Ulladulla Blessing of the Fleet Festival Easter Sunday 9th April.
Civic Centre grounds, Ulladulla harbour and wharf precinct.
9am – 6pm.
The Ulladulla Blessing of the Fleet Festival is back with a bang in 2023. After three years without the iconic show stopping, highway closing colourful Float Parade, this Easter’s Festival will boast a never seen before spectacle. Princesses from the past three years have been given an opportunity to participate in the Parade.
There will be crowds of thousands lining the Princes Hwy, through the heart of Ulladulla, keen to watch the princesses on their floats they have built. The Italian fishing community marching with the statue of St Peter and the Scottish Tattoo.
The Festival street Parade is hands down the major draw card of this historic Festival, which set its roots in 1956. But one cannot forget what is at the heart of the Festival, the ‘Blessing of the fishing fleet.’, for this is how it all began.
Festival goers are welcome to view the official ‘Blessing of the Fleet’ on Ulladulla wharf.
Father Michael will bless each vessel on the harbour. Ulladulla Marine Rescue will transport Father Michael in one of their vessels to each boat.
The boats in the harbour are decorated with colourful flags and are brimming with family, it’s the core of this Festival, Ulladulla being a traditional Italian fishing town.
For the first time in three years we will also see the return of the ‘Greasy Pole’ competition and the beach ‘Tug-O-War’. These elements are hugely entertaining and popular as local and visiting groups compete. The three poles used for the ‘Greasy Pole’ competition can be seen all year round on the foreshore of Ulladulla harbour, it is so entrenched in Ulladulla’s culture.
There will be loads going on during the course of the day.
From 9am there will be Live Music, Rides, Artesian Market Stalls, Show Bags, International Food Vans, Kids Zone activities, Expo’s, Vintage Cars, a Scottish Tattoo performance, Fireworks!!
An amazing Festival steeped in tradition, Ulladulla is the only place to be Easter Sunday. Wharf Precinct
8:30am – 9:00am Easter Egg Hunt (Between Marine Rescue building & sea pool)
9:00am – All day Produce & Market Stalls
9:00am – 10:15am Easter Service
1:00pm – 2:30pm Ceremony: Welcome to Country, Easter Service, Blessing of the Fleet
2:00pm – 3:00pm Seafood Cooking Demonstration – Phil Harte
3:00pm – 4:00pm The Spindrift Saga
4:00pm – 6:00pm Soul Tonic
6:00pm Fireworks Finale – Mr Boom Boom
Princes Hwy
10:30am – 12:00pm Princess Parade (start Crescent St, Princes Hwy, South St, Burrill St Sth, finishing Riviera arcade car park)
2:00pm – 2:30pm Scottish Tattoo
Ulladulla Civic Centre Grounds
9:00am – All day Market Stalls, Food Trucks, Vintage Cars, Expos’
9:00am – 9:40am Jacii Leigh
9:45am – 10:30am Midnight Jukebox
12:00pm – 2:00pm These 4
2:30pm – 4:00pm Elton Joel
4:00pm – 6:00pm Max Music Collective
Inside Civic Centre – KIDS ZONE
9:00am – 10:30pm Disco, Kids Activities, Face Painting
12:00pm – 4:00pm Disco, Kids Activities, Face Painting
1:00pm ‘Everybody Dance Now’ – Performance
CLOSED DURING PARADE 10:30am – 12:00pm
Harbour Foreshore Area
All day Rides
From 12:00pm Greasy Pole, Tug O War
