The Kalari-Lachlan River Arts Festival brings music, art and of course the beautiful lantern parade to Frogs Hollow, on the shores of Lake Forbes, this Saturday.
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This is the fourth lakeside celebration since the birth of River Arts in 2011.
Celebrating all things art and culture, the festival transforms Forbes into a centre for music, drama, art and crafts.
River Arts Festival chair Margot Jolly said that the festival is designed to engage the community and to offer new opportunities.
“We’ve had lots of events that have gone really well,” Mrs Jolly said.
This week Forbes museum hosted a 1970s themed “Stairway to Heaven soiree” and historic foodie workshops held by Jacquie Newling from Sydney Living Museums on Wednesday.
Saturday’s lakeside celebrations launch at midday with a performance by Dr Lakie and his ‘pot-n-pan-demonium band’ comprised of students from Forbes North Public School. The music, workshops, food and bar will continue throughout the day until 8:30pm.
One of the much-anticipated highlights of the day is the lantern parade, which will travel around the lake as soon as it gets dark.
The lantern parade is partnered with the Leukemia Foundation’s light the night event this year with people being able to purchase lanterns from the Leukemia Foundation on the night.
All lanterns should be purchased before 5:30pm as the parade begins at 6pm.
As part of the lakeside celebrations, there will be a range of activities to take part in with local and visiting musicians and dancers performing.
Bands will be playing around the north side of the lake, there will be food and market stalls available to visit as well as several workshops in the newly available Generocity theatre space at the church on the corner of Rankin and Riley streets.
A vocal workshop is being held by former local Karyn Tisdell and members of the Canberra Opera at 10:30am.
A ukulele workshop with the returning “Ukes of Hazard” is on from 12:30pm – bring along your ukelele to be part of it!
From 4.45pm, hear from Kate Englebrecht about the Wilcannia Forbes diocese project, Lessons from the Long Paddock.
The festival ends on Saturday September 30 with the regional biennial Rural Arts and Culture Symposium.
This year’s symposium has a specific focus on ‘being bold’ – people, ideas and approaches that step outside the traditional or take big leaps in regional arts making.
A free event open to the whole community, the symposium is on 10.15am to 1pm at Forbes Services Club, Templar St Forbes.
