A weekend to celebrate & investigate off-grid living, sustainability and self-sufficiency.
Off-Grid Living Festival, one of Australia's biggest sustainability events, returns to Chiltern Racecourse and Recreation Reserve in 2025 with an amazing line-up of 10 festival focus areas, 300+ exhibitors, 9 talks stages with free presentations all weekend, 2 live music stages and surprises around every corner!
Held on the weekend of 12 + 13 April, Off-Grid Living Festival is a unique family-friendly event where education meets entertainment and sustainable solutions are delivered in a fun way.
Held on a 100-acre just outside the historic town of Chiltern Victoria, come along with your family and friends and discover a diverse array of products, services, skills & knowledge sharing in areas of sustainable, alternative, off the grid and eco-living.
This is an opportunity to learn to live off the grid, become self-sufficient and lower your carbon footprint.
The festival is split up into ten focus categories:
The Main Stage will also be showcasing sustainable changemakers set to inspire you. All of the presenters are passionate and highly knowledgeable in their topics, have lived and breathed it and are happy to not only share their knowledge and skills but their personal stories and hopes for the future as well. Find out more here.
Plus learn in-depth information and ask questions in the Talk Tents:
Conversation Hub
Electrification Tent
Healing Hub
Homesteading Tent
Hunting & Butchering
Off Grid Guru's
Sustainable Building
There is also a diverse range of interactive workshops (both paid and free) and demonstrations on offer - some workshops can be pre-booked online and others you can book-in with the workshop host on the day. Find out more workshops here.
Off-Grid Living Festival is an all-inclusive festival and is suitable for people from all walks of life. Whether you know nothing about sustainability, ready to learn and find something new, or if you're a well-seasoned off-gridder, there is sure to be something to inspire you!
Take your energy needs into your own hands, take a glimpse into the future and explore what a low-impact/high-tech life might look like!