Rochester's 'Great Northern Show'

05/04/2026

The Rochester Show committee wishes everyone a Happy and Safe Easter !! 🐣

31/03/2026

🎡 Voting is now OPEN! 🌾

If you loved the Rochester Show, we’d be so grateful for your vote in the VAS Ltd Show Awards – People’s Choice Award.

This award is voted on by the community — visitors, exhibitors, volunteers and supporters.

If the show made you smile, please take a moment to vote for us.

🗳 Voting closes 30 April at 11:59pm

More info here:
http://www.vicagshows.com.au/show-awards
Vote for us here

https://forms.gle/GMLVCpNwDngAaPCU8

Thank you for supporting your local country show. 💛r

29/03/2026

🎡 First Show Memory vs Most Recent Show Memory 🌾

The Rochester Show has been part of our community for 138 years, and for many families it’s a tradition that spans generations.

So we’d love to know…

✨ What is your FIRST memory of the Rochester Show?
✨ And what is your MOST RECENT one?

Maybe it was riding the dodgems as a kid… showing an animal… entering something in the pavilion… or bringing your own children or grandchildren along.

Share your memories in the comments — we love hearing the stories that make our show so special. 💛

25/03/2026

✨ Save the Date! ✨

Did you love this year’s Rochester Show?

We have the chance to be recognised in the VAS Ltd Show Awards – People’s Choice Award, and soon the community will be able to vote for their favourite Agricultural Show or Field Day.

🗳 Voting opens 1st April

If you enjoyed the show, we’d love your support when voting opens. Stay tuned for the voting link coming soon! 🌾🎡

22/03/2026

📝 The Rochester Show Presidents
Report 📝

The 2026 Show is now a memory and was once again a huge success no matter how you look at it. Our whole committee dug deep and worked hard to once again deliver two great days of entertainment and activities for our wider community.

The dog 🐕 show kicked off early Friday morning with large numbers of competitors and was an excellent display and ran very smoothly.

Friday night’s crowd built steadily and we were once again blessed with perfect weather. Our food options were also very popular and catered for all budgets and tastes.

The Beef 🐄 Spectacular continues to grow each year and was a fantastic exhibition of cattle before a large crowd of interested onlookers.

The oval program was again a real highlight with all ages with our car display and kids’ activities proving very popular late into the night. The amount of young people on the oval was amazing and shows if we provide quality entertainment and activities that it certainly draws a crowd. At all times throughout the evening there were eager young people ready to take part in the many free activities and games.

The Fly ✈️ over was again very popular and had everyone looking to the sky to see what was going to happen next.

The fire works 🎆 finished off a fantastic night, with many again commenting that they were the best display see anywhere for an event of our size.

A great crowd was able to take part in many free activities, enjoy the much larger sideshow alley, have a drink and catch up with members of our local community. This I believe is what makes our Friday night so successful and something we as a committee should be very proud of.

Saturday saw a larger crowd than in previous years no doubt helped by the weather gods again being on our side this year.
We had a very successful exhibition of animals in all sections.
Our horse show again had great numbers and was a great display. A huge amount of work went into seeing the day run very smoothly and successfully.

The beef cattle show was the largest for many years with over 100 head of cattle. This has only added to our reputation of running one of the best beef shows in our state. Dairy cattle numbers were also up on the last year with another quality display of animals.

It was good to see our poultry section continuing and this all adds to our show.

Our Boer and dairy goat shows both had good numbers and attracted plenty of onlookers throughout the day.

The working sheep dog demonstrations on the oval were once again very popular. Both on Friday night and throughout Saturday a large crowd gathered to watch, ask questions and be entertained.
It was fantastic to see all the different animal sections running and this all adds to our show and makes us a great agricultural show.

The kids’ activities on the oval were very busy all day and continues to be one of the highlights of our show for young families. The fact families can come along for free on Saturday and take part in this is something to be proud of.

Our homecrafts pavilion was filled with our communities work and shows the talented people we have within our community. Many commented on the varied and fantastic display.

I would like to thank everyone on our committee. The way everyone takes responsibility not only for your sections but the whole show and puts their hand up to help out is what makes our show such a success.

