The UKI Festival 2022

The UKI Festival 2022 The Uki Festival is a world-class Music, Art, Dance, Food and Resilience Festival that aims to build October 22nd and 23rd Uki.

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The Uki Festival is a world-class Music, Art, Dance, Food and Resilience Festival that aims to build upon the Uki communities cohesion and focus following the big flood of Feb ’22. The big flood demonstrated how well the community worked together, but also highlighted the areas that needed more development to better prepare the village for the next flood or natural disaster.

The Uki

Festival is being directed by Kerry Turner and Nick Hanlon, who between them they have over 70 years of experience creating and promoting events all over the world. Both have committed to a 5-year plan to create an annual flagship festival that aims to not only fundraise for resilience development, but to also bring an economic boom to Uki, to encourage return visits from tourists and to foster a sense of pride in what Uki has to offer, and of course, to entertain and delight. From the inaugural Uki Festival and onwards the plan is to develop a series of events to raise funds for community preparedness, cohesion and inclusion. 

The 2022 Uki Festival will be on the weekend of October 22nd and 23rd on the village green, in the hall and the village surrounds. The festivities will commence with a Welcome to Country followed by a traditional Smoking Ceremony. The musical portion of the program includes headliners Ash Grunwald and Hat Fitz and Cara, with performances from Poets Out Loud, Bill Jacobi, Emmagen Rain, The Jesse Witney Trio, Jerome Williams, BLAKBOI and many more. Dance will also be a festival feature, with indigenous dance troupes, a sponsored Bootscoot for Boots for Bushies and a community bush dance with the Bale ‘em Up Bush Band – who call out the dance moves, so novices can learn the steps easily. An art exhibition will be displayed in the hall, culminating in an art auction. Resilience Agencies such as the RFS, SES, UKIRA and our own Resilient Uki will be in attendance, as well as workshops and yarn-ups in the Elder's space. A selection of the finest food trucks will be offering delicious locally sourced foodie delights, as well as a licensed bar stocked with the best of the local industries' offerings. Return buses will run from Murwillumbah throughout the weekend.

The Uki Festival is run by volunteers, is Not For Profit, and all proceeds and profits from the event go back into the community.

~ The Uki Festival has been postponed for this weekend due to wet weather ~
21/10/2022

~ The Uki Festival has been postponed for this weekend due to wet weather ~

The Uki Festival has been postponed due to wet weather. Please stay safe and dry this weekend.
21/10/2022

The Uki Festival has been postponed due to wet weather. Please stay safe and dry this weekend.

We will shortly have the Accessible WORD DOCUMENTS added here soon.
20/10/2022

We will shortly have the Accessible WORD DOCUMENTS added here soon.

The Uki Festival has been postponed due to wet weather.It is with disappointment that we announce The Uki Festival has b...
19/10/2022

The Uki Festival has been postponed due to wet weather.

It is with disappointment that we announce The Uki Festival has been postponed due to high rainfall expected in the Northern Rivers region on Saturday October 22nd and Sunday October 23rd.
A new date will be announced in early November, so follow The Uki Festival 2022 on Facebook for all announcements.

We are sorry to cause any disappointment as so many people have been looking forward to this festival and so many have worked so hard to make it happen, the response has been amazing. Thank you to all involved!

Today we have liaised at length with the SES – Murwillumbah Unit, and are basing our decision on the Forecast Rainfall for the Northern Rivers Region from the Bureau of Meteorology Website, which the SES also use.This is forecasting 25-50mm of rain each day of the Festival Weekend. This will come after a wet week. As the ground is already saturated, further rainfall will mean very boggy conditions and greatly reduced parking possibilities.

The wet ground and lots of cars coming into Uki and surrounds, plus the rainfall, could have potential major consequences.
The Uki Festival is about Resilience.
Part of resilience is being flexible with the sometimes unpredictable weather, and responding accordingly. Another part of resilience is being responsible for each other's safety and well-being. No one can predict the weather with 100% accuracy, but where there is a potential risk for public safety we must err on the side of caution.

So although we are disappointed, and this has been a difficult decision, we also want to keep it in perspective.

The Uki Festival is a fabulous Not-For-Profit initiative run by volunteers, and it is still going to happen!

Until then and on this rainy weekend ~ listen to MUSIC | create ART | DANCE like no one’s watching | Enjoy a FEAST | and SURVIVE

Stay tuned Folks for a new date announcement in early November.
And thank you again for your support.

~ From all the team at The Uki Festival ~
~ Thank you Beautiful People ~

PLEASE NOTE * Ticket holders keep your tickets for the next time *

The Uki Festival has been postponed due to wet weatherIt is with disappointment that we announce The Uki Festival has be...
19/10/2022

The Uki Festival has been postponed due to wet weather

It is with disappointment that we announce The Uki Festival has been postponed due to high rainfall expected in the Northern Rivers region on Saturday October 22nd and Sunday October 23rd.

A new date will be announced in early November, so follow The Uki Festival 2022 on Facebook for all announcements.

We are sorry to cause any disappointment as so many people have been looking forward to this festival and so many have worked so hard to make it happen, the response has been amazing. Thank you to all involved!

Today we have liaised at length with the SES – Murwillumbah Unit, and are basing our decision on the Forecast Rainfall for the Northern Rivers Region from the Bureau of Meteorology Website, which the SES also use.This is forecasting 25-50mm of rain each day of the Festival Weekend. This will come after a wet week. As the ground is already saturated, further rainfall will mean very boggy conditions and greatly reduced parking possibilities.

The wet ground and lots of cars coming into Uki and surrounds, plus the rainfall, could have potential major consequences.

The Uki Festival is about Resilience. Part of resilience is being flexible with the sometimes unpredictable weather, and responding accordingly. Another part of resilience is being responsible for each other's safety and well-being. No one can predict the weather with 100% accuracy, but where there is a potential risk for public safety we must err on the side of caution.

So although we are disappointed, and this has been a difficult decision, we also want to keep it in perspective.

The Uki Festival is a fabulous Not-For-Profit initiative run by volunteers, and it is still going to happen!

Until then and on this rainy weekend ~ listen to MUSIC | create ART | DANCE like no one’s watching | Enjoy a FEAST | and SURVIVE

Stay tuned Folks for a new date announcement in early November.

And thank you again for your support.

~ From all the team at The Uki Festival ~

~ Thank you Beautiful People ~

PLEASE NOTE * Ticket holders keep your tickets for the next time *

We welcome people with disability with accessible facilities. Please message us here if you need assistance. Two accessi...
18/10/2022

We welcome people with disability with accessible facilities.

Please message us here if you need assistance.

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17/10/2022

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17/10/2022

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