For those that have booked the 2night on station camping packages, you will have exclusive access to the Campfire Sessions on the eve of the festival. Campfire Sessions include extended festival content and intimate cultural experiences, from sharing traditional bush foods (Happy Campers only) to music, dance and storytelling by an open campfire under the stars. This is for 2 night campers who’d like to come and sit with us and “rest a while” – Jamba Nyinayi
*the below schedule is subject to change
5.30pm – 7pm Campfire Cook Up: Traditional food & local produce, shared around the campfire, for Happy Campers ONLY
7:00pm – 7.15pm Baiyungu Welcome: Traditional Owners sharing the JNF24 theme (“A Gathering Place”) language & yarning. With Hazel Walgar and others.
7.15pm – 7.30pm Traditional Dance: Ngurrangga Ngunda-nari dancers will give a preview of their mainstage performances, with traditional dances from the Pilbara.
7.30pm – 7:35pm Didgeridoo: solo didgeridoo from Bryce Mongoo, one of the Gascoyne’s finest exponents.
7.40pm – 9.00pm Intimate music session and jam: A selection of artists presenting acoustic & intimate performance & yarning, including Stephen Pigram, David Milroy & Lucky Oceans, Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight), Fred Ryan, Wes Mongoo, Raymond Edney, Hazel Walgar and David Hyams
9.00pm – 9.30pm Campfire Yarns with Clinton Walker of Ngurrangga Tours Ngunda-nari as story sharer. Clinton will talk to the night sky and the connection to dreaming stories and landscapes.