At Weddin Shire Council's August meeting Council was told that the Light Up the Night events for 2026, 2027 and 2028 were unsuccessful in receiving grant funding through Transport for NSW's Open Streets Program.

This was highlighted in the corporate services report which provided an update on the status of grant applications and works for various local projects.

Weddin Shire Mayor Paul Best said this was rather disappointing and it was such a good event, with a lot of hard work put in to the grant application by the staff.

Council's Director of Corporate Services Katherine Brock said what that means is that they won't have funding for an event this year, but they will look to secure some funding for next year to be able to put some event on for the community.

Cr Best said if anything else turns up between now and now and then, they would do our best to try and get funding from other sources.

Councillor Wez Makin asked if Council had gotten any feedback or if there was a list of groups grants went to.

Ms Brock said while they don't get a list of who the grant goes to, they received feedback was that Transport For NSW were looking at successive growth in the in the event over the three-year grant and how that interacts with the community.