Sonnwendfeier - Winter Solstice Bonfire

🔥 SOLD OUT 🔥

Due to an incredible response, Sonnwendfeier is completely sold out. Thank you to everyone who grabbed a ticket — we'll see you at the bonfire!

• Hands-on lantern-making workshop

• Magical lantern parade around our property

• Spectacular Rich Royale fire performance

• Interactive glow LED workshop led by RUCCIS Circus

• Traditional damper-making around the fire

• Outdoor kids’ activities

Bring camp chairs, blankets and warm clothes so you can settle in around the bonfire and communal fire pits, enjoy the atmosphere and spend time with family, friends and community throughout the evening.

Planning to buy food? Please read this.

Food service operates from 5.30-6.30 pm.

Priority service will be given to those who reserved meals, however some menu items may sell out or your first choice may not be available due to the limited capacity of our volunteer-run kitchen.

Food and drinks will operate via a token system. Simply purchase your tokens at the registration table, then exchange them at the relevant serving stations. Guests who did not reserve meals are very welcome to bring a picnic dinner or takeaway and enjoy the atmosphere and entertainment.

How food service will work

• Head to the registration table in the Hall. There will be four lines based on alphabetical groups: A-G, H-N, O-T, U-Z. Please line up according to your surname.

• Select your meal / drink / pretzel choices. Payment can be by card or cash.

• You will be issued coloured tokens for each of your choices made. Take these tokens to the designated serving stations to collect your meal / drinks / pretzels.

What’s on the menu

German dinner plate — $18
Two meats, two salads, hummus and pita

Beef goulash and bread roll — $10

Soup and bread roll — $5
Vegetarian, dairy-free and gluten-free

Hot dogs — $3.50

Pretzels — $3.50 each or 3 for $10

Glühwein — $3

Assorted drinks — $2

Not having a meal? You are very welcome to bring along your own picnic dinner to enjoy around the bonfire and communal fire pits, with marshmallow roasting and plenty of space to settle in and enjoy the night with friends and family.

It’s an outdoor winter event, so please dress warmly. Feel free to bring camp chairs, picnic rugs and blankets to make yourselves comfortable around the fire pits on the Festival Lawn.

• Camp chairs or picnic rugs so you can settle in around the bonfire and communal firepits

• Warm coats, scarves, blankets and winter layers for an outdoor evening

• Your own picnic dinner if you’re not expecting to have one of the German meals

• Lanterns for children if you already have one at home

• Friends, family and a sense of winter adventure!

Tables and seating are available within the main Hall, under the marquee on the rear verandah or under the verandah of the bowling alley. Guests also have the option to bring their own camp chairs and sit around the fire pits on the Festival Lawn.

Parking is available on both the north and south sides of our Chapel and Community Hall with two driveways accessed from Elizabeth Street. Car parking attendants to help direct traffic flow. Overflow parking is also available in surrounding streets. Please allow a little extra time and be considerate of our neighbours when parking.