Cowra Counts Down To The 2023 Festival!

It’s only a few weeks until the 2023 Cowra Festival of International Understanding gets underway, and this year’s program is jam-packed with free entertainment for all ages.

Held from 9 to 12 March, Festival highlights this year include the Carnival and fireworks display on Saturday 11 March, with a free concert featuring multiple golden guitar winner, Beccy Cole and children’s entertainers, The Beanies, made possible by the NSW Government’s Reconnecting Regional NSW - Community Events Program.

New to the Carnival this year is Walter Whip and The Flames, a western arts and fire-whip show featuring acts such as the burning ring of fire and cracking whips on fire. This will be a must see show for all ages!

Indonesia as special guest nation, are sure to bring much fun and excitement with their cultural displays and arts, craft and music workshops.

The highly entertaining and talented Suara Indonesia Dance Group will be performing at both the Festival Dinner and Carnival – a project made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia. The dance troupe will also be performing workshops are four local schools as part of the Festival celebrations.

Other Festival highlights this year include:

Cowra Festival Trivia Night

Thursday 9 March 2023, 7pm
Lachlan Valley Hotel, Cowra
Tickets $60 per table (for 6 people) at eventbrite.com.au
Hosted by the 2023 Festival Youth Ambassadors

Cowra Festival Dinner

Friday 10 March 2023, 6.30pm
Cowra Civic Centre
Tickets $60 at cowraciviccentre.com.au
Enjoy traditional Indonesian cuisine, spectacular cultural performances and live music.
Hosted by the 2023 Festival Youth Ambassadors

Sampai Jumpa Lagi (Indonesian for ‘until we meet again’) Farewell Breakfast

Sunday 12 March 2023, 9.30am
Cowra Services Club
Tickets $20 at eventbrite.com.au
A hot buffet breakfast to farewell our guest nation for the 2023 Festival, Indonesia.
Hosted by the 2023 Cowra Youth Ambassadors.

First held in 1965, the Cowra Festival of International Understanding is an annual, community-based event produced by Cowra Council. Featuring a different guest nation each year, the Festival focuses on Cowra's unique place as the home of reconciliation, and includes a number of community-based cultural learning activities, cultural and sporting competitions and workshops.

Stay up to date on the latest 2023 Cowra Festival news via the Cowra Festival of International Understanding Facebook page or Cowra Council's website.