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Light up Winter

SATURDAY, 3 AUGUST 2024

Light Up Winter is a free family event that banishes the winter blues.

Join us for a brilliant evening of live entertainment, a vibrant night market, delicious street food, fun activities, the spectacular mass lantern release, and more!

NIGHT-TIME SPECTACULAR

Lantern release

Watch hundreds of lanterns silently drift away in celebration of our beautiful night sky and our community spirit. The lantern release is a spectacular sight that you can't afford to miss. Book your lantern and be part of this breathtaking moment.

Details coming soon.

Lanterns Image by Jessica Kantak Bailey

Child with light up hat creation

GET CREATIVE

What do traffic cones, the Big Fruit, and a battlefield have in common? Easy! They are some of the quirky and creative designs that we've seen in the popular Light Up Your Hat Competition. Get your thinking cap on and create a cool hat for your chance to win!

UNLEASH YOUR IMAGINATION

Get the kids along to our FREE creative workshops to create a light-up hat or paint a UV fish! Register today as spaces are limited.

UV painted fish

Fun and entertainment

Pampas Flower

CRAFT WORKSHOPS

Come along to our free creative workshops!!

Pampas Flower

CRAFT CAVE

A warm place for the kids to escape the chill in the Craft Cave and create a cool light-up masterpiece.

Pampas Flower

STREET PERFORMERS

Be amazed and entertained by our roaming magician, balloon twister, fire dancers, and more!

Pampas Flower

FACE PAINTING

Get your glow on with a funky face design.

Pampas Flower

SELFIE BOOTH

Capture the moment in our fun photobooth.

Stallholder Registration

If you'd like to be a stallholder at Light Up Winter on Saturday, 3 August 2024, please email us: crm@cromwell.org.nz

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