Visitors from as far away as Brisbane and Wollongong attended the annual 10-day celebration of alpine colours.
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Bright Autumn Festival ended on Sunday after a gala weekend of markets, street music and a grand parade.
Festival president Brendan Holland said as well as people from Melbourne and the North East region, attendees came from the northern states.
“They don’t get the autumn colours like we get here and they’re fascinated by it,” he said.
Program highlights included the Wandi Nut Festival, the Bright Brewery Bush Dance and the Instameet, where photographers shared images from the area.
Bright Art Gallery hosted its autumn exhibition while there was also a Metal and Wood day, a community centre concert and open gardens.
Mr Holland said the nut festival proved popular.
“It’s a fantastic little festival and they got really good numbers,” he said.
“People love the colour but it’s also a celebration of harvest time, people love all the nuts.”
Twenty-eight floats took part in Saturday’s parade, which explored the theme Our Town, Your Town.
Participating groups included outdoor activities like cycling, hiking and fishing into their floats.
Freestyle Alpine Dancing Academy was named most outstanding float incorporating the theme while best float went to IDance For Fun and Fitness.
Bright P-12 College took out the best youth/school category and the Rotary Club of Bright the best community group.
The best commercial float was Bright Ice Creamery and the most humorous John Dalbosco.
About 40 people aged from five to 55 years performed with the Freestyle Alpine Dance Academy entry, which included a giant paper mache snowman.
Director Kerrie Sinclair said everyone involved had a great time during the parade.
“It’s an event that is really fantastic for including members of the community,” she said. “We chose to celebrate the theme as a snow town, because many people come and visit the Alpine region because of the snow.”
Mr Holland said the parade had to include a few gaps to allow some traffic through.
“But that’s all right because it creates just a little bit of space between the things so people get a good view of each of the floats, bands get to march at their own rhythm,” he said. “We make the best of it.”
