Mermaidia Braids is so excited to be attending this wonderful event. We will be bringing sparkles and happiness to one of the most iconic regional towns in Victoria. See you there!

(from the event organisers) “Celebrating the Winter Solstice – longest night of the year – Mansfield Lantern Festival has evolved into one of the most eagerly anticipated annual events in Victoria’s High Country. Mansfield Lantern Festival brings light and warmth to the centre of Mansfield in the cold of winter.

Alli Walker of Walker Events has steered this beautiful celebration of the Winter Solstice in Mansfield, at the foot of snow-capped Mt Buller, since 2015. The festival is returning with a fun and packed long weekend program from Friday 16 to Sunday 18 June 2023.

Bringing together fairy lights, open fires, food and drink and a lantern parade through the streets of Mansfield, the Mansfield Lantern Festival is a definite date to add to your calendar. Highlights include music, performance artists, exhibitions and buzzing market stalls showcasing the amazing, food, wine, craft beer and spirits produced in and around Mansfield.

The weekend celebrations will kick off in spectacular style with a lantern parade and open fires to light up the darkness and ward off the mid-Winter chill. We’re bringing back our photography workshops – what better place to sharpen your night photography skills?

From tiny beginnings the Mansfield Lantern Festival now regularly attracts more than 1700 festival-goers. Ahead of the event, free lantern-making workshops are available to encourage locals and visitors to get creative and get involved.”