Much-loved youth event Tronox Spring Out Festival returns to Eaton Foreshore this weekend

Eaton Foreshore will be transformed into a wonderland for the young and young at heart once again as the Tronox Spring Out Festival returns to the Shire of Dardanup for a seventh year.

The much-loved free community festival, taking place on Sunday, October 30 from 9:30am, will celebrate National Children’s Week and the Indigenous Kambarang season.

The Spring Out festival will feature a stacked line-up of entertainment for children and families, including inflatables and amusements, interactive children and family-focused services, workshops and demonstrations, face painting, activities for children aged under five, X5 Parkour, a special visit from Sid the Seagull, a DJ set by DJ Emma and a selection of food and drink vendors.

The festival will also see the Fremantle Dockers Fan and Community team attend for the first time, providing football workshops for footy enthusiasts and potential future footy stars.

Another community art project will feature as an eye-catching entrance to the festival with local artist Nathan Gardiner on board to facilitate and install the Word Up community art project, which ran throughout October.

Local elder Joe Northover will also feature as part of the festival, telling pop-up stories of the Collie River.

Dardanup Shire president Mick Bennett said the Spring Out festival aimed to support and build a strong and thriving community by providing a free and accessible experience for all children and families.

“The Tronox Spring Out Festival offers a platform to showcase the diversity of our community and provide an opportunity for positive engagement,” he said.

Last year’s event saw thousands of community members from across the Bunbury-Geographe region attend the three-hour event.

“With our expanded range of features and activities this year, we are hoping for healthy growth in the number of visitors attending our Spring Out Festival,” he said.

“This will be the first in our series of free events during the warmer seasons, so I encourage everyone to come along and enjoy a day out with their families.”