The inaugural Giiyong Festival in 2018 was the first event of its kind held within the Yuin Nation, which stretches from the Shoalhaven River down into East Gippsland in Victoria and across to the Great Dividing Range. It was South East NSW’s first multi-art form festival celebrating traditional and contemporary Aboriginal culture through dance, art, music, film, food, spoken word, workshops and cultural demonstrations.
Alison Simpson, Cultural Programs Manager from Twofold Aboriginal Corporation says, “The festival on the 9th of October will provide an opportunity for everyone to participate, experience and share in the diversity of Aboriginal culture.”