RISING

"Europhoria" it's non aptly named. The "art" was an assault on the senses. The audio was deafening.

Also needed actual seating for elderly and disabled. Very poorly organised.

The waiters are very enthusiastic, the ingredients are fresh, the food is served quickly, the venue is large, no need to wait for a table, praise.

Delicious food and best customer service by friendly staff. Highly recommended this place to friends and family

Has a lot of potential to be great! Have been to a lot of events in 2022 and this year and just find a lot of them to be pretty lacklustre and over-priced. I enjoyed a few like rink (2022), Ethel and Weyes Blood concerts, the 2022 one on top of the asian grocer in China town (forgot the name of the event). But others I find haven't been the best!

Every event I have seen this year for rising has been amazing. Euphoria was wonderful, Tanz was the best performance I've ever seen in my life, The Rink is a great place to relax for free in between other things and Night Trade was very busy but great value and lots of fun and free entry!

Started off as white night and that was awesome, lively, fun. Last few years it’s been on it’s been pretty good. This year it’s all about culture, indigenous mob and not a lot of fun. Needs to get fun and art back in the festival. It’s barely a festival any more. It’s all about divisiveness and virtue signalling!

Only giving Golden Square, 3 for effort and for the very few but but really good displays. But it seriously could've done with more art and installations to fill such a vast space and making the "bar" area a lot more inviting. Giving the Wilds a miss as I've never seen so many negative reviews lol

I tried so very hard to like it. Sorry.it was woke. It was terrible. We went to Wild, as well as dinner at Lighthouse. Honestly, it was really, really terrible.sorry organisers, I was trying to like it.but it was just a joke. Please no.

Honestly, I cannot believe any 5 star reviews here.these people are either paid or paid.incredibly bad.

While I was there a security guard for the up bar asked too see 3 forms of id which luckily I had. Then upon walking in he stated “don’t cause any trouble habib”. This statement wouldn’t have caused any issues however, I saw him be rude to many ethnic people that entered. It also made me feel very uncomfortable and unwelcome. Quickly left after that happened.

The Wilds - the most underwhelming event I have ever attended. Terrible logistics and over priced food which can only be purchased via QR code - no phone, no food. Very little artwork and entertainment non existant. The long line up at the tent was nothinv more than literally a car in tent. A failed attempt at cool marketing of a new car.

I have just tried “The Wild” and that was quite frustrating. Paid $22 to get in and find a couple of balloons with colourful lights in a very messy open area. Bar was terrible - $5 for the worst hot chocolate of my life. There is a nice musical attraction every hour, possibly the best one of the whole thing. Do not waste your time in the dark experience thing, which is simply a fancy car followed by a horrible free vegan snack. Seriously, save your money and time and don’t come.

Real missed opportunity. Couple of glow in the dark sculptures and overpriced food trucks. Not worth the bother.

Got tickets to The Wilds with a friend who had to cancel at the last minute to get a colonoscopy. He made the better choice.

I went to the Wilds and Rinky Dink. Most overpriced experience I ever paid for. It was clumsily organised and way too many people for such a small skating rink. Kudos to the staff who did their best and the choir who were AMAZING. I was just enjoying the vibes, getting into the music singing along, skating around on a relaxed pace.all of a sudden just under half a hour it was all over and we were told to exit as the session was ending. That was a rude shock. Very misleading as I read on the guide there will be a 45 minute session. Last year at The Winter Village even though it was small and not part of any art exhibition at least I paid for a decent 45 minute session. Again kudos to the floor staff and the amazing choir singers, but for such an overpriced underwhelming experience some people in the management team seriously need to get the boot. Shame.

Disappointed. Went to Golden Square and for the price it’s not even remotely worth it. Photos online were deceiving, artworks were poor and sparse. I was planning on seeing the Wilds as well but this put me off. Shame

Really lacking. Couple of good photo opportunities of the inflatable sculptures… that was it! Don’t bother.

The Wilds was very disappointing.hardly anything to see apart from a few blow up exhibits and screens with the same moving images. The choir was the best part and the only thing that made it worthwhile. Food ran out early and "The Dark" exhibit is just a lame car promotion. Golden Square carpark was equally disappointing. A couple of projections and an exhibit in a small dome on the roof (the only interesting thing). There is an extra performance in a room off to the side on the roof but it fills up quickly so make sure you find out the times it starts from someone nearby when you get there. The parade is also infrequent and our timeslot missed it altogether.but they did perform in the timeslot prior to 9: 30pm. Booked tickets for some other things.hope they are more engaging.

The ice skating was hilarious, I have never seen so many stacks (most weren’t badly hurt). But it was constant and there wasn’t much room to avoid the fallen skaters, there were a couple of pile ups. It felt like there were too many people crammed into the rink for the experience level of most skaters.
Other than rinky dink there wasn’t a whole lot to see, I’d hoped for more art installations, live music beyond the rinky choir… but after cutting three laps we realised we had seen all there was to see. Which was inflatable squiggles and pop up bars… we narrowly avoided lining up for the car advertisement which had a hour plus wait time: S
It was pretty, but I wish there was more happening.

The Wilds was awfully underwhelming, and lacked logical planning. There were only a handful of randomly inflated decorative balloons here and there and that's pretty much it. Save your money.

The Wilds was great fun! Loved the art, projections, choir, performers and food. Would have been improved by having even more of it all! The bars were fun spots to hang out on a winters night.