A Native Christmas Blooms on John Street
Singleton’s biggest Christmas celebration returns on Friday 4 December, and this year the community is helping to create some of the magic itself.
In the lead-up to Christmas on John Street, local artist Kerri-Ann Taggart is running free workshops at Singleton Arts + Cultural Centre on 2 December. Children and families will transform recycled cardboard into colourful native flowers, butterflies, wildlife and bees, inspired by Australia’s unique Summer Christmas. Together, the pieces will become a large-scale Australian native Christmas garden in Burns Lane.
From 6pm to 9.30pm, the Singleton Town Centre will come alive with live music, roving performers, the much-loved Singleton Town Band and local dance schools. Santa arrives aboard a vintage 1960s Bedford fire truck, escorted by Singleton firefighters, before settling into Singleton Rotary’s North Pole Grotto for free family photos.
Kids can enjoy a petting zoo, silent disco, putt-putt golf and jumping castles, while more than 40 market stalls and late-night shopping help tick off the Christmas list. Food and dessert trucks, plus a bar pouring local beer, wine and spirits, keep spirits high until the Yancoal fireworks light up the sky at 9.15pm.
For more information, visit www.christmasonjohnstreet.com.au.
