Garabari Sydney Festival 2026

  • First Nations
  • Dance
  • Northern Broadwalk
  • Run time: 80 minutes, no interval Subject to change

A thrilling dance of story and rhythm where Wiradjuri culture meets pulsing techno energy.

Step into the dance Garabari, Wiradjuri for Corroboree.

Acclaimed choreographer Joel Bray transforms the Northern Broadwalk of the Sydney Opera House into a massive open-air dance floor, inviting everyone, families, friends, the curious and the bold, to move together under the stars.

Created with Wiradjuri Elders and community in Wagga Wagga and the Riverina, Garabari shares the Story of the Making of the Murrumbidgee, gifted by the late Uncle James Ingram. What begins as ceremony becomes celebration, a joyful, heart-pounding mix of dance, light and sound that sweeps the crowd into a shared rhythm.

With ethereal costumes by Wiradjuri designer Denni Francisco (Ngali), driving beats by Byron Scullin and enthralling projections by Katie Sfetkidis, Garabari is upbeat, inclusive and unlike any corrobboree that has come before it.

This is your chance to participate in a millennia-old ritual on a monumental scale.

Cultural Acknowledgement
We acknowledge with respect Uncle James Ingram (dec.), Custodian of the Story of the Making of the Murrumbidgee; Uncle Christopher Kirkbright, Project Elder and Wiradjuri language custodian; Aunty Cheryl Penrith, Aunty Mary Atkinson and Aunty Jackie Ingram, Senior Knowledge Holders.

Presented by Sydney Festival

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An enlivening experience that celebrates our earth, our first peoples and everyone else in the freest way imaginable.

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Lyrical, furious, ecstatic, voluptuous... one can’t take one’s eyes off them

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Attending this event

Plan your visit

Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Northern Broadwalk

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