Key Takeaways
- Festival Timeline: The celebration commenced on National Sorry Day (26 May) and runs until the conclusion of NAIDOC Week on 13 July.
- Diverse Locations: Key community events span across the Ku-ring-gai Art Centre, Gordon Library, and the Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden.
- Grand Finale: The festival concludes at St Ives Showground with dedicated children's workshops, traditional dance, and Indigenous games.
The Gai-mariagal Festival is an annual celebration of Indigenous culture in northern Sydney.
Through a vibrant program of community events, performances, workshops and educational experiences, the Festival is aimed at people who want to engage with and learn about Aboriginal culture. Â
The annual festival began on National Sorry Day on 26 May with events on until the end of NAIDOC Week on 13 July.
The festival will launch with a Sorry Day Yarn & Digeridoo performance at Caley’s Pavilion at the Wildflower Garden with Uncle Brendan, a cultural educator and advisor with the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Other Festival events in Ku-ring-gai include: Ku-ring-gai Art Centre at Roseville – a weaving workshop with Peta Joy Williams. Gordon Library has a Heritage Talk with Elder Karen Smith and a free screening of the movie Ten Canoes.Â
Ku-ring-gai Wildflower Garden- Aboriginal nature play for pre-schoolers.
Caley’s Pavilion at the Wildflower Garden – Aunty Time; a Healing Plants Talk and a Women’s Circle event.
The festival will end with children’s and family workshops at St Ives Showground on weaving, bushfoods, a cultural dance event with the Gawura performance group, traditional Indigenous games and stone art.
