The Mirboo North Winterfest will be a two day event in 2024.
In the lead up there will be community lantern making workshops for those wanting to make something extra special for the parade.
Saturday 3rd August 4pm - 8.30pm
The Saturday is full of festival vibes with food and drink stalls operating throughout the afternoon and evening. Begin your visit with drumming and dance workshops followed by the Ridgway Lantern Parade at dusk. Live music with Ally Row in the Tipi will take us through until the end of the night along with the Winterfest Bar.
Stay tuned for an announcement about a very special gig at 8.45pm in the Shire Hall, that will have you finishing the night with a dance.
Tickets available soon for this event.
Sunday 4th August 9am - 2pm
The Sunday is all about our Artisans Market. Relaxing in the Tipi with live music all day and feasting your way through the food stalls.
Join us at the Grainstore with Ritual Artist, Margie Mackay, for a day of making to prepare for the Ridgway Lantern Parade. Margie will be on hand to offer guidance and assistance in making a lantern for the parade or to come up with some ideas to dress up on the day. All materials provided.
Join us at the Grainstore with Ritual Artist, Margie Mackay, for a day of making to prepare for the Ridgway Lantern Parade. Margie will be on hand to offer guidance and assistance in making a lantern for the parade or to come up with some ideas to dress up on the day. All materials provided.
Join us at the Grainstore with Ritual Artist, Margie Mackay, for a day of making to prepare for the Ridgway Lantern Parade. Margie will be on hand to offer guidance and assistance in making a lantern for the parade or to come up with some ideas to dress up on the day. All materials provided.
Get your needles, hooks and hands working with any type of yarn to create your "tea cosy" for the 12th Arty Bras!
Join in the drumming workshops and experience the joy of West African culture with Appiah from Asanti Dance Theatre.
Join in the dance workshops and experience the joy of West African culture with Appiah from Asanti Dance Theatre.
The Lantern Parade will see Ridgway transformed into a trail of light from beautiful handmade and professional lanterns made by locals and visitors alike. The parade will begin at 5.45pm next to The Grainstore and be led by Asanti Dance Theatre.
Ally Row are an indie pop-folk/rock duo that are breaking the barriers of genres with toe-tapping yet emotive music.
A double barrel mix of two blistering musical styles, Ska and Jazz, played by 8
of the sharpest shooters in Australia.
The Sunday is all about our Artisans Market and relaxing in the Tipi with live music and a delicious lunch.
Make your very own native bee hotel during walk up workshops during the Sunday Artisan Market.
Embrace the spirit of renewal and the enchantment of winter at our Flower Crown Workshop!
Join us at the Grainstore with Ritual Artist, Margie Mackay, for a day of making to prepare for the Ridgway Lantern Parade. Margie will be on hand to offer guidance and assistance in making a lantern for the parade or to come up with some ideas to dress up on the day. All materials provided.
Join Olivia for this immersive and enriching woodblock carving workshop, where you can tap into your artistic potential and experience the satisfaction of transforming a simple piece of wood into a work of art.
Enjoy a Cucina Povera-style lunch of humble southern Italian fare in an exclusive lunch at Mirboo North Winterfest. Four delicious courses of antipasto, pasta dishes, famous Trulli fire-cooked meats and delicious Italian desserts to bring you the Sunday lunch of your Italian dreams.
A two hour workshop teaching the basics of shadow puppet making - including creating a performance by attendees for family & friends.
Keep the kids smiling with a skate on our realistic-looking synthetic ice rink. It’s just like skating on real ice!
A one hour workshop to get your body moving with Gilbert Douglas.
In this workshop, Amy will teach you the few simple stitches you’ll need to know to embroider a “stick & stitch” design onto a ready-made tote; it’s just like colouring, but with needle and thread!
In the Tipi with the Sailors Grave Winterfest Bar is DJ Danny Silver taking us through to the end of the night.
David Leach uses a combination of circus arts, fire twirling and magic to warm up the crowd and atmosphere in the heart of the Winterfest. Catch our fire twirler in the Ridgway Lantern Parade and afterwards for his solo show.
The Lantern Parade will see Ridgway transformed into a trail of light from beautiful handmade and professional lanterns made by locals and visitors alike. The parade will begin at 5.45pm next to The Grainstore and be led by Asanti Dance Theatre.
Welcome to Country & traditional smoking ceremony
You will begin a beautiful woven wall hanging and have enough know-how to continue with this mindful craft at home.
A vibrant and interactive experience inviting subjects to unleash their creativity and immerse themselves in a world of spontaneity, joy and the winter spirit. Photos will be available after the event for you to download and keep. Grab your friends and fam and have some fun.
This workshop has been made possible thanks to funding from the Mirboo North and District Community Foundation.
Want to be a superstar DJ? Take your first steps and learn some of the basics of DJing with Danny Silver at the Winterfest.
In this workshop, Amy will teach you the few simple stitches you’ll need to know to embroider a “stick & stitch” design onto a ready-made pouch; it’s just like colouring, but with needle and thread!
In this workshop, Amy will teach you the few simple stitches you’ll need to know to embroider a “stick & stitch” design onto a ready-made pouch; it’s just like colouring, but with needle and thread!
Celebrate the Mirboo North Art Show with high tea - tickets available at the door.
Celebrate and enjoy the Mirboo North Art Show from 29-31 July 2022. This annual event, which has been running for 39 years, is renowned across our region, showcasing hundreds of art works including paintings, drawing, photography, sculpture, ceramics and jewellery.
This two-man show uses a combination of Circus Arts, Glow Twirling, Fire Twirling and Acrobatics to warm up the crowd and atmosphere in the heart of the Winterfest.
The Nigellas are a Gippsland based group that perform contemporary and bluegrass style ballads.
Our first ever lantern parade will see Ridgway transformed into a trail of light from beautiful handmade lanterns made by locals and visitors alike.
Join in the dance workshops and experience the joy of West African culture with Appiah from Asanti Dance Theatre.
Witness the creation of a beautiful and significant local creature utilising specialised Japanese ice sculpting chisels and saws, chainsaws, drills and grinders.
Join in the drum workshops and experience the joy of West African culture with Appiah from Asanti Dance Theatre.
Join local designer Shelley Banders in discussion and play surrounding found flowers and foliage. Learn how to invite the unexpected into your space with wild and unruly arrangements.
Want to be a superstar DJ? Take your first steps and learn some of the basics of DJing with Danny Silver at the Winterfest.
Spend 90 minutes together in a low-pressure setting, learning how safely identify and collect natural pigments to make paint. Then get dirty grinding, squashing and painting with our own earth pigments.
In this workshop, Amy will teach you the few simple stitches you’ll need to know to embroider a “stick & stitch” design onto a ready-made pouch; it’s just like colouring, but with needle and thread!
See a range of local artists working away at their craft.
