Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival

10/03/2025

Happy Saint Patricks Day!!

Kenneth Dawson from the Kimberley & John Clare from Dublin co-writing songs together for LAST year's "Hand in Hand - Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival" at Kidogo Arthouse in Fremantle. The festival will not be on in 2025.

Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle

Greetings All!

This year we shall not be delivering the "Hand in Hand - Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival" as we have done for the past 4 years.

Instead we are working on an extension of the Festival to build an Indigenous Cultural Ambassador's Program between Western Australian First Nation Elders, Lore-carriers, storytellers, writers, musicians, artists, poets and their counterparts in Ireland.

This Cultural knowledge sharing journey will form deep friendships and connections between our countries and be the beginning of what we plan will run for many lifetimes.

We are starting with building bridges between Ireland and Western Australia - as Joanna Robertson who is from Dublin and founded Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle and co-founded the "Hand in Hand - Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival" is based in Western Australia and so are all the First Nation Elders and artists that built and delivered Australia's first "Irish-Aboriginal Festival" with Joanna!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day Everyone!

10/03/2025

Greetings All!

This year we shall not be delivering the "Hand in Hand - Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival" as we have done for the past 4 years.

Instead we are working on an extension of the Festival to build an Indigenous Cultural Ambassador's Program between Western Australian First Nation Elders, Lore-carriers, storytellers, writers, musicians, artists, poets and their counterparts in Ireland.

This Cultural knowledge sharing journey will form deep friendships and connections between our countries and be the beginning of what we plan will run for many lifetimes.

We are starting with building bridges between Ireland and Western Australia - as Joanna Robertson who is from Dublin and founded Kidogo Arthouse Fremantle and co-founded the "Hand in Hand - Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival" is based in Western Australia and so are all the First Nation Elders and artists that built and delivered Australia's first "Irish-Aboriginal Festival" with Joanna!

Happy Saint Patrick's Day Everyone!

28/03/2024

by Nance Haxton The Hand in Hand Irish Aboriginal Festival in Fremantle will celebrate the connection between the two cultures with food, poetry, song, dancing and art this weekend. This is the fourth…

14/03/2024

☘️🖤💛❤️KIAF 2024: https://kidogo.com.au/kiaf/

KIAF 2024 LINEUP

Archie Weller • Greg Conway • Declan O'Rourke (IRE - Virtual Q&A) • Eddie Sherlock (IRE - Virtual) • David Milroy • The Wilarra Band • Kenneth Dawson • Kankawa Nagarra – Olive Knight • Lucky Oceans • Mary G • Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony by Walter McGuire • Bryan Dalton • Jason Snook • Jessie Woodward • Nigel Healy • Cormac Healy • Natalie Gillespie • Kenneth Dawson • John Clare • Ken Hayward • Dave Brewer • John Barrett • Ailish Barrett • Karl Florisson • Rick Eastman • Máirtín O Dubhlaigh • Meg McGuire • Donough O' Donovan Irish Trad • Kevin Giang • Lucy Hosking • Jennifer Doyle • Gavin Fernie • Ceili Dancing by Scoil Rince Ni Bhaird • Traditional Irish Soda-bread & Damper Bread Making Demonstration • Dart Throwing with George Hayden • Friendly Footy with GAA WA • Solo Art Exhibition by Kenneth Dawson & more!

KIAF 2024 LINEUP

Archie Weller • Greg Conway • Declan O'Rourke (IRE - Virtual Q&A) • Eddie Sherlock (IRE - Virtual) • David Milroy • The Wilarra Band • Kenneth Dawson • Kankawa Nagarra – Olive Knight • Lucky Oceans • Mary G • Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony by Walter McGuire • Bryan Dalton • Jason Snook • Jessie Woodward • Nigel Healy • Cormac Healy • Natalie Gillespie • Kenneth Dawson • John Clare • Ken Hayward • Dave Brewer • John Barrett • Ailish Barrett • Karl Florisson • Rick Eastman • Máirtín O Dubhlaigh • Meg McGuire • Donough O' Donovan Irish Trad • Kevin Giang • Lucy Hosking • Jennifer Doyle • Gavin Fernie • Ceili Dancing by Scoil Rince Ni Bhaird • Traditional Irish Soda-bread & Damper Bread Making Demonstration • Dart Throwing with George Hayden • Friendly Footy with GAA WA • Solo Art Exhibition by Kenneth Dawson & more!

