YIRRAMBOI Festival

YIRRAMBOI Festival YIRRAMBOI Festival
6—16 MAY 2027
narrm/Melbourne, Australia Ancestors to Ancestors,
bones of my bones
who are we if not her? tides, reflecting
our Futures, Past.

Returning from 1-11 May 2025, YIRRAMBOI is a convergence of 400+ First Nations creatives across 180 performances and activating over 40 venues across Narrm/Melbourne. Deeply rooted in purpose, YIRRAMBOI platforms expressions of culture, identity, unity, and truth through evolutionary and experimental practices, breaking away from preconceived ideas of First Nations 'art'. YIRRAMBOI provides a stag

e for First Nations voices to be heard, for stories to reverberate through generations, to drive change and create a future where First Peoples are rightly celebrated. This year’s festival explores four powerful anchors—Legacy, Joy, Reclamation, and Akin—that form the foundation of its most ambitious program to date.

What does a whole new world look like when it’s shaped by First Nations artists?First Nations Futures brings together fo...
21/08/2026

What does a whole new world look like when it’s shaped by First Nations artists?

First Nations Futures brings together four leading voices – Axel Garay, April Phillips, Rosie Kalina and Hayden Ryan, hosted by Amanda Haskard – to explore how AI and digital realms are reshaping creative practice.

As artists move through these shifting technologies, they navigate questions of authorship, control and cultural knowledge in increasingly complex digital spaces.

Panelists
April Phillips, Axel Garay and Hayden Ryan
Hosted by
Amanda Haskard

[Please note that due to illness, Allara and Rosie Kalina are unable to participate in the panel.]

The Capitol, Mon 24 Aug, 6.30pm
General Admission: $10
BLAKTIX: Free

https://nowornever.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/first-nations-futures

Artist Opportunity → A Free Studio Space for Aboriginal Artists and CreativesAvailable from October 2026 – April 2027, t...
07/08/2026

Artist Opportunity → A Free Studio Space for Aboriginal Artists and Creatives

Available from October 2026 – April 2027, there is no requirement to deliver a public outcome. Suitable for up to 2 artists, the 17sqm studio is centrally located at Boyd Studios, well-lit and has high ceilings, wooden floors and 24/7 access.

Previous recipients include Iluka Sax-Williams, Stacey Edwards & Thelma Beeton, and Bianca Easton.

Applications close: Wednesday 2 September, 4pm.

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Possum Skin Pyrography by Iluka Sax-Williams

Apply: https://melbourne.smartygrants.com.au/ACSSBoydStudio62026/499041/view

If we want people in the room, we have to clear the path.Working with our Access and Inclusion Advisory Group and truste...
07/08/2026

If we want people in the room, we have to clear the path.

Working with our Access and Inclusion Advisory Group and trusted collaborators, we’ve put together a non-exhaustive list of ways to make it easier for our community to attend.

Read the full feature on our site: https://yirramboi.com.au/news/first-access-the-journey-to-the-seat

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/illustrations:
Rosie Kalina

29/07/2026

YIRRAMBOI 2027 honours ten years of YIRRAMBOI, cracking open the heart of narrm, revealing the hum of country beneath.

Dates: 6–16 May 2027

Save the date and sign up to our newsletter for updates.

https://yirramboi.com.au

10/07/2026

Applications for CRACKED have been extended and now close at midnight, Sunday 19 July 2026.

CRACKED is a space for ideas that don't fit the mould. A platform to push and challenge your practice on your own terms.

Selected artists will receive a $10,000 artist fee, mentorship from leading First Nations practitioners, rehearsal space, accessibility support, and opportunities to build lasting industry connections, with a 20-minute work-in-progress showing as part of YIRRAMBOI 2027.

