WHAT'S HAPPENING IN 2025


Note:  This is an Event Guide ONLY.  Before making arrangements to attend, please check that the event has not been incorrectly listed, cancelled or even rescheduled at the last minute due to unforeseen circumstances.


April

5th - 6th - Warragul & District Lapidary Club Show.  Venue:  Yarragon Public Hall, 7 Campbell Street, Yarragon.  Please note that Yarragon is about 10 minutes further down the Highway from Warragul and this is now the new venue.  The previously advertised venue listed as Warragul Exhibiition Hall & Clubrooms is no longer available due to building repairs.  
Sat: 9am- 4pm   Sun: 9am - 3pm.  (See Flyer on our webpage).

13th - Mordialloc Lapidary Club Working Bee, Sunday 13th April. 10am-4pm.  Lunch provided.  (See Flyer on our webpage).

18th - 21st - GEMBOREE 2025 Victoria. Hosted by VGCA.  GEMBOREE® 2025 – Victoria, Hosted by VGCA.  Easter weekend, 18th - 21st April 2025.   Venue:  Federation University, Ballarat. Contact: vgca1lapidary@gmail.com  (See Flyer on our webpage). 

26th - 27th - Horsham & District Lapidary Club Expo, Horsham Clubrooms, 24 Roberts Avenue, Horsham. Sat: 9 - 4. Sun: 9 - 4.     (See Flyer on our webpage). 

May               

2nd- 4th - Murraylands Gem and Mineral Club Inc, Crystal and Craft Fair 2025.  Venue:  Collier Park (Palmer Oval), Palmer SA.   

3rd - 4th  - Diamond Valley Gem Club Annual Gem & Crystal Exhibition, Masonic Centre: 23 Ester St. Greensborough, Sat 9 - 5, Sun 9 - 4. Contact Leigh Carbines 0499 233 500

16th -19th - Victorian Facetors Group Workshop, Shepparton (Kialla). Kialla Scout Hall.
Noon Friday - Noon Monday.      victorianfacetorsgroup.com 

June

July

7th - 8th - Winton Opal Festival.  Click here for webpage

23rd - 26th - Lightning Ridge Opal & Gem Festival. Open daily from, 10am – 5pm Wednesday – Saturday.  More details to follow.  Click here

August 

2nd - 3rd - Essendon Lapidary Club Gem & Mineral Show (details pending).

15th- 18th - Victorian Facetors Group Workshop, Horsham. Haven Hall, Henty Highway. Noon Friday - Noon Monday (To be confirmed). victorianfacetorsgroup.com
                                 
16th - 17th - Ballarat & District Lapidary Club Show, Victoria Bowling Club, 231 Victoria Street, Ballarat. Enter via Gent Street. Sat: 9am - 4pm  Sun: 9am - 3pm (dates to be confirmed).

23rd - 24th  - Frankston & Peninsula Lapidary Club Inc, Gem Show.  Peninsula Community Theatre. Cnr Nepean H'way and Wilson Road, Mornington, VIC. Sat: 9 - 5, Sun: 9 - 4  Contact Maria 0427 196 103    Jo 0420 364 980 (dates to be confirmed). 

September          

6th - 7th -  Mildura & District Gem & Mineral Club Show.  Sunraysia Masonic Centre, 15th Street, Irymple.  Sat: 9AM - 6PM  Sun: 9:30AM - 4:30PM   Contact Stephen 0409 437 933 or milduragemshow@gmail.com    (dates to be confirmed). 

13th - 14th NSW Gemkhana.    Hawkesbury Showgrounds.   Contact:   gemkhana@gemlapidarycouncilnsw.org.au    * Please note new date.
  
20th - 21st - Waverley Gem Club Show  Brandon Park Community Centre, 649 Ferntree Gully Road, Glen Waverley  10am to 5pm  10am - 4pm  Contact Peter Nisbet 0477 436 68
                              
October
4th - 5th - Bairnsdale Lapidary Club Show.  Lucknow Hall.   (More information coming soon.)

11th - 12th - Mordialloc Lapidary Club GEMFAIR.  (To be confirmed). 

18th - 19th - Nunawading and District Lapidary Club Whitehorse Gem Show, Whitehorse Community Hub, 96 Springvale Road, Nunawading (Entrance via Esdale Street) Sat: 10 - 5   Sun 10 - 4.  Contact M Quinn 0409 091 520 (To be confirmed). 

November
1st - 2nd  - Geelong Lapidary Club Show:, Geelong West Town Hall. 153 Pakington St, Geelong West.  (To be confirmed). 

9th - Cheong Park Rockswap, Corner Bayswater and Eastfield Rd. Starting at 9am.   Contact: Anthony Cooper 0458 095 239 After business hours only or Donna on 0455 238 141  (To be confirmed). 

14th - 17th - Victorian Facetors Group, Marong Community Hall, 36 Torrens Street Marong, 3515. Website: victorianfacetorsgroup.com  (To be confirmed). 

16th - Warragul Rock and Mineral Festival, Warragul clubrooms, Logan Park, Howitt Street, Warragul. (To be confirmed). 

December

2026

April 3rd - 6th - Australian Gemboree

  • The Nambour Lapidary Club will host the 2026 Australian Gemboree, which will take place over the Easter weekend, April 3–6. This will be the first time Nambour has hosted the event since 1974, when it was the first Gemboree held in Queensland. The Gemboree is a yearly national gem show that attracts visitors and traders from across Australia.  (Further details will be posted when they become available.)