{"id":7228,"date":"2026-08-23T14:40:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T04:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/news\/mountvicfest2026costumeschittychittybangbang\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T18:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:45:22","slug":"mountvicfest2026costumeschittychittybangbang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/australian-events\/mountvicfest2026costumeschittychittybangbang\/","title":{"rendered":"Costumes and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at Mount Vic Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"steampunk-standfirst\"><strong>The new Blue Mountains festival is set for 12 September, with a costume contest followed by a film matinee and live theatre organ music.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mount Victoria will hold its new film themed festival on Saturday 12 September 2026, bringing cinema, fashion, music, markets and performance into the Blue Mountains town.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtnsmade.com.au\/event\/mount-vic-fest\">MTNS MADE lists Mount Vic Fest<\/a> from 10am to 4pm, with Station Street given as the location. The <a href=\"https:\/\/visitmountvictoria.com\/mountvicfest\/\">official festival page<\/a> describes a town wide event involving local businesses and venues, so visitors should expect activity beyond the main street listing.<\/p>\n<p>The festival follows BAZfest in 2025 and is being put together by the Mount Victoria Business Association, Mount Victoria Community Association, Mount Victoria Public School and its P&amp;C.<\/p>\n<p>For costumers, the practical attraction is a contest scheduled for 12.30pm. An <a href=\"https:\/\/visitmountvictoria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Kids-costume-contest-Mount-Vic-Fest2.jpg\">official festival graphic<\/a> confirms the date and time, but publicly accessible details about categories, conditions and entry deadlines were not available when checked. The graphic includes a QR code for further entry information.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers are also inviting creators, artists and performers to host pop ups, sell work or perform during the festival. Participation information is available through the festival website.<\/p>\n<p>The strongest retrofuturist connection comes at 2pm, when Mount Vic Flicks screens <em>Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<\/em>. Doors open at 1.30pm, when live music is also due to begin. The cinema says the session will include a theatre organ performance during the interval and finish at 4.45pm, after the festival\u2019s listed 4pm closing time.<\/p>\n<p>Mount Vic Flicks lists admission at $20 and $18, plus a booking fee, and recommends booking. Its linked ticket page was unavailable when checked, so availability could not be confirmed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/mountvicflicks.com.au\/sessions\/chitty-chitty-bang-bang\/\">cinema session page<\/a> remains the best place to check for updates.<\/p>\n<p>The cinema is at 2A Harley Avenue, Mount Victoria NSW 2786.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Vic Fest gives Blue Mountains costumers a reason to dress up, then retire to Mount Vic Flicks for an improbable motor car and some theatre organ music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[25,28,26,23,27,24,11,29],"class_list":["post-7228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australian-events","tag-blue-mountains","tag-chitty-chitty-bang-bang","tag-costume-contest","tag-mount-vic-fest","tag-mount-vic-flicks","tag-mount-victoria","tag-nsw-events","tag-theatre-organ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7233,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7228\/revisions\/7233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steampunk.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}