NEXT GIIYONG FESTIVAL: Saturday 22 November 2025

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A HUGE CELEBRATION - GIIYONG FESTIVAL 2024 WRAP UP
A HUGE CELEBRATION - GIIYONG FESTIVAL 2024 WRAP UP

Giiyong Festival 2024 on Saturday 9 November was bigger, better and brighter than ever. Huge crowds joined in celebration and recognition of the strength of Aboriginal culture through dance, music, art, food and ideas at Jigamy, Eden NSW. Thaua Country.

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2024 Giiyong Festival
2024 Giiyong Festival

2024 Giiyong Festival continues to showcase the best of traditional and comtemporary Aborigial culture on the Far South Coast of NSW.

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GIIYONG 2023 - South Coast culture strong
GIIYONG 2023 - South Coast culture strong

South Coast’s 2023 Giiyong Festival is being hailed as a massive success, showing the strength and depth of Aboriginal culture in Southern NSW.

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J-MILLA CHARTS ANOTHER HOME RUN WITH THE RELEASE OF NEW SINGLE ‘GAMMON’ 
J-MILLA CHARTS ANOTHER HOME RUN WITH THE RELEASE OF NEW SINGLE ‘GAMMON’ 

New release from J-MILLA - see him at Giiyong Festival 18/11/23 - All ages gig. U18s free.

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Giiyong Festival announces diverse lineup of Aboriginal performers from the across the country
Giiyong Festival announces diverse lineup of Aboriginal performers from the across the country

From Soul to Rap, from Country to Rock - some of Australia’s finest musicians are coming to Giiyong Festival 2023 + two of the funniest humans alive and our region’s best dancers.

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A CELEBRATION OF ABORIGINAL CULTURE ON THE FAR SOUTH COAST OF NSW - FOR EVERYONE

Partners Twofold Aboriginal Corporation, Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council and South East Arts are pleased to again present Giiyong Festival at Jigamy, just north of Eden NSW on

Saturday 22 November 2025

Giiyong Festival provides a rare opportunity in South east NSW for the entire community to come together in celebration of Aboriginal arts, culture and resilience.

Giiyong means ‘come to welcome’ in the south coast language as spoken by local Elders. Everyone is welcome at Giiyong Festival, which brings you the best Aboriginal performers, presenters and speakers in one big day. LIVE MUSIC, THINKERS & SPEAKERS, DEMONSTRATIONS, WORKSHOPS, TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PRACTICES, ART, CRAFT, FOOD AND MORE.

2024 program

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SHOUT OUT to our brother Nooky! Congratulations on 2 Arias with @three__percent 𝔹𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℍ𝕚𝕡 ℍ𝕠𝕡 ℝ𝕖𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝔸𝕣𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕓𝕪 𝕌𝕟𝕔𝕝𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕖𝕝 𝔹𝕠𝕪𝕕 𝕒𝕟𝕕 ℕ𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕕 ℂ𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕖. Man of the Peop
CONGRATS to Julie Wilson and her team from Guiltfree Gourmet, from Gunaikurnai country down south. Julie's Bush Tucker Tasting Plate caught the eye, and the tastebuds, of many Festival goers including Chef Mark Olive @blackoliveaustralia Out of all
HOW MUCH DID YOU LOVE GIIYONG FESTIVAL??? Each year we need to take a little survey and find out some details - this helps us when we are applying for funding which is what keeps this wonderful event alive. It also helps us learn where you're from
Please remember: Be sun safe. No dogs. Bring cash. Not all stalls have efrpos.
Gates open 10.30am. Welcome and Smoking Ceremony 11.05am main stage. Sat 9 Nov. Tickets and program www.giiyong.com.au. Tickets also available at the gate. Aboriginal Community Elders and U18s free. ALL WELCOME. @djaadjawandancers13 @duurunu_miru
Special moments tonight at our special welcome for our performers and their families. Thanks to Uncle BJ Cruse, Sharon Mason and Shaq Aldridge. Gates open 10.30am for the biggest Giiyong Festival ever. Everyone is welcome. #giiyong #giiyongfestival
LET'S TALK ABOUT TICKETS // GIIYONG FESTIVAL Sat 9 Nov - gates open 10:30am TICKETS are now available to purchase online or at the gate. Buying your tickets online before the event does a couple of things: 😎it saves you time at the gate! We try to
Our Giiyong Festival performers, presenters, volunteers and crew are off-the-charts excited to bring you the biggest Aboriginal Arts and Cultural event in southern NSW. This weekend. Sat 9 Nov. Have you got your tickets? Get them now online to avoid
TAKE A SEAT - Come, sit a while. We invite you to bring a picnic blanket or camping chair and settle down in front of the Uncle Jimmy Aldridge stage. This year there's a surprise! All we can say is that there will be loads of shade! Also, dancing wel
GOT QUESTIONS? We have all the answers. Check out our FAQs on our website. Want to know about parking, accessibility, location? TRY https://www.giiyong.com.au/faqs #giiyongfestival #giiyong #jigamy #thaua #eden #pambula #visitsapphirecoast
GUGANYALA ARTS MARKET is where you'll find the most beautiful array of handmade arts and craft as well as native plants and foods and some deadly gear celebrating Culture. You can also take the time to learn about traditional weaving practices, possu
HUNGRY? WE GOT YA ❤ With everything from kebabs to fresh oysters, prawn rolls, sausage sangas and B&E rolls, tacos, Thai delicacies, Bao buns, baked spuds, Banh Mi, Dutch pancakes, ice cream, snow cones, fairly floss and fresh popcorn, as well as
VIKKI PARSLEY is a Murramarang Walbunja and Wiradjuri woman from the south coast of NSW. With a keen passion and love for her culture she has learnt traditional weaving techniques from countrymen and women and the importance and deep significance of
CREATING CULTURAL SONG AND DANCE - Ashweeni Mason and Emma Stewart from Marra Wanggan Cultural Services will showcase the creative process of transforming cultural teachings and a dreaming story into a song and dance using Aboriginal language, tradit
PROGRAM UPDATE 😎 A little change to our Saturday 9 November Giiyong Festival program* - Eden & Pambula Schools will be dancing at 12:15PM The Djidjarns will be performing at 1:45PM *Programs will be available when you enter the Festival, they
VIVIAN MASON // Aunty Vivian is part of the Language Revival Panel at Giiyong Festival. She tells us "I was born to parents Gordon Ella and Mabel Stewart. Gordon was a Bidgigal Man and May a Walbunja Dirringanj Woman. I am the eldest of 13 child
🖤💛❤️South Coast favourite Nooky , the “Future Mayor of Nowra” and host of triple j’s “Blak Out,” returns by popular demand to Giiyong Festival. Nooky, a Yuin man, is also the driving force behind the social enterprise
ELLEN MUNDAY - Djiringanj - Ellen Munday was born in 1964 in Bega as a Fringe Dweller on the outskirts of Bega township. At the time, racism and racial segregation was very common and in full view. The Munday's and Margret Dixon (nee Munday) were the
 

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MEDIA ENQUIRIES?

Contact giiyong@southeastarts.org.au

WHERE IS JIGAMY?

Giiyong Festival is held on a property named Jigamy, between Pambula and Eden, NSW.

The property is privately owned by Twofold Aboriginal Corporation.

The address for your map app is:

4381 Princes Highway

Broadwater NSW

 
 

LISTEN ON SPOTIFY - not all artists will be appearing at Giiyong 2023 - but this is a great way to get the vibe!

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