I would also like to thank our committee’s family members who get dragged into helping out before, during and after our show, without their assistance we couldn’t achieve what we do.

A special thank you to Maxine and Deb. The amount of work that goes on behind the scenes is huge and without your attention to detail and dedication our show would not run so smoothly.

The way everyone works together makes my job as President so much easier and I’m proud of our whole committee and what we have again achieved.

See you at the Rochester Show in 2027

Pat Nicholson

22/03/2026

Woohoo !! We know how much the kids love a colouring comp !! Get into AG Warehouse Rochester and grab one for the kiddies this week

We don't want to scare anyone with everything that is currently going on, on the farm but Easter is only a hop, skip and a jump away!
🐰 Easter Colouring Competition! 🎨
We’re celebrating Easter with a fun colouring competition for all our creative young artists! There are two age brackets to keep things fair and exciting: 5 & under and 6–12 years. Simply pick up a colouring sheet in‑store, bring it to life with your best colours, and return it to enter the draw for some great Easter prizes! 🌼🐣
Entries close strictly on March 31st for the AGW team will vote on the winners on Wednesday the 1st of April! Every entry will receive a bag of special AGW Rochester lollies

22/03/2026

A big congratulations to Mandy Dingwall
On achieving a 1st for her Carrot cake at the Goulburn Valley Riverina Show. Also a big congratulations to Margy Phipps on her 2nd in the sewing class for her beautiful bag !! Lovely work ladies !!! 🥇

20/03/2026

Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of attending the Rochester Rotary Clubs community breakfast! Presenting was the Campaspe council in regards to our local pool. After the councillors and Mayor spoke, our community groups have the opportunity to share what is happening for each of us. I had the privilege to speak and share with everyone on behalf of the show committee, how wonderful our show was this year and the amazing numbers we had across all of our animal and homecraft schedules. This was met with a big round of applause and reminded me of how proud we are of the work we do to bring The Rochester Show to our community!! If you don’t get to these meetings you really should try ! It’s a great way to hear what is going on, forthcoming events and activties and the work the community groups do !!

19/03/2026

Last night at our Show round up meeting , we celebrated the beautiful Faye Moon !! Faye has been apart of The Rochester Show committee for 61 years !!! That is amazing dedication to our show, the show history, our community and to the beef cattle show community!! Thank you Faye for all you have done and continue to do for our show and for the knowledge and love you share with us all

18/03/2026

HELP PLEASE 📢

We Want Your Feedback!
It only takes 1 min of your time ⏰

Thank you to everyone who attended this year’s Rochester Agricultural Show!

We’d love to hear your thoughts on what you enjoyed and what we can improve for next year !

https://www.surveyhero.com/c/zafiwtjw

Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey – your feedback helps us make next year’s show even better!
Thank you for your time and support!

🐓Ps this is anonymous and we aren’t collecting any personal info

17/03/2026

Ohh yeah we are !! Come visit and say hi 👋🏼

🌈 Rochester is set for one of its biggest weeks of the year!
Four major events collide from March 21–29, with the Rochester Mural Festival, Sips & Sounds, Creative Seeds Exhibition and Ripple Fest bringing colour, music and creativity to town.
🎨 Sips & Sounds Weekend – March 28 & 29
Kicking off Saturday morning with workshops and the town market, the festival fills Rochester with live music, art, tastings and family fun.
🍷 Saturday March 28 (1pm–5pm)
Wander the streets, visit local shops, meet winemakers and distillers, and sip your way through wine, whiskey, vodka and more.
Kids’ activities, trampolines, hair braiding and airbrush tattoos run from midday, plus a graffiti art session at the Skate Park and bubble workshops in Wirrima Park.
💰 Don’t miss the monster raffle — top prize is $8000 in gold.
🎶 Sunday March 29
Wrap up the weekend with live music from Billie Aitken‑McGregor at The Rochester Hotel (3pm–5pm).
Rochester Business Network says the whole weekend is about community, creativity and showcasing the warm hospitality the town is known for.
👉 For full details, search Visit Rochester Victoria on Facebook.
Visit Rochester Victoria https://www.campaspenews.com.au

14/03/2026

So many goats this year !!! We look forward to seeing you and your goaties again in 2027 !!!