Merimbula Festival & Yarn Bombing
Sat, 17 Aug
|85 Main St
3 Saturdays of fun, food, demonstrations, displays, music and shared stories.
Time & Location
17 Aug 2019, 9:00 am – 01 Sept 2019, 3:00 pm
85 Main St, 85 Main St, Merimbula NSW 2548, Australia
About the Event
The Merimbula Festival - the main feature of which will be the Yarn Bombing Project. An initiative to build a sense of community ownership of and increased involvement with the Old School Museum. The 6 month project will culminate in a two week dressing of the museum grounds and street furniture in colourful and imaginative crocheted, knitted or woven art works. Main, Market and Beach Streets will be the feature areas. On the three Saturdays of the Festival there will be different programs held in the museum grounds with demonstrations of traditional crafts, cooking demonstrations, children orientated activities, music and food as well as the displays. FIND OUT MORE
The program of events at the museum on Saturday 17th August will feature demonstrations of traditional handcrafts. Activities such as knitting, crocheting, embroidery, woodwork used to be part of every day life, both from necessity and as recreational pursuits. Now they…
