Christmas in the Highlands - Illuminations
Saturday 28 November, 2026
5.00pm – 9.00pm
Christmas in the Highlands – Illuminations is a vibrant, community driven, one-evening annual event that transforms Grey Street into a festive wonderland. This event blends Christmas lights, creative lighting, cultural traditions, retail, and food experiences, including Spend In Glen promotion. Art activations, live entertainment, markets and a bold street carnival atmosphere bring community and visitors together for a joy-filled evening celebrating the start of the holiday and summer season.
Originally established as a community Christmas event, it is now transitioning into a major regional placemaking, cultural and visitor economy driver through successfully securing Transport NSW Open Street three-year funding (2025-2027).
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Be part of something LARGE
Council invites community members to be part of the Christmas in the Highlands - Illuminations large scale projects. Delivering five workshops Christmas Animation Creation and Gobo Imaginations across September, there is a time and location to suit most.
Draw, colour, crayon, paint and dream a Christmas inspired artwork which will be animated and projected giant size at the Christmas in the Highlands - Illuminations event - Saturday 28 November 2026.
All materials supplied. Just bring your imagination.
FREE TO ATTEND
AGE specific to session time and locations.
Reserve your spot today.
Volunteer at Christmas in the Highlands – Illuminations
Council aspires to make the volunteer experience an enjoyable and rewarding one while encouraging personal and professional development. Council provides a supportive and safe working environment for its volunteers and understands the value of volunteers' commitment to our Local Government Area.
Council is currently accepting volunteers for the Christmas in the Highlands – Illuminations event. There are a variety of roles that will add enormous value to the event including greeting guests in the drop off zones, way finding, escorting roving performers, managing queues at the various activation stations. Please visit Council’s website, and complete the application form. For more information, please call 02 6730 2400 and ask to speak with the Events Officer.
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Acknowledgement of Country
Glen Innes Highlands acknowledges and pays respect to the Ngarabul people as the traditional custodians of this land, their elders past, present and emerging, and to Torres Strait Islander people and all First Nations people.
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