East Gippsland Winter Festival 2026

The region comes alive in a festival of light, food, music, art & culture.

Friday 19th June 2026 - Sunday 19th July 2026

Experience HOW WE WINTER in East Gippsland as the region comes alive in a month-long festival of luminous art, epic winter feasts, trestle bridge soirees, lively music, dark skies, roaring fires and cold plunges.

Jam-packed full of pop-up events, lantern parades, long lunches and one-off collaboration dinners, live music, wellness experiences and more - the 2025 EGWF Program has something for all ages. Book in your winter adventures now!

2026 Festival Program

In East Gippsland, winter isn't something to escape - it's something to celebrate.

As the air gets cooler and the nights grow longer, East Gippsland comes alive with a month-long festival of light, food, music, art and culture - all set against a backdrop of stunning natural beauty!

From the high country to the coast, the East Gippsland Winter Festival transforms winter into a wild and wonderful season of community celebration.

East Gippsland Winter Festival

Gippsland Jersey Winter Dip
Slip into your bathers and join us at the Slipway in Lakes Entrance to beat the winter blues with a cold dip in the Gippsland Lakes! Boost your mood, clear your head, and prove you're tougher than you think. The vibes are always high and the community connection is strong.

Get Cracking: Winter Seafood Feast
Get ready to roll up your sleeves - this is dinner, but messier. Start with drinks and roaming bites before diving into a generous seafood boil made for sharing. Big flavours, good tunes and zero judgement. Bibs on, hands dirty, let's get crackin'!

Lakes Lights: Gardens of the Galaxy
Step into a magical intergalactic garden with larger-than-life lantern sculptures, mesmerizing installations, projection art and roaming performers. Marvel at the community lantern parade as hundreds of handmade lanterns light up the Lakes Entrance foreshore, along with live music, local food stalls and a VIP experience.

Snowy Steampunk Soiree
Step into another era at Twilight at the Trestle - a one?night steampunk soiree beneath the Snowy Rail Bridge. Enjoy local beer, wine and warming winter drinks, fireside snacks, eclectic music and vintage?industrial magic as dusk falls and imagination takes over

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