Power takes to the main stage at Giiyong Festival, BARKAA - the Blak Matriarch of Hip Hop is heading to Thaua Country.

Kobie Dee is a Gomeroi artist from Maroubra in South Sydney, Bidjigal Land. With an innate gift for storytelling and connecting with young people, Kobie Dee is one of the exciting new voices in Australian hip hop. Giiyong stage is gonna bounce.

The future Mayor Of Nowra - Nooky, Yuin man and no stranger to the Giiyong stage is back - by demand!

Yorta Yorta singer/songwriter Benny Walker is the real deal. He's got the lot; the voice, the songs and the showmanship. Back at Giiyong Festival with his band!

Call the Pambulance! Sean Choolburra is back. Official Giiyong Festival family member Sean is back for his 4th Festival. Frankly he’s the funniest man alive (according to our Festival team!). Find him MCing in the arvo and doing his incredible cultural show in the morning program.

Gabriel Willie aka Bush Tucker Bunjie, online viral sensation will be co-MCing our main stage.

Duurunu Miru is an Aboriginal dance group that tells story of the Dhawa/Thaua Country in the Yuin Nation. To be Welcomed to Country by Duurunu Miru is special. See them at the opening ceremony and the Dhilwaan Yarrkural (Nightfall Dance)

Baalang Millingbaloo Bugan is a program that has an exciting outcome at Giiyong Festival on Saturday 9 November. Young women from the region have been working with Emma Stewart and Ashweeni Mason from Marra-Wanggan Cultural Services, connecting with cultural knowledge, learning some local language and participating in sacred women's practices that have been passed down through generations.

When you hear the smooth country-rock tones of Dale, it won’t surprise you to know he is a returning performer at the Tamworth Music Festival. He will, however, leave you wondering why an agent from Nashville hasn’t yet poached him from the Australian music scene.

The Djaadjawan Dancers are a traditional female Aboriginal dance group from the Yuin Nation of NSW, Australia. The group includes girls, women and Elders from multiple generations from Wallaga Lake, Narooma and La Perouse in NSW.

Where Country, Rhythm & Blues, Rock and Pop music collide you will find Ron ‘Callo’ Callaghan.

Aunty Vivian Mason is part of the Language Revival Panel. She is bringing her vast experience in reviving, sharing and protecting Culture to the discussion.

All the way from Maningrida, West Arnhem Land - saltwater rock from the Top End with a twist. Ripple Effect Band sin in the language of their people. Touring Australia now.

Sisters in Song, The Djidjarns are Djirringanj Ngarigo women, proudly singing in language, sharing a special connection to country. This is their first Giiyong gig and we can't wait to welcome these local performers.

Michelle Russell is looking forward to sharing her Traditional Country music with a new audience.

Marra Wanngan will showcase the creative process of transforming cultural teachings and a dreaming story into a song and dance using Aboriginal language, traditional and contemporary movements. In the Bunaan Ring - audience participation encouraged.

The Gudu dancers are a group of Yuin men boys from Bermagui and Wallaga Lake Koori Village on the Far South Coast of NSW. The Gudu dancers always bring a powerful performance to Giiyong Festival.

Deua Duraya Dancers are all Indigenous women from the Brinja Yuin ( meaning swamp/ River people) within the Walbanja of the Yuin Nation. Dancing at Giiyong Festival for the first time in 2024.

Luke Wighton is a Wiradjuri man from Condobolin central west NSW, now living and working in Wagga Wagga. He’s bringing his yidaki (didgeridoo) for a didge jam and demo on the main stage.

Darren Wighton is a Wiradjuri man from Condobolin central west NSW, now living and working in Albury. He’s bringing his yidaki (didgeridoo) and language revival expertise to Giiyong Festival.