Spudtastic fun!

The sleepy hamlet of Trentham will come alive on Saturday as the town celebrates its annual Great Trentham Spudfest. A spudtacular time is promised as the usually shy and humble potato bursts free from life underground to bask in the spudlight!

 

Pictured are four of the five talented young members of busking group, The Kipflers, who will be busking on the day and will also be part of the opening parade down High Street. 

Mrs P Tati is back with her wheelbarrow and a whole stall of surprises created with the community and a team of talented local artists.

If you are looking for a festival experience full of fun, food and music then this is for you.

Quarry Street Reserve will be transformed into Spud Hub with hot potatoes, hot art, hot music, fantastic entertainment and lots of exciting activities for everyone to enjoy.

The festival spruiker, Spud, decked out in his locally made spud costume will be keeping everyone informed of what activities are on and where so you won't miss a thing.

Enjoy the great opening parade, kids will love activities and games just for them, for everyone there's food stalls and others to buy from, and throughout the day listen to the music by Family Farm, Zeebz vs Miss Vitula and Black and Blue.

There will also be

* Mobile farmyard and pony rides

* Dig for potatoes in a special spud paddock on site

* Spud merchandise for sale

* Spuds for sale from local farmers (straight from the farmer to you - lots of varieties)

* Colouring competition 

* Take a step back in time and go on one of the popular Spud Hut Tours and meet itinerant spud digger Reg from a bygone era.

At Spudfest last year, Emma Pryse created a wheelbarrow puppet theatre show - Mrs P Tati and the Underground Dwellers which she has since gone on to perform at other events including the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland. 

Tomorrow, Mrs P Tati is back with her wheelbarrow and a whole stall of surprises created with the community and a team of talented local artists.

Mrs P Tati's potato stall is an interactive art and live theatre installation that interweaves visual art, puppetry, theatre and music. The project is a celebration of Trentham's rich potato farming heritage and explores the amazing potential of the humble spud as an arts medium. 

The project will be grown through a series of puppetmaking workshops at the local school and Neighbourhood Centre facilitated by local artists. They will carve, sculpt, paint, print and perform with organic, locally grown potatoes to create a visual feast of community creativity.

The centrepiece of Mrs P Tati's potato stall is the Portrait of Community, portraits of Trentham people transferred onto potatoes and installed in a giant potato crate. Some of these potatoes will also be puppets in the puppet show finale for and by the community, where the whole stall comes to life and grubs up a good time for everyone.

Other activities going on around town include a photo competition display, historical machinery display, spud-related dishes at local cafés and restaurants and more. 

For more information visit: www.trenthamspudfest.org.au or email info@trenthamspudfest.org.au or call 0419 897 660.