The Nature Festival is a program of activities and experiences all dedicated to celebrating South Australian nature in positive, creative, and meaningful ways.
The festival features a diverse program of free and ticketed activities provided by local artists, environmental organisations, and nature connection practitioners.
We’re particularly interested in authentic, diverse, and unusual ways of connecting to nature, so we’re looking for many kinds of event hosts including local artists, environmental orgs, nature connection practitioners, musicians, nature tourism operators, health and wellness practitioners, wineries, GP clinics, or local businesses.
We are looking for all sorts of creative, participatory, emotional, and remarkable experiences. They might involve the latest technology from VR to AI or they might encourage people to put their devices away and focus on direct experience.
We are specifically interested in events and experiences that influence our shared narrative around how important nature is to most South Australians and that deepen our personal relationship with nature.
Last year we had events ranging from free to $130 per ticket and 25% of events sold-out. It's free to register an event in the festival and you keep all of your proceeds.
Event registrations open: 1 May 2024
Registration deadline: 31 July 2024
Program launch: 15 August 2024
Festival: 28 Sept - 13 Oct 2024
We will continue to accept event registrations after the 31 July deadline, but we cannot guarantee that they will be live by the initial program launch.
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Over 200 artists and organisations ran more than 400 events last year. Hosts included:
"The wide range of celebrations the Festival supports are both personal and multidimensional. The Festival is a wonderful expression of the real fun in 'the call of the wild' even in our own backyard.”
“The Nature Festival itself is not just doing the same old ‘green and trees’… they’re really helping us engage in different ways. Whether that’s a ride through the park or connecting with First Peoples or just games—it's great!"
You might have an organisational or community newsletter or a social media page or group. Get in touch and we'll send you 2-3 Nature Festival updates to share with your community.
We often get hosts looking for free venues for workshops, gatherings, and art activities. Get in touch to let us know.
