clare Valley Festival of the Lamb Wool Fashion Design Awards and Exhibition to feature woollen fashion designs by TAFE SA 2nd year Advanced Diploma of Applied Fashion Design and Technology students. The judging panel will include the Consul of Italy in South Australia Ernesto Pianelli.
The Arts Collective Clare Valley will be hosting Art of the Lamb at the Clare Art House which will include work by local artists and a travelling display from the Australian Tapestry Group.
Thursday night’s Community Dinner has been an annual feature of the festival and this year Greg Cooley is curating a wine list from some of the Clare Valley Italian varieties. The night will take on further an Italian theme with Tenor Andrew Pryor a former long-standing member of the Ten Tenors performing.
The festival will bring various forms of arts, creativity and culture to help showcase and tell the story of the importance that the sheep industry has for the Valley.
Check out the program and book early so you don’t miss out on enjoying the Clare Valley when it’s at its finest.
Ciao