1. A crowd of people stand around giant colourful bubbles.
    Photograph: Chris Cooper
  2. Giant glowing flower buds.
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  3. A rainbow-coloured, glowing light installation.
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  4. A giant illuminated artwork featuring large eyes.
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  5. Children playing inside an art installation.
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  6. An outdoor night festival with a large neon sign that says 'GLOW'.
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Glow Winter Arts Festival

Explore stunning after-dark illuminations at this sprawling (and free!) festival in Malvern East
  • Things to do, Fairs and festivals
Leah Glynn
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Time Out says

The annual Glow Winter Arts Festival is celebrating its tenth year of bringing after-dark fun to the City of Stonnington. From July 18 to 21, Central Park in Malvern East will be glowing up with a dazzling program of immersive light, colour and art. This year, the festival will feature another series of entrancing outdoor illuminations from acclaimed Australian artists, plus special live performances and food trucks. 

Highlights of the artworks will include a 14-metre inflatable light sculpture integrating video and music, gigantic 16-metre bubble clusters, 42 towering, luminous flowers rising from a watering bed, a shimmering installation of over 1,000 light-transmitting flowers and an interactive music-making playground. It sounds like a truly magical, glowing wonderland. 

The lights come on at 5pm each night, and the festival is completely free to attend. And because it wouldn't be a winter festival without hot chocolates and delicious warming feeds, there will be a variety of food trucks on-site each night. Find out more here.

Want more glowy lights? Discover everything illuminated in Melbourne this month. Keen to hit the road for a cosy vacation? Here are the best winter getaways from Melbourne.

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Price:
Free
Opening hours:
Thurs, Sun 5pm-10pm; Fri-Sat 5pm-11pm
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