🔥 WinterHeat Festival is Back and Hotter than Ever! 🔥
EVENT UPDATE: DATE has moved to Saturday, July 27th!!
Join us for the return of Luminous Creatures, an enchanting workshop and performance experience brought to you by Curious Legends as part of the thrilling WinterHeat Festival 2024! Newcastle’s beloved festival WinterHeat will be reignited this year by our collaborators at Fingers Crossed Creative, making it bigger, bolder, and brighter than ever before!
📅 Date: 27th July, 2024
📍 Location: Pacific Park, Newcastle East
About WinterHeat Festival:
WinterHeat is a FREE outdoor winter warming event, welcoming everyone to celebrate our wonderful city. With an array of exciting activities and performances, there’s something for everyone!
Curious Legends Presents: Luminous Creatures
Pre-Event Activities with Luminous Creatures
✨ Lantern Making Workshops – July 24th: Get ready to let your creativity shine! We’re hosting 1 x 1.5 hour workshop on July 24th from 4:00pm – 5:30pm. This workshop is a wonderful way to connect as a family, and unleash your inner crafter as you sculpt your own lantern of cane and paper. The workshop is $5 per participant (full-cost subsidised by WinterHeat). Get tickets here
✨ Creative Writing Competition: Our creative writing competition is closed. This year’s theme, “Gathering with Heart”, invited our community to write a poem or short story inspired by the warmth of togetherness and the spirit of community that brings us together in the dark.
Luminous Creatures Event Activities at WinterHeat
✨ Lantern Decorating Workshop – 5:15pm-7:15pm: Join us for a FREE 2-hour rolling lantern decorating workshop during WinterHeat. Bring a lantern to life with vibrant colours and designs, and join us in our Lantern parade ↷
✨ Lantern Parade and Performance – 7:45pm-8:15pm: Be part of the spectacular Lantern Parade, featuring our magnificent giants Jonkle, Frank and friends. Meet our baby ibis’ and illuminate the night with your crafted creations.
Join us at WinterHeat Festival and be a part of something truly special. Let’s create, celebrate, and light up the night together. We can’t wait to see you there!
Stay tuned on our socials for more information about our workshops and performances
Proudly presented by Curious Legends in collaboration with the City of Newcastle SBR Program, Newcastle BIA & Fingers Crossed Creative Ltd.
Header Image: Wanagi Zable-Andrews
Carousel Photos by FAD Sessions at Luminous Creatures, 2021