festival program

Saturday 10 may

9:00am-11:00am Introduction to Blacksmithing for neurodiverse beginner blacksmiths - make your own fidget! (bookings required)

12:00-2:00pm Introduction to Blacksmithing for neurodiverse beginner blacksmiths - make your own fidget! (bookings required)

2:30-4:30pm Introduction to Blacksmithing for neurodiverse beginner blacksmiths - make your own fidget! (bookings required)

9:00am-4:00pm Introduction to Blacksmithing for Women Workshop (bookings required)

9:00am-4:00pm Collaborative community forging - details TBC (bookings required)

9:00am-4:00pm Collaborative Sculpture Forging Workshop (bookings required)

6:00-8:30pm Artists talks (bookings required)

10:00am Festival opens and the following activities commence:

11:30am-12:15pm Bella the Bookworm (no bookings required)

10:30am-12.30pm Roving performance by Wild Canary

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

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 closed for ticketed blacksmiths event

10:00am Festival opens and the following activities commence:

11:00-11:45am Bella the Bookworm (free - no bookings required)

11:30am-1:30pm Roving performers by Wild Canary and Uptown Brown

1:00-1:45pm Bella the Bookworm (free - no bookings required)

4:00pm Festival close.