Paint The Town Laneway Festival to come to the Highlands in April

Built on the success of the Big Little Laneway Festival in 2022, the event will take place from April 15 in Ward Lane and its carpark, in Mittagong

The free, family event is being held by Southern Tablelands Arts (STA) and Mental.

It will launch the Paint the Town street art festival, where national and local artists collaborate to create murals which reflect a community's resilience, and recovery journey since the Black Summer bushfires.

Murals will be created throughout the Highlands and will be inspired by workshops with community members impacted by the fires as a way to bring colour and culture to the region.

Artist Joe Quilter will lead the team, with renowned mural creators Scott Marsh, and Muralisto joining the festival.

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People of all ages can take part in a variety of activities every hour, such as making badges with STA, free art workshops, and weaving with First Nations' weavers.

The festival kicks off at 12pm and finishes at 5pm and it is a non-alcohol event.

Local and regional artists will perform such as Shard, Highland FM Home performers Grown Peter Campbell and Jerikye Williams, who will headline the festival from 3pm.

People can enjoy food from Lil'Piggy, and DJs from Mental will get people dancing until 5pm.

The Paint the Town Street art festival will run in the Highlands from April 12 to 23.

Find more information about the event through southerntablelandsarts.com.au.

This event has been made possible with support from the Black Summer Bushfire Grants Program and Wingecarribee Shire Council.

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