Lost Lanes will return to the city on June 26 for a night of "arts, eats and beats" in the Victory Memorial Gardens and in some of the city's car parks and hidden laneways.

Council events officer Emma Corbett said spreading visitors across Wagga's central business district on the night would make the event more "pandemic proof".

"This allows us to find the nooks and crannies off our main Baylis and Fitzmaurice Street and explore more of our city," she said.

"We'll have live music, lots to eat and drink. We've got over 33 food vendors and drink vendors at the festival."

A pop-up ice skating rink - which has been co-funded by the NSW government - will be set up in the Victory Memorial Gardens for the festival and stay for the duration of the school holidays.

The rink will be part of the "festival hub" in the gardens, which will also house two light art installations and a floating Wiradjuri-inspired artwork on the Wollundry Lagoon.

DJ Nina Las Vegas and bands Creature Fear and Eastbound Buzz will be joined by an array of local musicians performing on June 26.

"We're really excited to be able to have Lost Lanes back in the physical form. We're encouraging everyone to come out of hibernation, come and join us and it should be a really nice evening," Ms Corbett said.

Council is expecting about 16,500 visitors for the two weeks the rink is in place, including 7000 people on the Lost Lanes night.