One of Wyndham’s most popular and biggest annual events has taken out a national award.
Lighting festival LIT received the Creativity and Culture Award at Thursday’s National Awards for Local Government, an annual celebration of local government achievements across Australia.
Now in its third year, more than 75,000 people visited the 2024 LIT event at Wyndham Park, which was held over 14 evenings in March.
Highlights from this year’s event included Amigo & Amigo’s ChronoHarp, where people could create gentle harp melodies as the illuminated, giant instrument glowed above, and Trumpet Flowers, an array of giant flowers that lit up and played trumpet tunes at the press of a button.
The festival also featured a sensory friendly evening with alterations made to accommodate visitors with sensory sensitivities and other needs.
Wyndham mayor Jennie Barrera, who accepted the award at the July 4 event, said it was thrilling for LIT to be recognised on the national stage.
“For the past three years LIT has gone above and beyond to present a free program of carefully curated and stunning light installations, and I am incredibly proud to see this fantastic event get the recognition it deserves,” Cr Barrera said.
“It’s wonderful to be able to officially call LIT an award-winning event, and I want to congratulate and thank all of the Council staff, artists and others working tirelessly behind the scenes to bring this spectacular to life each year.”
Tarneit’s Firefly Night Market and the Mooroop Yarkeen mural on the Hunter Building in Werribee, were other Wyndham finalists in this year’s awards.
