Pull on your warmest jacket and head to Orange from 1-10 August 2025 to enjoy the best winter vibes in NSW for the ‘Orange Region Fire Festival’.
The huge 10-day program features around 40 events, and while the region is renowned for its food and wine, it is the artists, musicians, authors and performers who add a creative spark to this year’s program.
Many of the region’s 30 cellar doors will showcase their wine alongside fire-inspired dining, artistic workshops, musicians and film screenings at various performance spaces and cultural venues.
The festival opener is the ever-popular ‘Millthorpe Fire Fair’ on Friday 1 August when picture-perfect heritage listed Pym St is lit up by fire pits, street entertainers, tasty providores, wine tastings, late night shopping, marshmallow roasting and live music.
Immersive art and wine event highlights include a ‘Weave and Wine’ workshop at ChaLou Wines, a ‘Woolly Snowflakes Workshop’ in Carcoar, a series of ‘Silversmithing’ workshops with Skye Bragg Designs at Heifer Station wines, a ‘Blaze of Creativity’ art exhibition at Hillside Harvest, the ‘Strawhouse Wines Shindig’ with live music and the ‘Orange Readers and Writer’s Festival’ is on at Hotel Canobolas.
For those that want to feast, drink and dance step into a world of ancient pagan traditions and fiery celebrations join the ‘Wassail Winter Fire Festival’ at Small Acres Cider, a ‘Fire Cooking Class with Michael Manners’ at Ross Hill Wines, Rowlee Wine’s ‘Sunday Session’, Banksia’s ‘Tajaddud Lebanese Feast’, Wood fired ‘Pizza and Wines’ at Mayfield Vineyard, and a fireside Union Bank collaboration ‘Food Over Fire’ with Nashdale Lane Wines.
“The elements of fire, warmth and light are threaded throughout the festival and the region’s growing artistic and cultural talent comes to the fore through a program brimming with new events and collaborations”. said Ned Sweetapple, General Manager of Orange 360.
“And, it wouldn’t be a Fire Festival without the fun and warmth of bonfires, outdoor fire pits and indoor open fires all made more alluring with welcoming Orange Region hospitality.” Ned added.
