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RESET

Kids + Families
Installation
Performance
Music
Free
Workshop
This is a past event
Kids + Families
Installation
Performance
Music
Free
Workshop

Dates

1 September 2024 – 6 October 2024

Venues

The Atrium
The Edge
Main Square
River Terrace
Swanston St Forecourt

Access

Lift access
Wheelchair accessible

Getting There

It’s time to take a breath – reflect, reset and renew.

This spring, Fed Square is home to RESET – a month-long festival, focusing on environmental sustainability, connecting with nature, and promoting easy, enjoyable and useful ways to reduce our impact on the world.

RESET is a free series of family-friendly interactive events and workshops designed to make sustainable living both fun and practical for families and individuals.

In the free program, you can learn about waste minimisation, sustainable home solutions, conservation and backyard ecology, and the art of reducing, reusing and recycling through a range of immersive experiences.

From 1 September to 6 October, RESET will feature a range of markets, artworks, film screenings, talks and participatory installations.

Come along to Fed Square this spring and refresh your ways to reduce, reuse, recycle and repair.

Let’s RESET, together.

What’s on?

Bupa Seek & Find

1 September–6 October, all day | Start in The Atrium

Spring is a great time to get outside, take a walk and stop to smell the flowers. Bring your kids along to Fed Square to celebrate the beginning of spring, with the Bupa Seek & Find treasure hunt. Kids can follow the clues around Fed Square to discover fascinating facts about our bodies and the planet – with a chance to win big!

Takenoko Weave House by Slow Art Collective

21 September–6 October, various times | Atrium

Join Slow Art Collective in creating the Takenoko Weave House, an ever-changing art installation, designed for collaborative weaving and music-making.

Other spring activities around the Square

Reimagining Birrarung: Design Concepts for 2070

Opens 23 Aug, various times | The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia

The exhibition invites eight leading landscape architecture and design firms to reimagine the lands and waters of the Birrarung (Yarra River), and encourages audiences to consider what they want for the future of their waterways and urban environments.

NGV Australia will also have lots of fun activities throughout August and September: visit their website to see the full program.

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Major Partner

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Bupa is proud to support RESET at Fed Square for the 3rd year running. Our commitment to sustainability recognises the connection between the health of the planet and the health of people and we look forward to supporting the festival’s initiatives to help people live longer, healthier, happier lives and make a better world.

Past events:

Plant Based Paradise

7 September, 9am–4pm | Atrium

Celebrate all things vegan at this bustling market, featuring the finest plant-based foods, drinks, fashion, beauty products and eco-friendly goods.

All The Rage

11 September–22 September, various times | The Atrium

This pop-up fashion installation is all about turning something old into something new and unexpected. See sustainable art collective Fast Fashun and performance artists Rawcus Ensemble as they create their ultimate high fashion looks using cast off costumes, textiles and materials. There’s even a pop-up photography shoot and installation of the ‘new’ garments to check out.

Greenline Project Walking Tour: Discover the North Bank (SOLD OUT)

13 September, 2pm–3pm | Greenline Project Hub, River Terrace

The Greenline Project is delivering a 4 km seamless, connected journey with improved public spaces for events, public art and recreation along the Yarra River – Birrarung. Join a free walking tour with the landscape architects and Greenline Project team at City of Melbourne, visiting stops along the north bank and learning about the area’s history and the new public spaces that are being created along the Yarra River – Birrarung.

Zero Waste Festival

14 September, 10am–7pm | Atrium, The Edge, Edge Terrace

Reset or level-up your zero waste journey with a jam-packed day of inspiration, featuring hands on activities, discussions and a vibrant market.

Beehive Tours (SOLD OUT)

14 September, 11.30am–3.30pm | Meet at The Atrium

Go behind the scenes on a guided tour of the beehives at Fed Square with resident beekeepers John and Ren from Rooftop Bees. Participants will be taken to the Fed Square rooftop to see the two working beehives in action and learn about the important role bees play in the environment and building biodiversity in the local area.

Our Environment Film Program

17-19 September, 6pm | Big Screen

Fed Square will become a free outdoor cinema on three consecutive nights to celebrate and question society’s relationship with the natural world.

Yalinguth Guided Walk

19 September, 3pm–5pm | Meet in front of the Main Stage

Yalinguth (meaning ‘yesterday’ in Woi Wurrung) is an award-winning audio experience connecting people to place through soundscapes and stories told by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This guided tour is part of the 2024 Birrarung Riverfest, wander back in time along the Birrarung/Yarra River as guide Jason Tamiru (Yorta Yorta) takes you on a magical journey, showcasing the many stories, and soundscapes that can be heard in the Yalinguth app.

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World Clean Up Day with Bupa Healthy Cities and Clean Up Australia

20 September, 10am–1pm | River Terrace

Help clean up along the Birrarung with Bupa and Clean Up Australia on World Clean Up Day. Let’s work together to get Melbourne feeling and looking healthier.

Our Birrarung: Past. Present. Future.

22 September, 11am–3pm | River Terrace, The Edge, Edge Terrace

Celebrate World Rivers Day with a community of river lovers. Get connected to our big brown beautiful Birrarung with a host of storytellers, musicians and singers who’ll share their stories of love for the Birrarung.

The Plants

23–26 September, various times | Swanston Street Forecourt

Make music with a marigold. Compose with a chrysanthemum. Listen to some lavender. The Plants is an all-ages participatory organic musical experience by creative technology collective Playable Streets, where you can touch real plants, play unique organic instruments and learn to connect with nature.

Bupa Virtual Ride

24 September, 11am–3.30pm | Main Square

Join Bupa Healthy Cities for a fun day of activities as they try to capture 1 billion steps in September. Hop on a peleton bike and challenge your friends to see who can generate the most steps and join in fun dances and other activities.

The Big Toy Swap

2 October, 11am–1.30pm | The Edge

If you’re looking for a fun and sustainable way to update your children’s toy box, come and join a free toy swap! In collaboration with Zero Waste Victoria, we’re hosting a free community toy swap to help keep toys out of landfill and bring them into the hands of kids who will love them. You can bring in up to six (lightly) used toys, games or books and swap them for something new-to-you!

Young Earth Protectors

2 October, 11.30am–12.30pm | The Edge

Our Earth needs young people to be custodians of nature, so bring along the young people in your life to this fun and interactive program that’s all about conserving the planet. Led by sustainability educator and changemaker Kirsty Bishop-Fox, this engaging and interactive event for kids and families will explore the importance of preserving biodiversity and looking after our Earth. This session is best suited for children aged 4-12.