Bathurst Winter Festival

6 - 21 July 2024

An initiative of Bathurst Regional Council, the Bathurst Winter Festival came to life in 2015, as part of celebrations marking the bicentenary of Governor Lachlan Macquarie's proclamation of Bathurst as a town. Since 2015 the festival continues to be owned, managed, operated and promoted by Bathurst Regional Council.

The annual Bathurst Winter Festival is an that came to life in 2015, as part of celebrations marking the bicentenary of Governor Lachlan Macquarie's proclamation of Bathurst as a town. Since 2015 the festival has become a marquee event on NSW's calendar and is growing each year, proving winter really is the best season.

The festival extends across all sixteen days of the NSW winter school holidays with the businesses and residents of Bathurst embracing winter, adding activities to the program of events, decorating their shop fronts and homes and creating a colourful carnival of welcome.

Stunning illuminations projected on some of Bathurst's historic buildings have been a part of the festival from the very beginning, telling history, lighting up imaginings and bringing community together to acknowledge and celebrate all aspects of the Bathurst Region - people, place, heritage, culture, past, present and future. 

The Bathurst Winter Festival continues to be owned, managed, operated and promoted by Bathurst Regional Council.

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Location

Kings Parade, 158 Russell Street, Bathurst, 2795, View Map