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Only talk at this stage, but festival is back on radar
Written by EBONY D’ARCY.
COULD the Mt Beauty Festival be revived?
With Bright having a well-established events calendar and Myrtleford adding a new festival to its annual events last year, some local business members have been considering a revival of the once popular event.
"We have nothing concrete at this stage but there are a few new committee members who would like to see it up and running," said Mt Beauty Chamber of Commerce president Mark Roffey.
"We have quite a few cycling and mountain biking events but it would be good for us to attract more recreational cyclists too.
"We have the Mt Beauty Music Festival and other smaller events that spin off from that."
The 11th annual Mt Beauty Music Festival will be held from April 23 - 25.
Last weekend’s Three Peaks challenge saw more than 1500 cyclists descend on Falls Creek, taking to the roads despite horror weather conditions.
"Considering how bad the weather was, we had a pretty good weekend," Mr Roffey said.
He said businesses had generally enjoyed steady trade over the summer.
But many were starting to gear up for peak tourism months as temperatures dropped and the opening of the snow season draws closer.
The annual snow season traditionally kicks off on Queen’s Birthday weekend in the middle of June, sparking three months of peak trade for towns in the vicinity of the ski fields.
"We’re heading into the peak season," he said.
"We normally see a small bump in visitation during the Bright Autumn Festival but our peak really is August and September."
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