katherine login
Katherine Festival
The Katherine Festival is one of Katherine's most important arts and cultural events. The festival evolved from the 'Katherine Carnival', in 1976. This weekend event featured the Carnival Street Parade and treated Katherine to free entertainment and family fun.
As Katherine experienced growth in population industry and tourism the community was the potential to expand the Katherine Carnival into a regional festival of arts and culture. In 1991, the Fabulous Flying Fox Fesitval was founded by the Katherine Town Council's Arts and Cultural Advisory Committee, who still maintains its direction today.
The Flying Fox Art & Cultural Festival (Katherine Festival) is named after the Red and Black Flying Foxes who roost in the trees along the Katherine River during the day and takes to the skies every night in search of food.
The Festival has come to traditionally embrace community events. The community comes together to enjoy a wide variety of arts and entertainment over a period of ten days. The events have included Mayoral Debutante Ball, Katherine Prize Art and Craft Acquisition Awards with over $7,000 in prize money, exhibitions, artistic workshop activities, Aboriginal culture, family fun day with the Teddy Bear's Picnic, unique cultural experience of the Chinese Dragon Boat Races on the Katherine Gorge in Nitimluk National Park, Flying Fox Walk and Talk,' Main Event' including markets, car show, and plenty of entertainment. In 2009 the Katherine Flying Fox Art & Cultural Festival celebrated it's new title, Katherine Festival.
The Katherine Festival will fall on the following dates for the next 2 years:
- 2012 Friday 10 August - Saturday 25 August
- 2013 Saturday 10 August - Saturday 24 August
There will be the much loved annual events such as the Katherine Prize, Films, Youth & Family Fishing Competition, Family Fun Day & Teddy Bears Picnic, live musical and bands, Art in the Park, textile and cultural workshops and the grand finale the Main Event, this year at the Lindsay Street Complex. If you would like to contribute towards the Katherine Festival with goods/service, performance or workshops please contact Katherine Town Councils Community Liaison Officer, Dallas Panoho on (08) 8972 5500 or via email: dallas.panoho@ktc.nt.gov
| See the 2012 Katherine Festival on Council's Calendar of Events (August) or click link for the Festival program: | A draft program of events will be out approx. June. |
The Art & Cultural Committee assist with the direction of the Katherine Festival, if you would like to get involved the Art & Cultural Committee meet on the third Thursday of each month, 12pm at the Civic Centre. Katherine Town Council also has Festival grants available to community groups and not-for-profit organsiations to assist them in bring events to the Festival Program. See Festival Grants for information on the 2012 grants, out now.
All Welcome.
|
|
Winner of the 2007 Dr Peter & Kathleen Short Craft Acquisition Award |
