Laura Quinkan Dance Festival - 7-8-9 July 2023 - Tickets Now On Sale
Ang-Gnarra Aboriginal Corporation are pleased to announce that the Laura Quinkan Indigenous Dance Festival will be held in July 2023. The dates for the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival are 7 – 8 – 9 July 2023. Tickets sale booking are available now from our festival website You can purchase tickets from the following link – www.lauraquinkanfestival.com.au. For more information, see the website or email lqdf@anggnarra.org.au attention Fiona John – Festival Director 0402 529 610
Our recent 2021 festival has been a great success for our corporation and we wish to express our thanks and appreciation to all who attended over the 3 day event including our contractors, food stall holders, marketing stalls, Cape York and surrounding communities & dance teams, volunteers and lastly our own community workers, Board Directors, CEO August Stevens and Event Director Fiona John – hope to see you all in July 2023.
Congratulations to our winning dance teams for 2021.
Laura is the central meeting place for people from the Cape. As well as being home to Australia’s most significant collection of rock art, it hosts another internationally recognised celebration of Aboriginal culture, the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival.
The dance festival grounds at Laura occupy the site of a very old, traditional Bora ground. It’s a respected and sacred site. Here, people from about 20 different communities located across the Cape come together to celebrate with music, dance, singing and cultural performances.
It’s a place and event where families meet new and old family members and exchange and pass on history.
The festival has been coordinated by several different organisations over the years and in 2021 the Ang-Gnarra Aboriginal Corporation takes responsibility for arranging and hosting the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival for the first time. This is a significant milestone for the traditional owners.
Past, Present & Future
The festival began in the early 1980s and is believed to be the longest running Aboriginal cultural festival in Australia. Over three days, the event showcases the culture of the Aboriginal people of Cape York through song and dance, attracting thousands of visitors from across Australia and overseas. It enables the wider community to witness and gain an insight into the uniqueness of our ancient culture.
The next Laura Quinkan Dance Festival will be held between 7,8,9 July 2023.
We’re pleased to announce and welcome Yarn on board, as a major sponsor and business partner for the 2021 Laura Quinkan Dance Festival. Additional corporate and local sponsorship for the festival would be greatly appreciated.
Key contacts for the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival are: Fiona John, Festival Director / Coordinator on 0402 529 610 or lqdf@anggnarra.org.au
