Grazeland, Melbourne • Nov 12 & 13, 2025

Business, but not as usual.

Live music, comedy, art, and small business conversations to fuel your next wave of growth.

PURPOSE | PROFIT | POSSIBILITY

For small business owners who care about doing good work, in good company.

Whether you're laying bricks, writing code, designing brands or building communities, Ripple Festival is for those who give a damn.

We’re not just running businesses; we’re shaping culture, driving change, and proving that success can be profitable and purposeful. We welcome founders and leaders of all genders, faiths, beliefs, and abilities who are ready to do business differently.

Why you should come to Ripple Festival

We’re crystal clear: Ripple Festival exists to help you build a more profitable business with greater impact and have a damn good time doing it.

You’ll walk away with:

  • Fresh strategies for growth, marketing, and innovation

  • Tools and insights you can apply immediately

  • Genuine connections with a community that shares your values

  • All while being entertained by the people who make life worth living; artists.

Nothing like your typical business conference.

Ripple Festival isn’t about corporate hype or untouchable celebrity speakers.

It’s about real conversations, practical learning, and creative energy that moves your business forward.

If you’re a small business owner who wants to earn well, do good, and make waves, this is where you belong.

Ripple is for small business owners who:

  • Run their own show

  • Care about profit and purpose

  • Are sick of the same speakers on every stage

  • Want depth, not hype

  • Value community over competition

  • Know there’s more than one way to succeed

  • Are ready to move past legacy thinking

From plumbers to photographers, therapists to tradies, Ripple is for those building something meaningful and profitable, without selling their soul.

If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t quite belong at traditional business events, Ripple Festival was made for you.

WED 10-6PM

12/11

Jarrah Brailey, Nathan Delaney, Janine Staunton, Mamma Knows West

Rhiannon Tracey, Dante St James, Jarrah Brailey, DJ Dan Toop

THU 10-6PM

13/11

Richard Seymour, Erin Morris, DJ Dan Toop, Maddie Connors, Fi Johnston, Mia Fileman

Kon Karapanagiotidis, Lucy and Rosie Thomas, Odette Barry, Georgia Fields, Camey O’Keefe

Smart Moves

A 7-part email series from Ripple Festival speakers on their biggest business mistakes and how to avoid them.

Candid, insightful, and packed with lessons you won’t find in business books. Grab this exclusive collection and learn from their missteps—so you don’t have to make them yourself.

Where music, art, comedy and small business collide.

venue

Grazeland

20 Booker St, Spotswood

A foodie’s playground, Grazeland, is just five kilometres from the Melbourne CBD.

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