The longest night deserves a celebration.
Mansfield Lantern Festival | 19–21 June 2026
Every year at the winter solstice, something quietly magical happens in Mansfield. The streets fill with light, open fires crackle in the cold, and hundreds of handmade lanterns move through town carried by people who’ve come from near and far to be part of something together.
This is the Mansfield Lantern Festival – a long weekend of warmth, creativity and High Country hospitality, held at the foot of Mt Buller in the heart of north east Victoria.
Friday 19 June
Welcome to Country. Firelight ceremony. Lantern-making workshops. Food & drinks under the fairy lights. Winter solstice menus across town.
Saturday 20 June
The main event. Open fires, live music, local food and drink, street performers — and the much-loved Community Bank Mansfield & District Lantern Parade lighting up the night from 5:30pm.
Sunday 21 June
Start the solstice morning slowly. Yoga among the lanterns at sunrise, followed by a long and leisurely brunch.
Make your lantern. Walk the parade. Stay the weekend
Tickets for the Saturday night festival are $5. Lantern-making workshops are $5 and bookings are essential – they fill fast. The rest of the weekend? Come as you are.
SINCE 2015
About
The Mansfield Lantern Festival has been running since 2015, growing from a small community idea into one of Victoria’s most anticipated winter events. More than 3,500 people join us each year – locals, Melbourne day-trippers, High Country regulars and first-timers who end up coming back every June.
Mansfield is cold in winter. That’s the point. Rug up, bring the kids, find a fire and stay a while.
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