Gates open for exhibitors to set up from 10 am. All vehicles to be removed from site via the back gate by 1 pm.  

2 pm – Gates open to the public.  

SPECIAL CHILDREN’S PROGRAM 2.30-4 pm 

On the Music Stage and elsewhere  

Inaugural Wombat Wobble Dance-off with singer-songwriter Johnny Huckle.  Prizes for the wildest wobblers. 

Johnny grew up at Condo’s Murie fringe settlement in the 1950s. He’s now based in Canberra and,  although he performs his unique mix of music and chatter throughout eastern Australia, he still calls  Condobolin home.  

Wiradjuri Storytelling with Larry Brandy  

Children of all ages love Larry’s unique and very animated way of telling his stories. Larry was born  and raised in Condo but now lives in Canberra. He returns regularly to his hometown to visit family.  He shares his stories and children’s books at festivals throughout Australia.  

Albury’s YouTube stars, the Giilangyaldhaanygalang muppets, with their creators Ruth Davys and Pettina  Love from Albury.  

These cheeky Wiradjuri-speaking muppets will accost you for a chat at any time, any place at SkyFest.  Dance practice with Steve Taylor of Dinnawan’s Connection and Jo Clancy of Wagana Aboriginal Dancers: for anyone,  young or old, who’d like to corroboree.  

EXHIBITIONS  

Wiradjuri Study Centre gallery spaces all afternoon.  

New works by Beverley Coe, Belinda Coe, the women of Condo SistaShed and the Shine Group  

Condo SistaShed  

Wiradjuri weaving circle, tea and dampers throughout the afternoon. Learn how to weave like the  ancestors did.  

GUEST SPEAKERS  

In the Wiradjuri Study Centre Auditorium  

Co-founder of Condo SkyFest, Tennille Dunn, on the Study Centre’s history and construction  

Virtual tour of the Universe with Donna The Astronomer  

Life, the Universe and Everything with science communicator and astro-biologist Luke Steller 

Astro-tricks with physicist Tatiana Bonch  

4 pm  

Let’s Corroboree: With Steve Taylor and Dinawan’s Connection, Jo Clancy and her Wagana  Aboriginal Dancers, Condo dance groups Galari Bila Waga Dhaanys and Ngamurr Waganha Wallan,  and others. Our dance ring is open to everyone.  

5.30 SUNSET  

Lighting the lanterns – switching on hundreds of paper lanterns made by Condo school children, the  Condo SistaShed team, and the Shine group, and lighting the fire boxes 

5.30 to 7.30 COMMUNITY BARBECUE  

Delicious food prepared by the Wiradjuri Study Centre staff and volunteers  

5.30 to late SPACE PLAY, interactive augmented reality projection by Sydney’s acclaimed Stalker  Theatre Company and Box of Birds team. Tour the solar system and play among the stars, moons,  asteroids and planets in this cosmic installation.  

7-10 PM CORROBOREE, LIVE MUSIC & ASTRONOMY 

Times to be confirmed  

Dancing by firelight  

Wiradjuri Rap with Anthony Riley and Brian Ah-See  

Johnny Huckle for Adults  

Janita Coe and friends perform the Gaalmadhaany/Songmakers Collection  Shane & Pete Riley, Dubbo’s much loved Wiradjuri singer-songwriters,  

Stargazing with Donna the Astronomer, Steve Taylor and guest astronomers Donna Burton and her telescope are taking a night off from Milroy Observatory in Coonabarabran to  give us on a tour of the visible universe with Wiradjuri stargazer Steve Taylor from Cowra. They’ll be  joined by amateur astronomers from around the region. 

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