The Winter Solstice has been celebrated by civilisations ancient and new over millennia. Often concealed beneath myth, elaborate artifice and tradition, at its core it is a physical event.

It marks the commencement of winter and the journey back towards warmth and the promise of Spring. It is a moment of renewal and promise. For the the mountains it has a particular significance.

Winters in the mountains really are cold. As a result, our celebration is somewhat more energetic and emphatic than you might find on the plains. It is also a time when the main street of one of Australia’s most famous towns, Katoomba, is handed back to the community. A time when artists and buskers, dancers and drummers, singers and snake handlers, jugglers and gymnasts, musicians and mass choirs take over the town. 

It is a time of renewed friendships and family reunions as parents and grandparents, children and friends return to celebrate our community’s big event.  And most importantly it is a time for for new friendships which is why we’d like to share the experience with you.

A programme of activities runs from the week commencing Saturday 13th June with the opening of the ArtStreet shop window exhibition (plus events yet to be announced) on to the big Festival Saturday on 20th June and continues through the following week until Sunday June 28th.

Please come and join us at Winter Magic 2009.

All official events are FREE.