If you were free to be you, and your loved ones were free to be themselves, how would that look and feel? Join poets Alexandra C. Steffan and Rowan Rose […]
Join Victoria Alondra and Huda the Goddess to examine how the language we use affects others and ourselves, context, shoehorn, clout chasing and point scoring - why we do it, […]
A collaborative installation of images and words
MixTape Memoirs is the convergence of music and poetry. We’ve asked 10 poets to write with a song in mind relating to this year’s festival theme longing and re/connection. It’s […]
Based on Plato’s The Symposium, Agapi & Other Kinds of Love is a Modern Hip-hop Opera embedded in the Ancient Greek storytelling tradition. Greek-Australian poet and rap artist Luka Lesson’s […]
Synth meets poetry
FIRE is a Virtual Reality project filmed in the burnt forests of South Coast NSW in early 2021 following the devastating 2020-2021 fires. In partnership with Outlandish Arts, disabled artists […]
A collaborative installation of images and words
You me? Saturday morning in the 8CCC Carpark to battle it out for the title of International Haiku Death Match Champion. All haiku to stick to the 17 syllable (5-7-5) […]
Are you a star? Or a satellite? Leave identity politics and proper nouns at the door to follow your pen through the nit-picky, unnameable facets of self in this step-by-step […]
In 1907, Henry Lawson felt the motor car was “sullen, like a thing that should not be”. Indeed, in the early 1900s cars were, for many, a symbol of power […]
Four poets look at the apocalypse through a poetic lens, what is the end of world? We all have events, moments in time that signify the end of the world […]
Four poets share their somatic inspired works and explore the connectedness of all things body, spirit, mind and language. The space between our physical beings and the language we use […]
Come and join world-renowned beatboxer, theatre performer and poet Hope One and learn from one of the best, in this workshop Hope helps you develop tools to create rythym techniques […]
It’s 2020. A poet arrives in Western Australia to visit her Welsh mother who has dementia. But border controls mean she must remain in isolation for two weeks. Shifting between […]
Guts Dance x Red Dirt Poets team up in this amazing showcase, seven poets and seven dancers have collaborated to create a moving piece of poetic expressions. Poetry in Motion […]
Let’s take a walk over to the Blue Moon for a showcase of spoken word poets from around the country, these seasoned artists will share their stories with you under […]
Not your nanna’s afterparty - kicking off the gig is a feature performance from Harrison & Black Jesus in Do You Thrust Me. Followed by the eco-punk warrior stylings of […]
A collaborative installation of images and words
Come and join us for morning tea with readings from the Arrernte Women’s Poetry Group’s first book, Arelhekenhe Angkentye Women’s Talk and recent works.
In 1907, Henry Lawson felt the motor car was “sullen, like a thing that should not be”. Indeed, in the early 1900s cars were, for many, a symbol of power […]
Red Dirt Scrawl is a collection of poems written for, inspired by, and read during the successive 2018 and 2020 Red Dirt Poetry Festivals by Jeremy Garnett. It provides a […]
Retrospective - the importance of looking back in order to move forward. Politically, locally or globally, these poets share their work and discuss how it is everything that happens to […]
Niceness. It’s a nice word, in an ideal world everyone would be nice. But what does that even mean? These poets explore the concept of niceness from a poetic viewpoint […]
Join Victoria Alondra and Huda the Goddess for a second session, examining how the language we use affects others and ourselves, context, shoehorn, clout chasing and point scoring - why […]
Love and belonging is a collection of songs by Bambadino illustrated by Frankie Garnett that explore how we come to love and find our place in the world. Join us […]
Prickly Pear is a multidisciplinary live arts performance prioritising the creative practice of women and gender diverse people. Unraveling the tensions found at the intersections. Prickly Pear cross-pollinates performers and […]
It’s time to say goodbye - let’s go out with a bang! Join us for the final hurrah as these spoken word masters take to the stage to say goodbye […]