SATURDAY
28 NoVEMBER 2026

Jigamy, EDEn NSw

An intimate gathering of Aboriginal Culture, storytelling, music and connection on Thaua Country.

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Introducing…

GIIYONG GANYA 2026

Giiyong Festival is now a biennial event with the next Festival taking place in 2027. In this, the first alternate year, we bring you GIIYONG GANYA 2026.

Giiyong Ganya is not a festival format.

Twofold Aboriginal Corporation ands its partners will be delivering a week of creative and cultural learning opportunities for the local Aboriginal Community, helping support emerging artists, creatives and Cultural leaders.

This will culiminate on Saturday 28 November 2026 with a day of public workshops and an in-the-round free concert that will include music, digital art and storytelling.

Giiyong Ganya will create an intimate atmosphere for audiences, allowing people to connect more deeply with Culture and Country.

More information will be released in coming weeks.

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Giiyong Socials

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View fullsize Giiyong Festival 2025 Djaadjawan Dancers by Shannon Mason Photography
View fullsize Happy Birthday for yesterday Unc! We missed Bunna Lawrie's Birthday! Our sincerest apologies to the great man. Thank you for bringing so much to Giiyong Festival this year. @colouredstoneofficial Photos by @shannonmason.photo Bunna Lawrie pictur
View fullsize Powerful photos from Giiyong Festival 2025 by @shannonmason.photo Shannon is a true storyteller with deep local connections. We were lucky enough to engage Shannon this year as part of our crew thanks to funding from @destination_nsw @burrundithea
View fullsize It's that time again when we play ... TAG 'EM ! Tag your friends and family if you see them in these awesome images from Giiyong Festival 2025 by David Rogers Photography Another batch coming soon! #giiyongfestival #thaua #yuin #jigamy #festivals
View fullsize 3%. What can we say?🖤💛❤️ When the 3% crew come to town you know your crowd is in good hands. 3% smashed it! Thanks to Nooky, Dallas and Angus for a deadly performance at Giiyong Festival 2025 and for all that you do behind the scenes, giving back
View fullsize Back by popular demand, Shane Herrington from Wolgalu Footprints brought his Traditional Stone Tools Workshop to the crowds at the 2025 Giiyong Festival, in our new Walk-In Workshops tent - and it was standing room only. Up in the Uncle Buddy Kirby
View fullsize JOHNNY CAKES! Black Olive and Giiyong Festival's Artistic Director Alison Simpson partnered up at this year's event to talk about Johnny Cakes - their history, their significance and how to make them. With knowledge passed from her Nan and having d
View fullsize Hey! It's your Aunty Tiffaaaneh! Thanks to Brooke Satchwell for bringing a little bit of Tiffany to Giiyong Festival 2025 and for being a strong advocate for the importance of story telling. Pictured here with @shiraleehood #justiceforAuntyTiffaa
View fullsize How deadly is Clarence? Clarence Slockee, regular on ABC's @gardeningaustralia and certified Giiyong Festival Family! Thanks Clarence for your wonderful and well-attended Native Plants workshop, your jumping kids' music session and your masterful MC'
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View fullsize Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council have just won GOLD at the NSW Tourism Awards!!! Best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Tourism Experience for their Bundian Way experiences!!!! @eden_lalc @bundianway @destination_nsw #FeelNSW #bundianway #abor
View fullsize Who caught BOW AND ARROW's set at Giiyong Festival 2025? With @dyagula out the front they brought the aready deadly vibe up yet another notch, with a spectacular performance. @bowandarrowland How cool are the visuals too? By @micgruchy and @abre_oj
View fullsize Shout out to the Hon Kristy McBain MP - a local through and through and our Federal member for Eden-Monaro. When extended an invitation to attend Giiyong Festival she didn't miss a beat, despite her extraordinarily busy schedule! Thanks for dropping
View fullsize We saw you! Having a great time! Thanks for your support! Tag your mates, your mob. Thanks to David Gallan for these awesome shots of just some of our Giiyong Festival fans. All images by @wild.imagery David Gallan #giiyongfestival #jigamy #yuin
View fullsize STRONG SPIRITS, YOUNG VOICES - GUIDED BY CULTURE - this panel at Giiyong Festival 2025 facilitated by Dre Wicks - Co-Chair of the NSWALC Youth Advisory Committee, included Ciara Maher, Tarra Glover and Jonty Scott. The conversation drew on the 2025