Event Information
Here you’ll find a discount accommodation promotion from a local caravan park, our free shuttle bus service timetable, guidelines for Trinket Trading - information to help you organise your visit to the Melbourne Renfair!
Location of the Melbourne Renfair
The Melbourne Renfair will take place at the Yarra Valley Racecourse, across two days.
The 16th and 17th of may will see the Racecourse transformed into a wonderful place full of magic and whimsy!
Nestled on the eastern rim of Melbourne close to Lilydale and public transport, at the gateway to the Yarra Valley and Dandenong Ranges, Lilydale Pine Hill Caravan Park is offering two discount codes for Renfair attendees!
Step forth travellers and enjoy two promotional offers for the weekend of this grand event:
Use code RENFAIR2026 for 20% off your entire stay of 2 or more nights (max 4) or use code RENFAIR10 for 10% off a 1 night stay!
From sites to pitch your wagon (caravan) or tent, to cosy 1 and 2 bedroom cabins (including accessible and pet-friendly options), we have lodging to suit!
For more information, terms and conditions, please visit https://www.lilydalepinehill.com.au/melbourne-renfair-2026/
Free Shuttle Buses, Lilydale Station to Yarra Valley Racecourse
We are providing free shuttle buses running between Lilydale Station and Yarra Valley Racecourse on both Saturday 16 May and Sunday 17 May 2026.
These buses will operate throughout the event each day.
Shuttle Bus Timetable
Arrivals from Lilydale Station to Yarra Valley Racecourse
Departures every 15 minutes starting at 9:00 am
9:00, 9:15, 9:30, 9:45
10:00, 10:15, 10:30, 10:45
11:00, 11:15, 11:30, 11:45
12:00, 12:15, 12:30, 12:45
Returns from Yarra Valley Racecourse to Lilydale Station
Departures every 15 minutes starting at 3:00 pm
3:00, 3:15, 3:30, 3:45
4:00, 4:15, 4:30, 4:45
5:00, 5:15, 5:30, 5:45
6:00, 6:15, 6:30, 6:45
Important Notes
Buses will stop at Lilydale Station and Yarra Valley Racecourse. This is a direct service only.
• No booking required
• First come, first served
• Wheelchair accessible bus is the 4th bus each hour
Trinket Trading at Melbourne RenFair
Across all of Valendor, travellers have long shared small tokens of goodwill, a charm passed in friendship, a coin for luck, a ribbon tied in thanks. At Melbourne RenFair, this tradition is welcome, so long as it is practiced in the proper spirit.
Trinkets are gifts of goodwill, not goods for trade.
No coin is to be exchanged, no bargains struck, and no value weighed. Trinkets are given freely, or exchanged only by mutual delight.
Keep trinkets humble and symbolic.
A trinket should be small enough to rest in the palm, simple in nature, and light in worth. Charms, tokens, ribbons, beads, notes, and curios are most fitting. Items of great craft, wear, or function belong instead with the goods traders of the realm.
The Bazaar is for commerce.
The Goblin Bazaar and all merchant halls are places of trade. Trinkets are not to be exchanged within these spaces, nor offered to those deep in the business of browsing wares.
Trinkets wander, they do not settle.
There shall be no fixed places of exchange, no laid out displays, and no calls to gather. Trinket sharing is a brief and passing moment between travellers, not a stall of commerce.
Participation is always a choice.
Trinket trading is not for everyone, and that is part of the balance of the realm. Always ask before offering a trinket, and accept a refusal with good grace. A trinket offered without consent loses its magic.
The Wardens watch over the spirit of the Fair.
Those who stray from the spirit of these traditions may be gently reminded by the Wardens of the Fair. The goal is shared joy and wonder, not pressure or mischief.
May your pockets be light, your heart generous, and your path through the realm filled with small wonders.