No festival in 2010
Building for a return in 2012
In the mean time you are invited in 2010 & 11 to join us for:-

Saturday 31st July 2010

The traditional ‘96 Candles Ceremony’

Join the Mt Kembla community at the Windy Gully Cemetery on Saturday evening July 31 in commemorating the victims of the 1902 Mt Kembla Mine disaster where 96 men & boys were killed. This remains as the largest loss of life in an industrial accident in Australia’s history.
The ceremony commences at 6:30pm. There is no vehicular access so take the free Premier shuttle busses operating from Mt Kembla Hotel and Kembla Hts Bowling Club from 5:30pm

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Sunday 1st August 2010

The inaugural ‘Heritage Miners’ Picnic Day’

Step back a century - join the Mt Kembla community to experience the fun and celebration of a 1900’s style Miners’ Picnic Day. Feel free to bring your own hamper and dress in period costume to enjoy the food, fun and events as it was back then.
Held in the grounds of historic Mt Kembla School it will commence at 9am with poetry-music-games-events & the popular Dendrobium Mining display.
 Fun for all the family.

Also on Sunday 1st August
The traditional ‘Heritage Display’

Located in the historic Mt Kembla Public School buildings and featuring the ever popular Pioneer Families Photographic display & village map. Along with the full collection of old school class photos and sports memorabilia. A special feature will be showings of the award winning documentary ‘Beneath Black Skies’.

Mt Kembla Heritage Centre
Open all day: - The award winning display ‘Thunder in a Cloudless Sky.’

Soldiers’ & Miners’ Memorial Church
2:00 pm: - The 108th continuous Mine Disaster Memorial Service.