Festival of Sails
26-28 JANUARY 2024
The Festival of Sails (FOS) combines history with tradition; heritage with technology; tactics with teamwork. First held in 1844, FOS has consistently attracted the highest calibre of sailing craft and crew, family and friends, attracting over 100,000 visitors every January, held at the Royal Geelong Yacht Club (RGYC) and along Geelong waterfront. FOS is particularly famous for its Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race – the oldest sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere.
NEWS
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Call Goes Out On International Volunteers Day To Join The Team at The 2024 Festival of Sails
They’re the heartbeat and the backbone of almost every event and today, on International Volunteer’s Day, the Royal Geelong Yacht Club has put out the call for their crucial volunteers to sign up for the 2024 Festival of Sails, coming up in January.
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Sensational New and Favourite Aussie Bands Set to Rock the Stage At 2024 Festival of Sails
Hailed as currently one of Australia’s best live acts and with critics around the world stamping their hit record as ‘one of the finest of the year’, rock band ‘Body Type’ is set to take centre stage as the headline act for the 2024 Festival of Sails.
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181st Melbourne to Geelong Passage Race, Festival of Sails 2024, News Madeline Crawford 24 November, 2023
Local Sailing Star, Evie McDonald Appointed Festival of Sails Youth Ambassador
Young local sailing star, 17-year-old Evie McDonald from Geelong has been appointed the Festival of Sails’ inaugural Youth Ambassador.
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Popular Emerging Music Artists Competition returning to 2024 Festival of Sails
The popular emerging music artists’ competition presented by Forte Magazine will be making a return to the 2024 Festival of Sails and the call is now out for aspiring artists to register.