Multiple golden guitar winner, Beccy Cole will entertain the crowds at a free family-friendly concert during this year’s Festival Carnival and fireworks display on Saturday, 11th March.
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.
Being held from 9th – 12th March, Festival highlights this year include the Carnival and fireworks display on Saturday, 11th March, with a free concert featuring multiple golden guitar winner, Beccy Cole and children’s entertainers, The Beanies. The concert is funded 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.
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.
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.