Gascoyne River Music Festival
Gascoyne Junction
13th - 15th May 2022
Set south of the Kennedy Range National Park (Mundatharrda to the Inggarda people), the Gascoyne River Music Festival is set in the ‘Guts of the Gascoyne’ and boasts a jam packed program featuring international festival favourites and guaranteed to enliven one’s spirit and get everyone dancing - Upper Gascoyne Style!
A vibrant Festival of Arts, Culture and of course Music! Free workshops program including circus, weaving, yoga, plasma cutting, cultural tours and a critical mass of local, national and international acts. Food Stalls and Licensed Bar will also be on the festival site.
This festival is the ideal annual family and friends mustering point. Camping is available on the festival site, so you, your family and friends can all camp together in the convenience of the festival main stage.
If you would like to join the choir, the percussion workshops or want any more information, please contact us on here
Media Contacts:
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0403879263
Accommodation
Gascoyne Junction has a Pub and Tourist Park offering the convenience of fuel, food and camping facilities right next to the Gascoyne River Festival site!
For more information about Gascoyne Junction, or to book accommodation
Email Junction CRC
Shire of Upper Gascoyne
www.gascoynejunctioncrc.net.au
P(08) 9943 0988 F(08) 9943 0507
Location
Gascoyne River Music Festival program includes
River Music
Sculpture Trail
Date: Friday 13 May - Sunday 15 May 2022
Location: Gascoyne River Bed
Cost: Free
Explore part of the longest river in Western Australia, also known as the upside down river because it runs year round under the dry river bed. It's because of this, it is known as the Mother River to the Gascoyne because it’s aquifer enables produce, farming and human life to thrive in a desert.
Gascoyne River Music - Friday
Date: Friday 13 May 2022
Time: 6pm – 10pm
Location: Junction Hotel
Cost: Free
A family-friendly evening of music, circus & fire performances featuring:
James Abberley
The Firewolf
Tanya Ransom
Crystal Stacey
Ray Edney
Heaps Good Show
Ewan Buckley
Natural Wings
The Nomadics
Glamour Stilts
+ MC Miss Red
Contours
Date: Saturday 14 May 2022
Time: 5.30pm (TBC)
Location: Gascoyne River Bed
Cost: Free
Contours is an in situ dance series set in iconic land and seascapes of the Gascoyne. Contours will explore the spaces between worlds, between lives, spaces which resonate within all cultural people.
River Concert
Date: Saturday 14 May 2022
Time: 9am (TBC)
Location: Gascoyne River Bed
Cost: Free
The ‘Gascoyne River Sculpture Trail’ is set in the Gascoyne River bed, is accompanied by live music, a smoking ceremony offered by local traditional owner Raymond Edney, who also does tag a long cultural tour.
Gascoyne River Music - Saturday
Date: Saturday 14 May 2022
Time: 8am – 10pm
Location: Gascoyne Junction Pavilion, Scott Street, Gascoyne Junction
Cost: Free
A full day of free, fun and family-friendly activities including Yoga, Acro Yoga, Pilates, Hula Hooping, Staff Twirling, Juggling, mural painting, live music, fire and aerial performances and so much more. After 10 pm a family-friendly film will be screened for night owls, but the main stage will be closed.
Late Night Renegade Stage
Date: Saturday 14 May 2022
Time: 10pm – late
Location: Junction Pub
Cost: $20 per person
Featuring adults-only entertainment, a licensed bar and loads of festival revelry!
Gascoyne River Music - Sunday Send off
Date: Sunday 15 May 2022
Time: 8am – 11am
Location: Gascoyne Junction Pavilion, Scott Street, Gascoyne Junction
Cost: Free
Big Breaky, circus play, river walks, make your mum a bouquet and so much more.
Celebrating Mother’s Brunch
Date: Sunday 15 May 2022
Time: 10am – 1pm
Location: Junction Pub
Cost:TBC
Because, of course, you packed your mum!! Start a new family tradition by spoiling your mum with a High Tea at the Gascoyne Junction Pub! To book tickets: www.junctiontouristpark.com
