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Alice Springs Beanie Festival

21 – 24 June 2024

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Our 2024 Program will be uploaded in April. Below is the 2023 program to give you an idea of what happens!

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 Listening to the Land

Celebrating 28 years of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival.

How to participate

Become a beanie maker

We love our beanie makers. Anyone is welcome to make beanies for the Beanie Festival. There are 2 sections to enter, Beanie Central and the National Beanie Competition. Read on to find out what you need to do!!

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Volunteer

To be a volunteer at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival is to be part of the team that produces the world’s finest beanie celebration and (arguably) Australia’s favourite craft festival. 

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Sponsorships

Want to become a sponsor too?

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Ticketing

- Entry into Beanie Central is by gold coin donation -no tickets required.

- Entry into The National Beanie Exhibition is FREE for the Festival weekend.

- Children's Corner Workshops are free and you can drop in anytime.

- Entry into workshops have varying prices prices and booking sites - check out the program

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The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is a community- based event that began in 1997 with a ‘beanie party’, organised by Adi Dunlop.

In the early years, the festival was run by a group of friends including Pamela Bladon, Merran Hughes and Jo Nixon on a volunteer basis. The core group has slowly grown into a committed band of beanie-ologists.


We know our beanies!

Who We Are

The festival was organised to sell beanies crocheted by Aboriginal women in remote communities. It has grown into a fun event where Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal artists share their culture and exhibit together. The festival is unique because of the incredible amount of community participation and our unique ties with local Aboriginal organisations.

The festival’s aims have always been to develop Aboriginal women’s textiles, promote womens’ culture and the beanie as a regional art form, as well as promote handmade textile arts.

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