Across Oceania

Australia’s International Indigenous Festival

Woodford Folk Festival is one of Australia’s oldest and most iconic events. 

The Woodford Folk Festival, an event of international standing, is held annually over six days and six nights from Dec 27th through to January 1st. More than 2000 performers and 580 events are programmed featuring local, national and international guests. This year the 7^th festival of The Dreaming is being featured at the Woodford Folk Festival. The Dreaming, Australia’s International Indigenous Festival, will be showcased in a special precinct within the Woodford festival where Indigenous music, theatre, talks and galleries will be featured.

This year, The Dreaming: Australia’s International Indigenous Festival stands proudly alongside the Woodford Folk Festival, offering a cultural tasting plate of world class Indigenous dance, music, visual arts, theatre and literature over six days.

By day, the Dreaming will be a central hub for speakers, arts and craft workshops, at the Dreaming Gallery, BLAKdramatics theatre and dance performances, accented with the diverse sounds of some of our finest musical talents. By night the village atmosphere transforms into a cultural pleasure-dome. Expect the unexpected.

The festival is held on a 500-acre environmental parkland located on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, on Jinibara Country, which is just over 1 hour north of Brisbane from 27 December 2011 to 01 January 2012.