End of Year Picnic & Lantern Walk

2024 event details

When? Saturday 14 December, arrive from 5pm for dancing at 5:30pm
Where? Castlemaine Botanic Gardens
What? Bring a picnic, your friends, your dancing feet and a perhaps a lantern!

The whole community is invited to discover the magic of the End of the Year Picnic and Lantern Walk! This much-loved local event evolved from a conversation between studio founder, dear Edna Reinhardt and her musician husband, the wonderful Saul, about creating a common dance language for the community, and it has been a Castlemaine tradition since 1990!

Absolutely everyone is welcome! The event features international folk circle dances accompanied by a live band, followed by a lantern walk. It is an opportunity for the community to enjoy diverse, multicultural folk music, promoting connection to our wider global context.

Let's celebrate dance, community and picnicking together! Bring a picnic and enjoy the music and dancing. Please feel free to pass these details onto anyone you think might be interested.

We are grateful to the Mount Alexander Shire Council for its support of this event.