Maitland Riverlights Festival 2024 will be held from Tuesday 8 to Saturday 12 October.
Riverlights will be held at The Levee Shared Zone and will extend onto the Riverbank and the Riverside Car Park.
Maitland Riverlights celebrates diversity through food, music, dance and interactive experiences.
Visitors can see, taste, feel and experience the different cultures being demonstrated and activities such as live music, dancing, language classes, lantern making and cooking demonstrations.
Riverlights has activities starting at different times each day. However the main day of the festival, Saturday 12 October, begins at 2.00pm and goes until approximately 9.00pm.
There are a range of parks around Maitland that patrons will have the opportunity to park in. We recommend the following:
- St Andrews Street
- Elgin Street
- Albion Street
- Sempil Street
- Ken Tubman Car Park
All car parks have accessibility parking available.
Please visit Hunter Valley buses to organise your journey to the event on 02 4935 7200 or huntervalleybuses.com.au
No, there will not be shuttle buses running between the station and the event.
There are regular bus services running throughout the weekend, please visit Hunter Valley Buses to organise your journey to the event on 02 4935 7200 or huntervalleybuses.com.au.
There will be a number of food stalls at the event on Saturday 12 October only. You can see a list of the food options available at the Riverlights Eatery here.
If you wish to become a stallholder at the event, please visit our Get Involved page or email [email protected] with the details of your stall along with any photos may have of your setup.
If you are interested in being involved in Riverlights, please visit our Get Involved page otherwise please contact the events team by emailing [email protected].
Entry to the event is free.