Mansfield Lantern Festival

03/06/2026

✨ More than a parade. More than a festival. ✨

The Mansfield Lantern Festival is a celebration of community, creativity and the magic of winter.

From lantern-making workshops and family activities to live music, fire performances, delicious food and our spectacular Lantern Parade, there's something for everyone to enjoy.

Swipe through to discover just some of the experiences waiting for you this festival weekend. 👉

Grab your tickets now - www.mansfieldlanternfestival.com.au/plan-your-solstice

Proudly supported by the Regional Events Fund, Community Bank Mansfield & District and Mansfield Shire Council

26/05/2026

The Mansfield Lantern Festival is getting louder. 🎶

We are thrilled to welcome Glee Club to the 2026 festival weekend - bringing their signature brand of joyful, inclusive, utterly irresistible singing to Mansfield this June.
Glee Club creates opportunities for everyone to sing - from drop-in singalongs to performing choirs - and they're known for being fun, inclusive, relaxed and welcoming. In other words, exactly our kind of people.

Details of their festival weekend performance coming very soon. Watch this space.

Glee Plus sing classic Melbourne song, Under the Clocks by Weddings...

23/05/2026

The lanterns have been lit, the parade has wound through town, and now it's time for a quieter, slower and beautiful part of the solstice weekend.

On Sunday 21 June we have two magical ways to close out the Mansfield Lantern Festival weekend - and both of them will leave you feeling like a completely different person than when you arrived.

💛Stretchy Solstice Pilates with Barefoot Studio Pilates Mansfield at 9am - a restorative movement flow designed to stretch you out, slow you down and send you home feeling calm, light and grounded. $40, includes a voucher for il Salotto after class.

💛High Country Estate Winter Solstice Reset at 10am–1.30pm at the stunning High Country Estate & Maze in Goughs Bay - gentle yoga, breathwork, guided meditation, a mindful garden walk and a warm vegetarian lunch prepared with love. $59.

Both are ticketed with limited places.
Both are exactly what a solstice Sunday morning should feel like.
Book early - these will fill.

https://www.trybooking.com/events/1575062/sessions

22/05/2026

CHANNEL 9
We were famous (briefly) on the Tuesday night Channel 9 weather cross. Thanks to our junior lantern crew for coming along to help out.
Tickets are now available on our webpage - plan your solstice!
www.mansfieldlanternfestival.com.au/plan-your-solstice/

17/05/2026

There are dinners. And then there are evenings you talk about for years.
We are thrilled to share that Mansfield favourite Il Salotto is joining the 2026 Mansfield Lantern Festival program with a very special Winter Solstice dinner on the evening of Friday 19 June.

Step into the shimmer of the longest night as Il Salotto transforms into an ambient winter hideaway - candlelit, warm and alive with gentle Italian tunes. Settle in with prosecco and beautiful wines, and let a hearty, soulful dinner do what Italian food does best - make everything feel right with the world. This is the perfect way to begin your festival weekend. Intimate, delicious and completely one of a kind.

Places are strictly limited. This one will sell out - don't sit on it.
🗓️ Friday 19 June 2026
📍 Il Salotto, Mansfield
🎟️ Tickets via www.trybooking.com/DMDCG

15/05/2026

There's something quietly wonderful about making something with your hands. 🪼
Join Felicity Hayward - Visual Artist on Sunday 14 June for a workshop unlike anything else on the festival program. Using mostly recycled materials, you'll be guided through creating your very own light-up jellyfish lantern - ready to carry in the Community Bank Mansfield & District Lantern Parade on Saturday 20 June.

No experience necessary. No artistic credentials required. Just a sense of fun, a willingness to get a little creative, and two hours on a winter Sunday morning that you'll remember long after the lanterns stop glowing.
All materials are provided. The only thing to bring is yourself and a sense of adventure.

🗓️ Sunday 14 June 2026
⏰ 10:00am – 12:00noon
📍 The Bower Studio Gallery, Shop 1, 12 High Street, Mansfield
💸 $25 per person (materials included)
🔞 Suitable for ages 15 and over

Places are limited - this one will sell out. Book via the link below.
www.trybooking.com/DMCBF

14/05/2026

Well, this made our morning. 😍
The wonderful Emily at Melbourne Girl - one of Melbourne's most trusted guides to all things to do and see - has included the Mansfield Lantern Festival in her Ultimate Guide to Melbourne in Winter 2026.

Nestled alongside the NGV Winter Masterpieces, MIFF and Lightscape at the Royal Botanic Gardens, they describe us as "one of Victoria's most beautiful winter traditions" and "the perfect excuse for a winter weekend road trip."
We couldn't agree more. 🏮

If you've been on the fence about making the trip to Mansfield this June - consider this your sign. Two and a half hours from Melbourne. Three days of fire, light, food and the much-loved lantern parade through the streets of town. Tickets from just $5.

Read the full Melbourne Girl guide via the link below - and then come and see us in the High Country on 19–21 June.
👉 www.melbournegirl.com.au/2026/05/04/melbourne-in-winter-your-ultimate-guide-to-the-best-of-the-season/
🎟️ Tickets: www.mansfieldlanternfestival.com.au

📸Clive Dickerson, Festival 2025

13/05/2026

Something spectacular is coming to the 2026 Mansfield Lantern Festival. ✨
We're thrilled to introduce Hoop Sparx - bringing interactive LED play spaces to this year's festival, included in your festival ticket.

Think colour.
Think light.
Think the kind of thing that makes kids stop in their tracks and adults forget they're adults.

Hoop Sparx will be lighting up the festival space on Saturday 20 June - and trust us, you'll want to find them early in the night.

Tickets are on sale now.
www.trybooking.com/eventlist/mansfieldlanternfestival2026

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23/04/2026

Four years. Same wonderful people. Same unwavering support.

We are so proud to announce that Community Bank Mansfield & District is returning as a major sponsor of the 2026 Mansfield Lantern Festival Parade - for the fourth year running.

The Community Bank model is something pretty special. Profits stay local, decisions are made locally, and the community benefits directly. The fact that they've backed this festival for four consecutive years says everything about their commitment to Mansfield and the people who live here.

The Community Bank Mansfield & District Lantern Parade steps off at 5:30pm on Saturday 20 June. We cannot wait.

Thank you Community Bank Mansfield & District - from all of us. 🏮

19/04/2026

While everyone else is making the most of the autumn weather, we're already thinking about June. ❄️

Mansfield in winter is something else entirely.
Cold mornings, open fires, snow on the mountain and the longest night of the year just around the corner.

The 2026 Mansfield Lantern Festival — 19–21 June.
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