Sofala's small but tight-knit community is gearing up to host their annual Rebellion on the Turon festival.
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The festival is comprised of a rollicking re-enactment of the 1850's gold miners rebellion of the gold rush that sparked the Eureka Stockade.
Red coat soldiers with guns parade the town enforcing a state of martial law and checking for gold licences.
Miners roam the streets, costumed characters fill every corner busking, begging and partaking in public floggings, and the colonial band plays to the whole street from atop a heritage balcony.
The earth shattering cannon fires periodically throughout the day, raising hats and sending small children clinging to their parents legs.
All the while the stage coach thunders up and down the main street of town giving rides to young and old.
Craftsmen and women display their skills and wares along the whole street.
Leather workers, bucket makers, the 1850s surgeon, embroiders, spinners and carpenters work away as spectators look on in awe and back in time.
The annual event is a celebration of Sofala's rich history as one of the key sites in the Central West during the mid-1800s gold rush era.
The event was announced as one of many to receive a share in $40,000 worth of funding last year courtesy of Bathurst Regional Council's Village Event Fund.
Around 40 market stalls are booked to fill the streets of town this year in what is expected to be the biggest artisan market Sofala has ever seen.
The event will feature cake stalls, lolly stalls, gourmet hampers, sausage sizzles, hotdogs, fresh wraps, coffee, sandwiches and ice cream, with attendees able to enjoy these goodies in the village's numerous public areas.
Sofala's food outlets, such as the Painted Horse Cafe, Panner's Inn and the Café Sofala, are expected to receive a significant amount of traffic, and visitors are encouraged to book tables in advance.
The Royal Hotel Sofala will also be open all day for those after pub facilities.
The carnival will take place in the afternoon with generous prizes from The Sofala Pub, the Painted Horse and the Sofala Book shop.
The kids will be handsomely rewarded with gold cash prizes for nugget on a stick races starting at $10 and upwards, while the 'ugliest moosh in the bush' competition sees the ugliest person (or best face puller) take home $100 and a trophy!
A new, exciting event this year is the 'whack off' with $70 for first place it will also feature alongside the hilarious 'ridiculous race.'
The event will get under way at 10am this Sunday in Sofala's main street and run until 3pm. Entry costs $5 for adults and children are free.
For further information, visit the Rebellion on the Turon's Facebook page.
