What’s On at DreamBIG Children’s Festival Opening This Weekend

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It’s the weekend we’ve all been waiting for! The opening of DreamBIG Children’s Festival 2019!

The ‘Big Family Weekend‘ event will kick off the festival with a bang 💥💥💥

This FREE family event for children of all ages will take over the North Terrace Cultural Boulevard for two fun-filled days. Theatres, galleries, museums, universities, libraries, and gardens will be full to the brim with hundreds of children and families immersed in arts activities and dreaming BIG. Follow the trail for your age group and discover a world of art and wonder around every turn.

Take a look at the Big Family Weekend adventure map and start planning your day! Collect a copy of the map from the volunteers during the Big Family Weekend.

The festival will take place from 22 May – 1 June 2019!

Regurgitator’s Pogogo Kids Show

JUST ANNOUNCED: Introducing Regurgitator’s Pogogo Kids Show, to headline the Big Family Weekend Elder Hall Outdoor Stage!

This new project sees renowned Brisbane mashup rock/electro/punk/poppin’ funtime outfit Regurgitator cooking up a sugar-soaked record written especially for kids!

Longtime Regurgitator trio Ben Ely, Quan Yeomans and Pete Kostic joined by the effervescent Koko direct from Planet Rainbow have already struck a chord with families around the country – with the album The Really Really Really Really Boring Album having quickly climbed to #1 on the Children’s iTunes chart. The band’s wildly-varied jumping castle of sounds will come as no surprise to longtime fans, catch this one at 3pm on Saturday 25 May, on the Elder Hall Outdoor Stage.

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Outdoor Stages

Two stages, two days jam packed with performances, activities and workshops for all ages! Located on the Museum Lawns and Goodman Lawns, the DreamBIG outdoor stages have your family singing, dancing, laughing and applauding all weekend!

Enjoy beatboxing with MCME, the Junkyard Beats crew, It’s Rhyme Time with Little Big Book Club, music by the City of Adelaide band, and Class of Cabaret, plus many more!

Full outdoor stages set times now available, including Big Family Sing, Girl Nation and Junkyard Beats, check it out here!

There’s also plenty more activities over the weekend including Nature Play, cubby building, roving performances and more, check out what else is on at:dreambigfestival.com.au/about/big-family-weekend

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