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Festival Update – March 2023

The dates for the next Australian Body Art Festival will be 20 & 21 April 2024. The Festival will return to Eumundi in 2024. The Festival is also subject to funding and we are looking for sponsorships, grants and donors. We have set up a donor page on Trybooking and hope that our regular supporters […]

Spectacular Art at Australian Body Art Festival!

Once again, the Australian Body Art Festival was an art spectacular! There were winners galore and grins galore as just over 4000 spectators enjoyed all that was on show! Some of Australia’s best body artists, face painters, visual artists and wearable art designers created and paraded their masterpieces across seven competition categories including two new […]

Release your creativity at Australian Body Art Festival

Cooroy is host to Australia’s premier body painting event held on 4 & 5 April, the Australian Body Art Festival. As well as amazing body and face painting there are all sorts of other artforms that anyone with a bit of creative inspiration can get involved in. “There are so many opportunities for creative people […]

Support Cooroy’s awesome Australian Body Art Festival

One of the most amazing and successful festivals that we have in Cooroy is the Australian Body Art Festival and they need your help! It’s the last chance for sponsors to get on board and share in the success of the festival. Plus the festival always needs volunteers and it’s a great way to get […]

Australian Body Art Festival set for funding boost

Cooroy’s very own, Australian Body Art Festival is one of the events from across regional Queensland that will receive a boost in funding from the Palaszczuk Government, with Tourism and Events Queensland today launching the latest round of the Queensland Destination Events Program. Tourism Industry Development Minister Kate Jones said 20 events would receive a […]

Local Photographers Scoop Prize Pool

The 2019 Australian Body Art Festival saw colour, activity and amazing art and it was all captured by a dozen photographers competing to get the best shots in the photographic competition. This year two local photographers took the winning shots in the two competition categories. Winning the Photo Print Category sponsored by Cooroy RSL was […]

Australian Body Art Festival was Out of this World

The official word on the street is that this year’s Australian Body Art Festival was in the stratosphere! Sixty competitors from around the nation embraced this year’s theme of ‘Other Words’ and put on a colourful show for close to 10,000 spectators in Cooroy over the weekend. Some of Australia’s best body artists, face painters, […]

It’s Too Fantastic To Miss!

It’s fantastic, fabulous and free! It’s Australia’s premier body painting event and it is taking place right here in Cooroy on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April at Apex Park. With a theme this year of “Other Worlds” it is sure to offer up art to delight the senses! The festival is a colourful and […]

Party with Michelle Brown at Cooroy RSL

With her haunting, gritty, big bluesy voice and dynamic stage presence, Michelle Brown has gained a huge following and she has special sparkle that mesmerises her audience when she’s on stage. What could be better than listening to Michelle Brown? Combining it with an after party for the Australian Body Art Festival of course! After […]

Don’t miss out on Body Art Opening Night

Australia’s premier body painting event is taking place on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 April in the Noosa Hinterland town of Cooroy in a new venue at Apex Park. With a theme this year of “Other Worlds” we know it will delight the senses! The festival is a colourful and creative experience and offers a […]

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