Christmas Shopping | Festive Fun | Moss Vale Festive Foraging

Late night shopping and festive fun is coming again this Christmas to Moss Vale, thanks to The Vintage Toy Box and the Moss Vale Independent Retail Association.

On Thursday 12 December between 4 pm and 9pm, Argyle Street and surrounds is going to stay up late as part of Moss Vale Festive Foraging.

Not only will this be a chance to meet Santa and sing along with our local carollers and the Wingecarribee Vocal Musters, but it will be a fantastic opportunity to pick up some exclusive offers from participating outlets.

Best of all, lucky ‘foragers’ who follow the Christmas map and collect the 12 Christmas stamps in any of the participating businesses will go into the draw to win a Festive Forager prize pack on the night, from a total prize pool of $3000.

The prize will be drawn at the Southern Highlands Brewing & Taphouse in Moss Vale at 9pm on Thursday 12th December 2019.

We are delighted to be able to showcase some fantastic local talents, with entertainment throughout the afternoon and evening, and throughout the Foraging Trail from:

• Wingecarribee Vocal Muster (Outside Suzie Anderson Home)

• Pointe Dynamic Arts (Leighton Gardens)

• Moss Vale Anglican Street Carol Singers (Upper Argyle)

• Chaszenry (Outside Mossy Store)

• Joyce Dingjan (Outside Moss Vale Mall)

• White Waratah Face Painting (Leighton Gardens)

• and of course … Santa and Mrs Clause who will be putting on an appearance throughout the evening!

As well as many other special treats, there will be a special prize on the night from The Vintage Toy Box for the best dressed Christmas outfit in the theme of ‘The 12 days of Christmas’, so come in your festive finery!

There will be plenty of places to grab a bite to eat, and something for all palates, with the following participating outlets open on the night:

• Wine Mosaic Lounge (upstairs and downstairs!)

• The Taphouse

• Moey’s Kebab and Pide

• Moss Vale Hotel and Porterhouse Bistro

• Post Office Moss Vale

• Birch Restaurant

• Bernie’s Diner

• The Argyle Hotel

As well as many more, and treats in Leighton Gardens from:

• A Van Called Delilah

• Van Morton

Shoppers will also get the chance to vote on the Best Dressed Christmas Window on the evening, with the People’s Choice Winner winning this fantastic business prize pack:

• 2 hours FREE legal advice for the winning business, to a value of $1,100 from Palmer Legal.

• 1 months FREE advertising on ALL of their electronic advertising boards from BDCU Alliance Bank

• $200 advertising boost from University of Woolongong Southern Highlands Campus in Moss Vale

All Moss Vale CBD Business with a window are eligible to enter. The winner will be the business with the most votes at the end of the evening and will be announced at 9pm as part of the Festive Foraging Prize Draw.

Some of our retailers will be offering a special gift wrapping service for a gold coin donation. This year we are getting behind the NSW RFS and will be donating your donations to them for all of the great work that they are doing for all of us. Look out for the gift wrap signs!

Spread the word and get the whole family down for an evening of festive fun and frivolity!

Follow #festiveforagingmossvale on Instagram for updates.

Happy foraging!

Plan your route in advance with our interactive Festive Foraging Map showing the participating businesses on our Festive Forage Trail.

NSW Permit No. LTPS/19/39653

For further information visit: https://www.facebook.com/MossValeIndependentRetailAssociation/

Christmas Shopping | Festive Fun | Moss Vale Festive Foraging Event

Late night Christmas shopping is coming to Argyle Street, Moss Vale - the hottest, hippest place in the Southern Highlands for food, shopping and overall fabulousness!

On Thursday 13 December between 6 and 9pm, Argyle Street is going to stay up late as part of Moss Vale Festive Foraging.

Not only will this be a chance to meet Santa and sing along with our local carolers, but it will be a fantastic opportunity to pick up some exclusive offers from participating outlets.

Best of all, one lucky ‘forager’ who follows the Christmas map and explores each of the participating Argyle Street outlets between Tuesday 11th December and 9 pm on Thursday 13th December will win a special Festive Forager prize pack valued at over $3000. The prize will be drawn at the Taphouse at 9:30pm on Thursday 13th December where you can rest your weary shopper’s feet and relax with a well-earned drink.

Argyle Street is home to a diverse range of distinctive and unique service, retail and food outlets, radiating north and south of the famous Moss Vale railway bridge. 

For more details about Moss Vale Festive Foraging, download the map and raffle entry and check out outlets featuring the Festive Foraging poster or #festiveforagingmossvale on Instagram.

For a full list of participating businesses check out The Fold Southern Highlands Event Page.

Happy foraging!

Winner of our Massive Board Games Hamper Prize

Massive congratulation to one lucky winner for taking home the prize in our recent featured completion on the Inner West Mum's website.

Congratulations go to the lucky winner Pamela Bonney for winning our huge games hamper, packed to the brim with some fabulous vintage games & retro toys. Just in time for Christmas!  We hope your family has a wonderful festive season Pamela, with some lovely family game time.

Well done! :)

Thank you to all of the participants in the competition - we loved reading all about your favourite childhood toys and wonderful childhood memories of yesteryear.  It brought back a lot of memories of our own!