Alongside Elm Drive, Pioneer Park in Tumut will play host to a new festival, named Bloom, for the town in spring. Photo: Snowy Valleys Council.
A new festival is coming to the Snowy Valleys town of Tumut, and by contrast to its Autumn Falling Leaf Festival in April, this one-day event will carry all the flourish of spring.
Snowy Valleys Council has announced it’s teaming up with Business Snowy Valleys to host a vibrant on-street festival complete with live performances, cultural activities, creative installations, interactive light features, and delicious food and drink.
Named Bloom, the event has been set down for October, just as the town is enjoying the full flush of springtime, allowing locals to fully embrace the change in season and visitors to see Tumut in an entirely different light.
The council’s director of community and corporate Jessica Quilty said the overarching theme of Bloom was to cultivate a sense of wellbeing, belonging and connection in the community through use of the town’s public spaces in vastly different ways.
Planning is already underway to create a unique and thought-provoking event featuring collaborative projects and artistic displays including interactive light features, artistic stations and dedicated food and beverage areas.
“With carefully curated local food vendors, interactive installations that encourage participation and engagement, and a range of activations designed to entertain and inspire, we aim to bring people together for a vibrant and memorable experience,” Ms Quilty said.
This includes workshops, to be held in conjunction with Snowy Valleys schools, geared to cultivate a sense of belonging and connection within our community.
The Bloom event will be held on Saturday, 12 October, 2024, in Tumut and will involve the temporary partial closure of Elm Drive, with the event flowing into Rotary Pioneer Park.
The celebration aims to attract tourists while encouraging the local community to experience a new style of festival in the region.
Ms Quilty said the date aligned perfectly with the spring school holidays, allowing more families and visitors to attend, but also worked for the night-time lighting installations rather than during summer months when the days were longer.
Bloom has been made possible through a $150,000 grant awarded to Snowy Valleys Council under the NSW Government’s Open Streets Program.
Part of the Vibrant Streets package, the aim of that program is to help transform streets across NSW into thriving local places that support businesses, creative sectors, and the community.
More information on Bloom will be shared in coming weeks, including how local businesses and community groups can get involved in the event, but in the meantime people are encouraged to visit Tumut’s tourism website.
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