PLANS are being finalised ahead of this month's Wandi Nut Festival to celebrate a number of nut harvests in the Upper Ovens and Morses Creek Valley areas.

With a dozen live music performances scheduled, dances, children's activities, market stalls as well as growers' and producers' workshops planned, the festival is sure to be a weekend bursting with more than roasted nut kernels.

Headlining the live music will be well known Nicky Bomba (Sunday), and Melbourne-based heavy groove combo The Seven Ups (Saturday) who are sure to get the crowd up and about with their range of funk to spiritual jazz and through to psychedelic fuzz rock.

"We’re counting down the days," a Wandi Nut Festival spokesperson said.

"The Bright United Men's Shed and Alpine Multi Skill Group will help us prepare the chestnuts, provided by Nightingales Alpine Produce the week before.

"Their volunteers are set to roast the nuts all weekend with the help of the Chestnut Roaster: a centrepiece of the Nut Fest market.

"All proceeds from the sales of the nuts are donated back to the men's shed for equipment and training for their community members.

"We couldn’t put on the festival without our incredible sponsors: a huge shoutout to Nightingales Alpine Produce whose commitment to local, quality produce, helps make Nut Fest what it is today.

"Thanks to another of our major sponsors - the Alpine Shire Council - who help us celebrate local produce, music and community spirit."

Event organisers, the Wandiligong Nut Festival Inc, applied last year to the Alpine Shire Council as part of the 2024-25 Event Funding Program and were granted the tidy sum of $10,000 to go towards the festival.

The festival will be held at Alpine Park, Wandiligong, on the weekend of 26 and 27 April, from 9am to 8pm on Saturday and 9am to 3pm on Sunday.

For more information, visit: https://www.nutfest.au/the-festival and check in with the Wandiligong Nut Festival Facebook page for updates.