By daylight Artisania is a thriving village of artistic energies. With master artisans as their guides, Woodfordians are invited to try their hand at printing, sketching, costume making, pottery and more. All workshops involve in-depth skill development and result in a unique, hand-made, take-home artwork. Learn ancient traditions, fine tune your art skills, make your…
Roll up your cuffs and sleeves and wade hip-deep into a broad bayou of Blues – not to mention all the other colours that flood the festival village. Our artists are lightning rods, channelling the world’s electricity – the blues inspire the music. The music has deep roots. The music has soul. Referencing, recreating, responding…
Through Ceremony, we reflect, remember and re-create our connection with the physical and non-physical environments and with each other. When ceremony meets tradition, our hearts erupt in silent fireworks. From dance and ritual on the Village Green through to the tiny flames we shelter together in the shared 3 Minutes of Silence on New Year’s…
Since the festival’s humble beginnings in Maleny, we have held true to the belief in presenting a programme for children that they can jump into, roll around in, drink, breathe in and be covered in, with something that is inspiring, where they can have fun, learn something new and where giving and receiving is in…
We have our secret places, our sacred spaces, where our imaginings take flight and we delight in the dreams we’ve dreamed made real. Cabaret beasts, burlesque empresses, gypsy tune traders and obnoxious ranters, word wit and spine-tingling circus variety shows. Junkyard waltzes and rambunctious jazz-punk tinkerings, romantic tomfoolery, international and local circus skillery and a…
Limber up and shimmy your way into dance of breathtaking cultural breadth and depth with an eclectic mix of styles that represent a cross section of world cultures. Dance at Woodfordia is a genuine and accessible cultural experience, so you can ‘dance the world’ at the festival. Concerts, displays and challenges, workshops in social dancing,…
The world’s oldest living culture is celebrated in Songlines that run throughout the festival, from the welcome offered by the Jinibara nation to our artists, and then extended to all visitors entering Jinibara country, to our Opening and Closing ceremonies. Dancestry celebrates the stories of First Nation dreamings made manifest in dance stories from around…
At every moment in time, our actions illuminate our position as we step between past and present, remembering and embodying the lore passed down by our ancestors, and unravelling the golden thread by which this knowledge travels to our children. Our stories are made manifest in the tales we tell, the music we play, and…
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Mahatma Ghandi was quoted to say “In a gentle way, you can shake the world”. Across the festival in a number of venues each day, there are multiple opportunities to participate in open sessions of Tai Chi, Yoga in many diverse and fascinating forms, and other health and meditation-based practices, rituals and ceremonies all alongside…
The festival streets are alive at any time of day, with the dressed up and dressed down Woodford community milling and seething mischief and magic overcome the streets of Woodfordia. When you add the highwalkers, sliders, crawlers and rollers with our street artists – things really get interesting. Surprises await you in our winding lanes,…
It’s been said that the distance between folk and rock is the distance between the instrument and the amplifier. Here, ‘between the Rock and a Heart Place’ we don’t concern ourselves too much with labels, instead taking great pleasure in annually creating a six-day community of artists we love. Though their styles are diverse, they…
First there is knowledge and awareness; then a change in personal consciousness, followed by inspiration to action! The opportunities for exchange are brought to life by those individuals who are joining movements of change in health, social justice, environmental activism and much more, inspiring them to use their own skills and talents. Meet the honest…
Dive verse-first into the siren’s call of slam, bush and performance poetry, debates, storytelling, comedy and the tongue twister that is the strange beast: Word. Bush bards take on the spoken word cats, folk tries to take down hip hop one deck at a time, new voices try to make the sky fall, or make…
Light the lantern at stages celebrating and exploring traditional music, dance and theatre unique to the immigrant cultures arriving from beyond Australia’s shores since 1788. Here, we feature community groups and professional artists presenting rituals and traditions that have lasted through the millennia – some linked to the inherited traditions of the village, palace or…
