ALTHOUGH there was quite a lot of smoke in the air, the community still came out to support Carols by Candlelight.
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The event is coordinated each year by the Mitchell Conservatorium and features a range of talented musicians, who performed everyone's favourite Christmas songs.
Well before the pre-show entertainment started, hundreds of residents had already claimed their spots in the park for the popular event.
Not deterred by the poor air quality, a result of fires outside of the Bathurst region, the crowd only grew as the official start time for the event approached.
Mitchell Conservatorium executive director Graham Sattler was thrilled with the crowd and said the event only gets "bigger and better every year".