Benalla Festival 2022 | Warm weather draws big crowds for festival finale

By Benalla Ensign

Nov 8, 2022

Fun times: There was plenty of food, drink and live music at the Benalla Festival's 'Celebration on the Street'. Photo by Simon Ruppert

After weeks of wet weather and a number of postponed or cancelled events, Benalla Festival organisers were delighted with strong attendance for the final weekend of the festival.

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Benalla Festival Advisory Committee Chair Don Firth said the warm spring weather reflected the happy and exuberant mood of festival-goers.

“After all the recent rain, the sun shone for the last weekend of the Benalla Festival and people were appreciative and enjoyed the fact the major Benalla events still went ahead after the constant wet weather we’ve had and the two-year break due to COVID,” Cr Firth said.

Key festival events that attracted strong crowds included the Village Precinct at the Mural, Celebration on the Street featuring live music, street food vendors, a fireworks display and Sunday’s A Day in Denny Street Market.

Cr Firth acknowledged all the community event organisers who managed to proceed with their events and also to those who would be reorganising postponed dates early in the new year.

“I also want to thank the festival’s major sponsors, Benalla Rural City Council, Australian Government Regional Arts Fund, the Victorian Government, Benalla Bus Lines, Emblem Benalla and Winton Motor Raceway,” Cr Firth said.