6–8 June

PROGRAM 2025

SATURDAY

BELLINGEN MEMORIAL HALL

MAIN PROGRAM

SUNDAY

BELLINGEN MEMORIAL HALL

MAIN PROGRAM

THE FRINGE

A variety of FREE EVENTS for everyone!

At the Maam Gaduying Meeting Place Park (opposite the Memorial Hall)

SATURDAY

10am – 10.30am

MORNING WORDS
Get an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes with short interviews featuring festival organisers and special guests.

10.30am – 11am

LOCAL VOICES
Enjoy our gifted local authors as they bring their latest works to life through a short reading session.

1pm – 2pm

POETRY SLAM WINNERS SPOTLIGHT
Hear Jason John interview the Slam winners with a repeat performance of their winning poems.

2pm – 3pm

POETRY OPEN MIC
Be sure to sign up in the morning to be part of the very popular Open Mic session with Jason John as MC.

3pm – 4pm

LIVE MUSIC
Sit back and relax with Boo Tiki, the musical project of local artist John Ferguson.  Enjoy his blues-inspired melodies, blended with a dynamic mix of looping pedals & his distinctively raspy vocals.

SUNDAY

10am – 10.30am

MORNING WORDS
Get an exclusive glimpse behind the scenes with short interviews featuring festival organisers and special guests.

10.30am – 11am

GUMBAYNGGIRR STORY TELLING
Uncle Micklo takes us on a journey of myth and language.

11am – 12pm

SEAFARING: CANOEING ANCIENT SONGLINES
Join Gumbaynggirr/ Gamilaroi man Victor Briggs for an incredible story of Indigenous exploration across the Pacific Ocean.

1pm – 2pm

MILKWOOD SPOTLIGHT
Join this engaging discussion with Kirsten Bradley, author of The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook.  Facilitated by Kevin Evans.

2pm – 3pm

REGIONAL JOURNALISM PANEL
A lively discussion featuring a collection of local journalists from the Mid North Coast. Facilitated by Kye Ruigrok.

FRIDAY

BELLINGEN MEMORIAL HALL

POETRY SLAM