Winter Magic
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The Winter Magic Festival is a popular pagan-style festival, celebrated around the winter solstice in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. The 2006 festival took place on 24-25 June in Katoomba on Saturday and in Leura Village on Sunday.
This festival is arguably Katoomba's largest event – it is the only event of the year for which Katoomba Street is entirely closed for the day. The long streets are lined with market stalls and everybody who attends is encouraged to dress in costume. There is live music throughout the day, and local performers, community groups and schools perform at various stages about the centre of town.
It is officially opened mid-morning with a collaboration of local residents and performers – dressed in colourful costumes – accompanied by a variety of percussion instruments, djembe drumming, stilt walking and dancing.
