The Retro Youth Committee are running their own 'Retro Wellfest' this Saturday, drawing on the name of an event created by a group of year 12 students in 2016.

Committee lead Jack Jorgensen, 18, said the founders had given their blessing for the event to be returned to QEII Square.

"We talked to Milla Reid, who was one of the original creators of the event - she was very interested to see it be brought back and their group was perfectly fine with us using the name," Jack said.

"There was a Wellfest that happened in 2016 and it hasn't happened since.

"The main idea was to support the community after the year that we had of 2020, and show them that we're here, we're listening, and it's okay to talk about these sorts of issues.

"So a lot of the stall providers are here to talk about different mental health issues and to promote positive ways of coping with it."

Retro Wellfest will run from 10am to 4pm at the square on Saturday with workshops, music from local talent such as ELK and food.

Richard Brown from the Black Dog Ride will be coming with a display of Harleys and there will be yoga and hands-on activities like creating meditation mats from recycled materials.

"It will be great day with bunting all over the square to make it look fantastic," Jack said.

"The Wellfest event was created by the youth in 2016, and it was mainly for the youth, but we also wanted to open it up to adults as well because it's not just youth who were dealing with mental health issues.

"It's something that we do want to continue in years to come."

Albury Council youth programs co-ordinator Bianca Edwards said holding the event on April 17 marked the start of Youth Week, which is overlapping with Senior's Week this year.

"So it's a good opportunity to bring all generations together and have an open discussion and break the stigma around mental health," she said.

"All of our events held out of Retro are completely youth-led, with some assistance.

"They've done a really great job at bringing this to life.

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"Some of our volunteer opportunities do turn into paid opportunities as well, and just gives that hands-on experience.

"We've also liaised with Wodonga TAFE and they're going to bring their events students as part of their course to get some hands-on experience which is really exciting."

The Retro Committee and the Albury Youth Council are seeking to collaborate on more events, and Youth Mayor Eli Davern encouraged youth to attend.

"It will be great to see as many young people as possible turn up and support this great event," he said.

"I know that there are a lot of young people that have been missing the live music and the food vendors - I know I have - so come down and get involved."