Fall Fairfield
WHERE AND WHEN:
September 22 | 12-4 pm
Robert J. Porter Park & Fairfield Community Place
Fall Fairfield, presented by the Fairfield Gonzales Community Association (FGCA), is an annual music, arts, crafts and food festival set in the heart of Fairfield. The festival is a free, all-ages, community event celebrating local businesses and non-profits, artists, performers, and people across Victoria in recognition of our community’s dynamic culture and the harvest season!
Come get crafty at our Harvest Hats & Bracelet making stations, taste & vote for your favourite pie recipes, shop 30+ local food & craft vendors, and grab some food & a beer/cider at the beer gardens! Make sure to come ready to snuggle rescued furry friends with the Greater Victoria Animal Crusaders, vote for the biggest vegetable at the Harvest Contest, chat with someone you don’t know with Meet A Stranger Project, enter a draw to win an Afternoon Tea at Abkhazi Gardens, and more!
Please note some vendors accept cash only.
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VENDOR APPLICATIONS are now CLOSED
Stage Performances
Zonnis (12:00-1:00pm)
Clown Car (all-ages drag show) (1:15-1:45pm)
Oldest Man I Know (2:00-2:45pm)
Tyler James Johnson (3:00-4:00pm)
Let’s celebrate all the home garden harvests in our community! This year, we are hosting our first ever Harvest Contest!
Join us in celebrating the end of another growing season! Enter your homegrown plants into various categories and let the community and fellow gardeners choose the winners. Plants, vegetables, and fruits submitted will be on display throughout the day, allowing the public to view and cast their votes until 3pm.The winners will be announced at 3:30 PM!
Rules:
- All submissions must be grown by the participant.
- Any home-grown plant can be submitted as long as it fits the appropriate category
Categories:
- Largest Vegetable
- Indigenous & Native Plant (best visual)
- Most Unique Harvest
Winner in each category wins a prize!
Want to enter? Bring your harvest to the Harvest Contest tent by 12:30pm
We are calling all local bakers in the community to enter their best recipes to our 7th Annual Pie Contest at Fall Fairfield!
Don’t miss your chance to taste & vote for your favourite pie! Local bakers bake and enter their best recipes for a great cause! Tastings are by-donation ($10 suggested) and all proceeds go toward supporting community programs at FGCA. Tastings will begin at 1pm, and the winner will be announced on stage at 3:30pm!
Volunteer With us!
We couldn’t make this event without the support of our amazing volunteers! Be a part of this lively community event, meet new friends, and enjoy all the fun the day has to offer! Roles include: set-up/take down, MC, craft station helper, bartender (SIR required) and more. We have various roles suitable for different needs/preferences, so we encourage everyone to join us!
If you’re interested, please submit a Volunteer Application Form
Thank you to our sponsors
Equinox Sponsor
Autumn Sponsor
Harvest Sponsor
Want to sponsor our community event? See our Sponsorship Packages to see how you can support the community & your business!