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 creative experience for all ages and offers a unique free weekend of activities.
Amazing full body painting offers a spectacular backdrop to a fun filled two-day packed program of music, dancing, interactive art and street performers. The Noosa Outback Main Stage has entertainment from the likes of The Moonsets, Baja, Pineapple Crush, Let’s Dance Latin and Jamison Kehl.
Gubbi Gubbi Dance will be providing cultural entertainment and workshops including aboriginal style body art, ochre painting and storytelling.
For anyone interested in trying their hand at creating art from recycled materials, Reverse Garbage are conducting wearable art workshops each day from 10am to 3pm providing materials, tools and inspiration. On Sunday there is also a parade of the amazing wearable art competition with full costumes made from recycled materials.
There is even a play zone with children’s shows, giant games like Jenga & Connect 4, workshops and laser assault skirmish.
It’s an event like nothing ever seen before, as human canvases take shape during the competitions. It’s unique, it happens once a year and it is right here! So don’t miss it because this is going to be the biggest and best event ever!
The Australian Government has contributed $34,500 in funding from the Building Better Regions Fund which will facilitate the move to the new venue of Apex Park while also growing the festival and providing an extended entertainment program across the weekend.
The Australian Body Art Festival is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland’s Destination Events Program, which has provided an additional $12,000 in funding for marketing and infrastructure support. The event features on the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar, which is worth $800m to the state’s economy in 2019.
This festival is run by the volunteers at Cooroy Chamber of Commerce with sponsorships from Eumundi & District Historical Association, Tourism Noosa, Cooroy Community Bank Branch of Bendigo Bank, Wythes Real Estate, Noosa Outback, Sunshine Coast Daily, Outback Queensland Tourism, Wattle Media, Cooroy Supa IGA, Fiducian Financial Services, Face Paint Shop Australia, Regional Training Services Qld, Sunny Coast Accountants, Mehron Australia, Face Paints Australia, The Looney Bin, Derivan, RACV Noosa, SPV Accounting, Butter Factory Arts Centre, Gelignite Jacks, Black Ant Gourmet, Firefly Solutions, Cooroy Menswear & Jeanery, Original Eumundi Markets, Geoff Cook Signs, Mudputty, Not Just Another Salon, and Fairytale Events & Equip4Hire.
Visit the website www.australianbodyart.com.au for more information or Facebook @AustralianBodyArtFestival