TICKETS to ice skate during the Bathurst Winter Festival are about to go on sale to the public.
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The highly-anticipated event is back for its fourth year and will run from July 7-22, with thousands of people expected to flock to the central business district for the 16-day festival.
Ice skating tickets will be available from Monday, June 4, with the hugely popular street festival nights expected to be among the biggest selling days.
The ice rink will be open 9am to 9pm every day of the festival, and Bathurst Regional Council has recommended people purchase tickets online, rather than on the day, to “avoid disappointment”.
Prices are $10 adults (aged 15 years or older), $5 for children aged 2-14, and skating aids can be purchased for an additional $5 each.
- VIDEO: Ice skating during the 2017 Bathurst Winter Festival
The giant ferris wheel will be back and tickets are $5 each.
The two street parties will also make a return to the winter festival this year – Ignite the Night on Saturday July 7, and Brew and Bite on Saturday July 14.
Last year the street parties attracted an estimated 22,000 people to the CBD.
While a coffee and food van has operated alongside the ice rink on Russell Street during previous festivals, council has this year called for something new.
“Council is seeking expressions of interest from a business to run a fully functional cafe and/or and licensed area for the two weeks of the Bathurst Winter Festival,” it posted online earlier this year.
Businesses will be encouraged to decorate their shopfront windows during the festival and the nightly illuminations will once again shine on historic architecture in the city's CBD.
During the 2017 winter festival, more than 20,400 ice skating tickets were sold to people in Bathurst and across the region, along with a further 25,000 tickets to ride the carousel and ferris wheel.
For more information on the festival or to purchase tickets visit Bathurst Winter Festival online.