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Jesuit Mission Maytime Fair

The Jesuit Mission Maytime Fair is a grassroots community event attracting over 5,000 participants acting in solidarity to create a more inclusive and just world.

This year the Maytime Fair is on Saturday 4 May at Xavier College, Kew in Melbourne (9am - 5pm).    

Rides Passes

You can pre-purchase your All Day Rides passes and rides tickets now for a discounted price. 

Purchase rides passes

The rides operate from 11 am to 4 pm.

The Maytime Fair has been held at Xavier College on the first Saturday in May every year since 1952 (except for the ‘lockdown years’), raising funds to support Jesuit Mission’s outreach programs overseas.

All proceeds from the day go directly towards supporting at-risk communities in over 10 countries in Asia and Africa, including Cambodia, Timor-Leste, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malawi and more.

The Fair will include entertainment for parents and children with a huge array of food, music, rides, arts and crafts, games, plant stalls, book stalls, a wine auction, sport, face painting, raffles, showbags and lots more.

Since the year 2000, the Maytime Fair has raised over $3 million to help provide a range of targeted support and training that empowers women, men and children to develop the skills and capacity to lift themselves out of poverty and injustice.

Sponsorship opportunities  

The Maytime Fair attracts an audience of 5000+ people that including students and families from Xavier College and eight local Catholic schools. There are several opportunities available for partnership.  

We are looking for sponsors to support the event. You can sponsor a stall, sponsor a ride, sponsor an area of the Fair or Partner with us as a Principal event sponsor.

For more information please contact support@jesuitmission.org.au 

Wine donations 

Your generous contribution will be advertised in our Catalogue.  There is also the opportunity to showcase your wines in a tasting prior to the Auction.   

We need the wine as soon as possible to get the catalogue organised.  

Wine donations can be dropped off at: Xavier College, 135 Barkers Road, Kew.   
Attention: Mr Gerry Sullivan.  

Book donations 

Book donations are welcome at 130 Power Street, Hawthorn between 10 am – 2pm, Monday to Thursday. 

Books need to be in resalable condition (not torn or damaged).

Please note that we DO NOT accept the following donations: 

  • No magazines
  • No text books
  • No dictionaries or bibles 
  • No atlases
  • No encyclopedias

Please note, we will not be accepting donations of books after Wednesday 17th April. 

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to live full and free lives.

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