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Because it's NAIDOC Week, we're giving our mob more time to celebrate, connect and fill their cups before applying.

https://yirramboi.com.au/cracked/

CRACKED exists because First Nations artists have spent too long navigating narrow, outdated expectations of what their ...
01/07/2026

CRACKED exists because First Nations artists have spent too long navigating narrow, outdated expectations of what their work should be. This is a platform built for ideas that are risky, hard to categorise, and not yet fully formed – a supportive space for artists to test, challenge, and expand their practice on their own terms.

Selected artists will receive a $10,000 fee, alongside mentorship from leading First Nations practitioners, rehearsal space, accessibility provisions, technical support, and industry connections.

EOIs close midnight, 12 July 2026.

https://yirramboi.com.au/cracked/

First Nations FuturesAxel Garay, April Phillips, Allara Briggs Pattison and Hayden Ryan in conversation — exploring how ...
19/06/2026

First Nations Futures

Axel Garay, April Phillips, Allara Briggs Pattison and Hayden Ryan in conversation — exploring how new worlds are imagined into being through storytelling, visual language and acts of creative resistance.

How do First Nations artists hold past, present and future in the same frame? How are AI and digital realms reshaping creative practice — and how do questions of authorship, control and cultural knowledge move through increasingly complex digital spaces?

Full lineup to be announced

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melb
Presented with and YIRRAMBOI�The Capitol�Mon 24 Aug, 6:30 – 7:45pm

Tickets: https://nowornever.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/first-nations-futures

Calling Victorian based First Nations artists, collectives & arts organisations working in experimental theatre and danc...
09/06/2026

Calling Victorian based First Nations artists, collectives & arts organisations working in experimental theatre and dance.

CRACKED is a self-determined platform that seeds new experimental works, rooted in creative exploration and led by the artists themselves.

Six Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists based in Victoria will be supported to create and present a 20-minute excerpt of new experimental work. These excerpts will be presented as two distinct triple-bill showings under the two specific genres of experimental theatre and experimental dance at YIRRAMBOI Festival 2027.

Selected artists will receive a $10,000 fee, alongside mentorship from leading First Nations practitioners, rehearsal space, accessibility provisions, technical support, and industry connections.

YIRRAMBOI have a strong commitment to d/Deaf, Disabled, neurodivergent, and regional artists.

Expressions of Interest close Sunday 12 July 2026, 11:59pm AEST.

For full details and to apply: https://yirramboi.com.au/cracked/

LAZARUS is in its final week at Theatre Works. The extraordinary true story of Uncle Larry Walsh, Taungurung Elder, acti...
01/06/2026

LAZARUS is in its final week at Theatre Works.

The extraordinary true story of Uncle Larry Walsh, Taungurung Elder, activist and storyteller, brought to life in a heartfelt and vital work that speaks directly to the soul of this country.

Woven from interviews with Uncle Larry himself, this dynamic production moves through decades of pain and triumph, laughter and resistance, as one man rises from the ashes of injustice to reclaim his story, his spirit, and his place.

Directed by Kamarra Bell-Wykes and featuring an exceptional cast, LAZARUS is showing until 6 June at Theatre Works.

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/venue:
Theatre Works
14 Acland St, St Kilda

/dates:
21 May–6 June

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FEATURED ON THE 2026 VCE DRAMA PLAYLIST
Lazarus was developed with the support of Australian Plays Transform and was originally commissioned by YIRRAMBOI.

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/tickets:
MobTix from $25
https://www.theatreworks.org.au/2026/lazarus

YIRRAMBOI 2025 Commission, HOLDING SPACE has been selected for imagineNATIVE in Toronto. The largest Indigenous film and...
12/05/2026

YIRRAMBOI 2025 Commission, HOLDING SPACE has been selected for imagineNATIVE in Toronto. The largest Indigenous film and media arts festival on the planet.

Through film, photography, and story, Apryl Day and Jirra Lulla Harvey honour the ways Elders hold space for us all, for healing, for remembering, and for love.

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TIFF Lightbox, Toronto, Canada
Sat 6 June, 11AM

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