2025 festival program
Saturday 17 May 2025
10:00am Festival opens (free entry)
10:00am The following activities commence:
Collaborative forging display in the main festival tent
Kid-smith zone (no booking - small donation)
Metal art exhibition in festival area (free entry)
Give-it-a-go total beginner sessions (bookings plus limited tickets at the door)
Food and market stalls
Blacksmiths Games Arena (no booking - small donation)
10:00am-12.00pm Live performance by Gone Westerly
10:30am-12.30pm Roving performance by Wild Canaries
11:30am-12:15pm Bella the Bookworm (no bookings required)
12:30-1.20pm Welcome to Country, Official Festival opening and Firelighting
1:20-2:05pm Master musicians Kofi Nortey and Nii Abli from Ghana perform a roving set of African drumming and dance rhythms.
1:30-3:30pm Roving performance by Uptown Brown + pinball parlor in the Blacksmiths Games Arena
1:30-2:00pm Speed forging demonstration in Waterside Metal Art studio
2:00am-2:45pm Bella the Bookworm (no bookings required)
4:00pm Kid-smith zone, Give-it-a-go sessions and collaborative sculpture forging close
4:30pm Festival close
6:30-9:00pm Waterside Metal Art Studio ticketed event - Blacksmiths Gathering (booking required)
Sunday 18 may 2025
10:00am Festival opens (free entry)
10:00am The following activities commence:
Collaborative forging display in the main festival tent
Kid-smith zone (no booking - small donation)
Metal art exhibition in festival area (free entry)
Give-it-a-go total beginner sessions (bookings plus limited tickets at the door)
Food and market stalls
Blacksmiths Games Arena (no booking - small donation)
10:00am-12.00pm Live performance by Gone Westerly
11:00-11:45am Bella the Bookworm (free - no bookings required)
11:30am-1:30pm Roving performers by Wild Canaries and Uptown Brown + pinball parlor in the Blacksmiths Games Arena
1:30-2:00pm Speed forging demonstration in Waterside Metal Art studio
1:00-1:45pm Bella the Bookworm (free - no bookings required)
4:00pm Festival close.