Community
14 July, 2023
Colourful end to festival
AFTER three weekends filled with food, wine, music and events, Port Fairy’s Winter Weekends program has come to a colourful end.
The festival once again attracted large groups of visitors to the town to enjoy exhibitions, workshops, exercise, treasure hunts, wildlife and ghost tours, floral displays and more.
The final weekend kicked off last Friday night with a pool party at Belfast Aquatics.
Water volleyball, inflatable pool toys and face painting were all enjoyed throughout the night.
Buildings along Bank and Sackville streets were alight with bright colours thanks to the efforts of photographer, projection artist and teacher, Damien Orriss. Damien led a group of young locals through digital media workshops in order to create a series of colour projections onto buildings throughout the centre of town.
The Port Fairy wharf was also a visual feast, with many people enjoying a stroll along the footbridge to take in an array of coloured lights reflecting off the buildings and water.
An artistic workshop, run by Port Fairy artist Laura Graham in the St John’s Church Hall, was well attended on the last day of the festival.
Titled ‘Life drawing with Laura’, the event attracted more than 30 drawing enthusiasts who were keen to put pencil to paper – and enjoy some chocolates and wine.
