End of Year Picnic & Dance

2026 event details

When? Sunday 13 December, 2026 - 10am arrival, ready for 10:30am dancing!
Where? The Rotunda, Castlemaine Botanic Gardens
What? Bring a picnic lunch, your friends & your dancing feet!

Why not make a full day of it! 🌙

Join us for our End of Year Picnic in the morning for dancing, fun and festivities, then keep the celebrations going with the final Senior Performance show at 2:30pm on the very same day!

Come along for both and enjoy a wonderful day of community, dance, and celebration of our amazing dancers. We’d love to see you there!

The whole community is invited to discover the magic of the End of the Year Picnic! This much-loved local event evolved from a conversation between studio founder, dear Edna Reinhardt and her musician husband, the wonderful Saul, about creating a common dance language for the community, and it has been a Castlemaine tradition since 1990!

Absolutely everyone is welcome! The event features international folk circle dances accompanied by a live band. It is an opportunity for the community to enjoy diverse, multicultural folk music, promoting connection to our wider global context.

Let's celebrate dance, community and picnicking together! Bring a picnic and enjoy the music and dancing.

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