Taranta Festival

Taranta Festival Celebrating folk traditions from Italy, the Mediterranean and beyond. Tickets available now.

Taranta Festival connects diverse cultures and communities through music, dance, food, and shared stories.

Ars Nova Napoli are joining us this year from Naples, and if you’ve never heard Neapolitan folk you are really in for a ...
03/09/2026

Ars Nova Napoli are joining us this year from Naples, and if you’ve never heard Neapolitan folk you are really in for a treat... It’s so fast and infectious, and it will transport you to a Southern Italian summer at just the very low cost of a festival ticket!

Ars Nova Napoli are supported by the Italian Institute of Culture Sydney, Ministero Affari Esteri and Napoli Musa, as well as the rest of our wonderful festival sponsors. They’re part of this year’s international lineup, alongside artists from Argentina and Greece, all reflecting on and interpreting this year’s theme, Identity.

Seriously, get your tickets!

30 October – 1 November, Bellingen.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/bellingen-taranta-festival-2026/tickets

Bellingen Playback Theatre is unscripted. The stories come straight from whoever’s in the room that day, and the perform...
03/09/2026

Bellingen Playback Theatre is unscripted. The stories come straight from whoever’s in the room that day, and the performers, (community members who we interact with all the time in town!), build the performance right there, on the spot. It’s surprising, energetic, reflective, and soul nourishing, and the Sunday afternoon show is becoming a Taranta tradition, where we pour into the hall after a busy weekend, happy and exhausted, and reflect on the theme, as well as what it means to live together in this beautiful place.

Get your tickets:
https://events.humanitix.com/bellingen-taranta-festival-2026/tickets

You’re used to seeing Memo on stage at the Mem Hall. He’s a virtuosic musician who gives so much back to this communit...
26/08/2026

You’re used to seeing Memo on stage at the Mem Hall. He’s a virtuosic musician who gives so much back to this community, through his teaching, his support for emerging musicians, and social justice work like curating the charity album Songs for Palestine.

But have you ever thought about the Memo-shaped hole he left behind in his hometown of Santa Fe, Argentina?

This year, we’re bringing a little of Santa Fe to Bellingen!

Argentinian band Ginkgobiloba are joining this year’s lineup, and they’ll be on stage with Memo. They’ve been playing together for 20 years and it shows in every note.

We are really blessed to be able to hear a group like this, inspired by Argentine folklore, played with a feel that only comes from decades in the tradition together.

They are amazing, and we could not be more excited to have them in Bellingen!
30 October – 1 November, Bellingen.
Tickets: https://events.humanitix.com/bellingen-taranta-festival-2026/tickets

We are so thrilled to recieve support from Arts Mid North Coast through the Seed Grants program! This funding will suppo...
26/08/2026

We are so thrilled to recieve support from Arts Mid North Coast through the Seed Grants program! This funding will support the free program which the whole community enjoys every year ❤️

So much of Taranta happens all year round with groups of people in intimate conversation, making things, talking about t...
25/08/2026

So much of Taranta happens all year round with groups of people in intimate conversation, making things, talking about things, singing, playing their instruments, making their art.

As well as an opportunity to immerse ourselves in the work of amazing artists from all over the world, festival weekend is a big celebration of all the work we’ve been doing all year here at home.

TICKETS HERE:
https://events.humanitix.com/bellingen-taranta-festival-2026/tickets

Thanks to Roxy Isherwood for her beautiful captures of the workshop for the project Messages of Love.

Every Taranta Festival has a theme. This year’s is IDENTITY. As we plan the festival, we are pondering the stories peopl...
25/08/2026

Every Taranta Festival has a theme. This year’s is IDENTITY.

As we plan the festival, we are pondering the stories people carry with them, their heritage, the places they end up, and how these things sit together, sometimes easily, sometimes not.

We’ll be exploring it throughout the festival, through performances, exhibitions, panels, storytelling sessions and more!

30th October - 1st November, Bellingen, NSW GUMBAYNGGIRR.

Program coming super soon…

https://events.humanitix.com/bellingen-taranta-festival-2026/tickets

We love the land we live and work on, beautiful Gumbayngirr country. We acknowledge the breadth and continuity of this i...
20/07/2026

We love the land we live and work on, beautiful Gumbayngirr country. We acknowledge the breadth and continuity of this incredible culture and that the land was never ceded.

Photo by Jeremy Thomas

20/07/2026

This is Ancestral Voices, one of the most magical moments from last year’s festival. Led by artistic director Salvatore, artists from completely different musical traditions came together: Indian sitar player Sarita McHarg, violinist Gareth Mewes, Iraqi kemanche player Nawres Al-Freh, virtuosic Argentinian bass player Emiliano Beltzer, renowned percussionist Greg Sheehan and the amazing poet, Huda the Goddess. It was a real conversation between traditions, unfolding in the moment, unrepeatable and absolutely astonishing. It was as though the audience was holding its breath. Moments like this are why it’s worth grabbing a ticket, this is what happens inside!
https://events.humanitix.com/bellingen-taranta-festival-2026/tickets

Taranta is a grassroots community festival. It runs on grant funding from all levels of government (we’ll announce our s...
18/07/2026

Taranta is a grassroots community festival. It runs on grant funding from all levels of government (we’ll announce our supporters and sponsors for 2026 very soon!), and just as much on volunteer hours from people who believe in what we’re building. That’s how we keep some events free and tickets affordable.

We need help to keep doing this! If you can offer any of the below, get in touch:

• A spare room for an artist billet
• A few hours volunteering
• Business sponsorship
• Or just grab a ticket and come along

Every bit of it keeps Taranta going!

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