The Grenfell Henry Lawson Festival of Arts Window Dressing Competition has historically been an ideal opportunity for local business, to showcase Grenfell’s premier Festival.
Henry Lawson wrote about ordinary people in extraordinary ways — the battlers, the bush families, the storytellers, the quiet heroes and the cheeky larrikins who could always find humour even when life was tough. His characters live on because they are real. We still know them. We still are them.
The theme for the Henry Lawson Festival this year is “Larrikins and Legends”. It cheekily invites us to reflect on the personalities that bring our communities alive with the spirit the keeps us connected, keeps our stories and memories flowing today and tomorrow.
We encourage you to be playful, creative, reflective, or symbolic in interpreting, in your own fashion anything that resonates personally with you. We are hoping you will enjoy creating something for others to enjoy and to raise awareness that The Henry Lawson Festival is happening in June.
Our Festival is part of our town’s legendary heritage, as family and friends make their annual pilgrimage to Grenfell every June Long Weekend to celebrate everything Henry. So, we hope you will get behind our theme as we strive to keep our Festival alive, vibrant and something we continue to keep celebrating into the future together.
We recognise that as businesses you generously donate your most valuable visual merchandising space to celebrate with us each year. Why not find a way to use the theme and tie it back to your business?
Past Festival business house windows have greatly assisted to build a sense of excitement in the community. The highly decorated windows also assist to encourage visitors to return for the June long weekend. A great Festival window raises interest levels, generates awareness about the impending Festival, is often informative or humorous and brings people together.
Prizes include:
First Place: $100, Second Place: $50, Third Place: $30
All placegetters receive a complimentary Place Prize Display Banner.
Award Cards to Highly Commended and Commended.
