Off-Grid After Hours

What else is happening around town during the festival weekend?
Open to all - you don't have to attend the festival to be able to book these special events.
FREE SHUTTLE BUS RUNNING ALL WEEKEND FROM THE FESTIVAL SITE - Friday afternoon until Sunday night. 

Come along as we launch the Off-Grid Living Festival with a very special night at the Posh Plonk in Chiltern. As they showcase ingredients by local farmers for a low food miles feast.

 

Enjoy creative canapes and cocktails paired with great music and new friends. 

The Giants explores the intertwined fates of trees and humans in a poetic portrait of environmentalist Bob Brown and the Forest.

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From a seedling to forest elder: the film is a masterclass that draws on Bob’s 50 years of inspiring activism, from the Franklin campaign for Tasmania’s last wild river, to today’s battle for the Tarkine rainforest. Told in Bob’s own words, his story is interwoven with the extraordinary life cycle of Australia’s giant trees, brought to the screen with stunning award-winning cinematography and immersive animated forest landscapes.

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A feast forged by fire, seasonality, and a deep respect for the wild. Discovered Foods, an award-winning wild game providore based in Beechworth, teams up with Chef Jessica Hercott to bring you a bold, immersive dining experience that celebrates the best of local and sustainably sourced ingredients.

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At the heart of this feast is Discovered’s mission: ethically harvesting wild game from the Victorian High Country, helping protect native habitats while creating world-class, sustainable food. This multi-course menu showcases the deep, slow-cooked complexity of wild venison alongside vibrant seasonal produce—think venison backstrap with salsa verde, roast cabbage with mushroom XO, and Cumberland sausage with remoulade, all cooked over fire and served in the open air.

 

Set against the stunning backdrop of Chiltern, this one-night-only event is an opportunity to connect with the land, the food, and the hands that prepare it. A celebration of wild flavors, shared tables, and the setting sun.

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Example Set Menu

Subject to change, as we source local and seasonal wherever possible!

- Bread with honey fermented chilli butter 

- Beetroot with lentils, capers and venison jus 

- Leafy salad with fennel and pickled apple 

- Roast cabbage with mushroom xo, tamari pepitas 

- Stuffed vine leaves with caponata 

- Slow cooked wild venison with confit pepper sauce 

- Wild venison backstrap with salsa verde 

- Cumberland sausage with remoulade 

A family movie screening by Environmental Films Australia, as part of the Off Grid Pop Up Cinema.

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When the local park is threatened to be destroyed and replaced with skyscrapers by greedy city businessmen, young Mimmi is let down as the adults around her (including her retired-pirate father) refuse to stand in the way of progress to help her protect her favourite tree.   

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This is a unique opportunity to attend a screening at Chilterns Star Theatre, built in 1866. You'll fall in love with this historic building. 

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FUTURE SHORTS COLLECTION: As tomorrow rushes on at an unstoppable speed, Environmental Films Australia puts a speculative future on the ideas of environment, with a selection of sci and action future-focused short films, as part of Off Grid Pop Up Cinema special events. 

This is a unique opportunity to attend a screening at Chilterns Star Theatre, built in 1866. You'll fall in love with this historic building. Come together as we screen this great documentary by Clancy Walker and Adam Nye about Healing Country is Healing Ourselves. 

 

In late 2019, Australia’s South Coast burned red, hot, and black. When the ash settled, First Nations voices were the first to emerge from the deafening silence. Yana Djamaga Ganji / Walk Good Fire is an Indigenous-led film that follows the Walbunja Rangers back out onto Yuin Country, as they work with cultural fire to heal both the coast and their people.

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Walking alongside Elders and youngsters across luxury resorts to crown lands, this documentary follows the resurgence of cultural burning in Australia’s Southeast, addressing the ongoing mismanagement of Country and the misconceptions around cultural burning as an isolated practice.

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As out-of-control fires begin to spark again across the Australian continent, this documentary offers a well-overdue look into the holistic approach of First Nations’ land management practices, ultimately encouraging others to understand, and help reclaim, the healing benefits of walking good fire for all Australians.

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Staying in the area for the Off Grid Living Festival? Looking for a beautiful way to start your Sunday morning? Join the Friends of Chiltern Mt Pilot National Park for Breakfast with the Birds at the Chiltern Valley No.1 Dam. Enjoy a light breakfast and hot drink as local experts from the group guide you on a walk and learn about the amazing birds that can be found in the Chiltern-Mt Pilot National Park.

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This is a short bush walk, please wear sensible clothes and shoes, plus a hat! If you have a pair of binoculars remember to bring them along.