W hen I think of festival memories, my mind becomes a happy whirl. In a “la, la, la”, I’m straight back to V Festival 2001 in the UK as Kylie Minogue performs “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” for the first time. Then in a flash I’m on the Ferris wheel between band-hopping at Coachella in California, and watching street artists at work at POW! WOW! mural festival in Hawaii.
In Australia, I’ve met authors I love at the Sydney Writers’ Festival, and reconnected with old friends at the Australian Celtic Festival in my NSW home town, Glen Innes.
For interests from rock music to tea cosies, there’s a festival for everyone. Here are some of the best Aussie festivals worth travelling for in 2024: