It might seem funny to call an event that thousands attended a micro-festival, but that is exactly what Lost Lanes is.
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As a niche event that calls on emerging performers, Wagga City Council won't be looking to make it a mainstream event any time soon.
More than 4000 people streamed into Cadell Place to soak up the music, taste the treats and admire the art as part of the city's winter micro-festival.
Lost Lanes was started by Wagga City Council last year to encourage people to get out and about in the chilly weather.
Visitor, economy and events coordinator Fiona Hamilton said they are still determining the exact figure, but at least 4500 people turned up.
"Lost Lanes went really well, and we are happy with the attendance on Saturday night," she said.
"It's all about bringing people out into the city and we feel we achieved that really well."
Ms Hamilton said they would be continuing to market the event as a micro-festival.
"It depends on how you define a micro-festival, but in our mind it is," she said.
"A major festival would be anything over 7500 so keeping it at that 4000 to 5000 mark makes it more of a niche festival.
"We will review our feedback from this, and we'll go into the planning phase ... and look at how we can change things up and meet the community needs."
Ms Hamilton said extending the footprint of the event worked in their favour.
"We were able to spread people out a bit," she said.
"We had six murals for people to look at, a few performers and it all worked really well."
In 2018, about 3500 people attended Lost Lanes, and Ms Hamilton said council had worked hard to take on the feedback from the inaugural event.
"There was more to do and more to see," she said.
"I have had a look at the surveys from the public feedback and it looks like people are pretty happy with the murals and the performers and that there was more food than last year."
Suzanne Murphy told The Daily Advertiser that she had not heard about Lost Lanes until recently when she saw the advertisements kicking around on social media.
"It is always difficult in the first year of the event and it takes a little while for people to understand what the event is," Ms Hamilton responded.
"This year, we were able to build on that, we used an extensive social media campaign and we also worked with Destination NSW to get the word out."
Ms Hamilton said they are hoping to make it an annual event, encouraging residents and visitors to submit their feedback here.
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