East Gippsland Winter Festival

Festivals and Celebrations

Discover a different side of winter as East Gippsland comes alive in a month-long festival of light, food, music, art and culture.
Two people dressed as Sea Hags stand in front of a lantern display at the Lakes Lights event
Four people in medieval costumes fight with flaming swords at night
An illuminated blossom fox lantern at the Lakes Lights lantern display
A large crowd of people gathered, with food trucks and lanterns
A performer breathing fire into the dark night sky
A large group of people swimming in a lake at sunrise with a coast guard boat in the background
Tables are set for a long lunch on  the old Nicholson River Railway Bridge
Long lunch on the Nicholson River Railway Bridge, high above the Nicholson River with blue skies
Be welcomed by friendly locals and creative communities as a unique series of events pop up in towns and villages across Victoria's far east, forming one of the largest and most diverse winter festival programs in Australia.

Embrace the chill of the season and celebrate the shortest day of the year with a winter solstice swim, then warm up at medieval bonfire nights, winter feasts in spectacular locations, wandering through larger-than-life artist-made lanterns, and so much more.

Information

Address

470 Esplanade, Lakes Entrance, Victoria, 3909