candle lit paper lanterns

hills winter lantern fest 2025

echunga sat june14

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 join us sat june 14  3-8pm for live music, food stalls, kids activities, dusk parade and firey finale at echunga community park


community lantern workshops

book here for saturday lantern workshops sat may 24, 31 &  june7    1-3pm

at the echunga institute: book




candle lit lantern parade at dusk

after 5pm lantern makers are called to grab their lanterns and the lantern lighting begins
live music, the wallabeats, percussion workshops

hwlf

The hwlf is a community and multi-arts project. It is an initiative of Adelaide Hills artists. The HWLF'25: lantern workshop program and festival will the 10th starting in Hahndorf  in 2015. In the hwlf practice all lanterns are made from local responsibly curated, harvested willow withies, paper tape and candles only ( no LEDS).  The festival is run by a non-profit community group HWLF.Inc .

hwlf follows a re-emergence of community based arts festivals, including community arts workshops, lantern technique, parades, music and fire as per the work of Welfare State in Cumbria, UK and elsewhere and Bread and Puppet in Vermont, USA in the 80s and 90s.


email us: admin@hwlf.com.au more at  linktr.ee/HWLF25