Backgound to the festival
The Millers Point Festival began as an idea suggested by members of the Millers Point Estate Advisory Board. A public meeting was called in early 2007 at which the inaugural executive committee was elected. Financial assistance was offered by way of a seeding grant from the Sydney Cove Rotary Club to set up our web site and purchase office equipment. The NSW Department of Housing granted the committee access to an office in the Sirius apartment complex at 44 Cumberland Street, the Rocks. This office has provided vital meeting space for the committee as well as a base from which to conduct the business of running a festival.

The inuagural festival was run on Saturday 6th September, 2008. Unfortunately, the day turned out to be the wetttest, windiest and coldest September day for many years! Many of the planned events were transferred to Fort Street Public School hall and the Abraham Mott Hall and went ahead on a much smaller scale than originally intended.

The festival committee, in conjunction with Fort Street Public School, was involved in organising Carols By Candlelight for the Millers Point community in December, 2008. Again rain caused the event to be transferred from Observatory Hill to the Garrison Church but the many people who attended enjoyed the occasion so much that plans were made to have the Carols by Candlelight in the Garrison Church in 2009.

The 2009 festival was postponed and a smaller event involving history talks in the Abaraham Mott Hall was organised for the first Saturday in September. Photos of this event are available on the "History Talks 2009" link in the menu on the left.

Our Logo
A design competition for the festival logo was conducted in 2007 involving local school children at Fort Street Public School. To see the winning designs and read more about the competition, please click here or go to the "logo Competition" link on the left of this page.