☘️🖤💛❤️KIAF 2024 - Tickets on sale now!
https://kidogo.com.au/kiaf/

Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival 2024

14/03/2024

🖤💛❤️☘️Lineup for Day 1 of KIAF 2024!
🎟️: https://kidogo.com.au/kiaf/

Friday 15 March Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival 2024

4:30 pm - Doors Open

5:00 pm - Acknowledgement of Country + Festival Intro by Joanna Robertson

5:10 pm - John Barrett + Ailish Barrett

6:00 pm - Mary G Comedy Queen

7:05 pm - Kankawa Nagarra – Olive Knight with Dave Brewer and Arvis

7:50 pm - Natalie Gillespie with Dave Brewer, Karl Florisson and Rick Eastman

10:00 pm - Jam Session on the Deck

14/03/2024

🖤💛❤️☘️Lineup for Day 3 of KIAF 2024!
🎟️ https://kidogo.com.au/kiaf/

Sunday 17 March Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival 2024

2:00 pm - Bar Open (FREE entry until 5:30pm)

2:30 pm - GAA Friendly Footy

2:45 pm - Dart Throwing with George Hayden

3:30 pm - Bread Making Demo with Joanna Robertson (Irish Soda-bread) & Meg McGuire (Damper)

4:30 pm - Aboriginal author Archie Weller book reading and interview with Greg Conway

🎟️ ** 5:00 PM - TICKETED EVENT BEGINS ** 🎟️

5:30 pm - Welcome to Country + Smoking Ceremony by Walter McGuire

6:00 pm - Donough O’Donovan Trad (+ Ceili Dancing by Scoil Rince Ni Bhaird Irish Dancing School)

7:15 pm - Kenneth Dawson with John Clare and Ken Hayward

8:00 pm - B R Dalton with Jason Snook and Jessie Woodward

10:00 pm - Jam Session on the Deck

14/03/2024

🖤💛❤️☘️Lineup for Day 2 of KIAF 2024!
🎟️ https://kidogo.com.au/kiaf/

Saturday 16 March Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival

5:00 pm - Doors Open

5:15 pm - Author Archie Weller book reading and interview with Greg Conway (Large Gallery)

5:30 pm - Nigel Healy + Cormac Healy The Healys

7:10 pm - Declan O Rourke – Virtual Q&A + Book Launch (Large Gallery)

7:55 pm - Eddie Sherlock – Virtual Screening (Large Gallery)

8:25 pm - Maírtin O Dubhlaigh Storytelling

8:35 pm - Dave Milroy and The Wilarra Band with Lucky Oceans

10:30 pm - Jam Session on the Deck

Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival 2024

13/03/2024

This morning you can hear the last episode of RTRFM’s HERSTORY series 3.

At 10am Bec Bowman will be chatting with the inspiring Kankawa Nagarra, 2024 WA Women’s Hall of Fame Inductee.

Kankawa is a Gooniyandi, Walmajarri Bunaba woman, a Respected Elder, teacher and international blues and gospel singer-songwriter who performs in Walmajarri, Kimberley Kriol, English, and the known languages of her area.

Her music carries an underlying message: that of protecting the environment and connecting families to their traditional land. “The land is crying for its people and the people are crying for the land”.

Kankawa is devoted to the preservation and sharing of Indigenous language and culture, through her love of music and poetry.

This will be an interview which is sure to move you, so don’t miss it at 10am today, on RTRFM 92.1

Photographer Cr Karen Wheatland

Lotterywest Department of Communities FISH - Foundation for Indigenous Sustainable Health

13/03/2024

🖤💛❤️We are so honoured and proud to have the powerful presence that is Musician / Activist Kankawa Nagarra - Olive Knight at our festival this year!

She has been a part of the Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival from its inception in 2021!

Huge congratulations to her on her recent well-deserved induction into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame!

Catch her and many more powerful artists this weekend at Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival 2024

🎟️: https://kidogo.com.au/kiaf/

13/03/2024

🖤💛❤️We are so honoured and proud to have the powerful presence that is Musician / Activist Kankawa Nagarra - Olive Knight at our festival this year!

She has been a part of the Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival from its inception in 2021!

Huge congratulations to her on her recent well-deserved induction into the WA Women's Hall of Fame!

https://www.ngaardamedia.com.au/news/kankawa-nagarra-inducted-into-wa-womens-hall-of-famenbsp

Catch her and many more powerful artists this weekend at Kidogo Irish Aboriginal Festival 2024

🎟️: https://kidogo.com.au/kiaf/

A Kimberley legend has been inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame or her work as a musician, environmentalist and advocate. Fitzroy Crossing blues singer Kankawa Nagarra, also known as Olive Knight, was one of 16 women bestowed the honour on International Women’s Day. She said she learnt to ...