Victorian Seniors Festival 2024

Explore. Engage. Evolve. Victorian Seniors Festival 2024

Now in its forty-second year, the Victorian Seniors Festival returns in October 2024 with a huge month-long program full of free or low-cost events and activities.

Last updated: 17 August 2024

A series of live events are planned throughout October 2024.

Mark your calendar for:

the Victorian Senior of the Year Awards 2024, including the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria Senior Achiever Awards

  • eight days of free public transport for Victorian Seniors Card holders between 6-13 October 2024

  • live, local, and online events throughout Victoria as delivered by COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria, alongside local councils, community groups, and clubs

  • Celebration Day, to be held at Federation Square on 6 October 2024

  • the ACMI Seniors Film Festival, held at Federation Square’s ACMI between 7-13 October 2024

Other flagship events including a Melbourne Town Hall Dance, a country concert tour, and an aged care tour that runs over October-December 2024.