*Art exhibits will be able to be viewed across all exhibition venues from 10am to 4pm each day.
Events program below:
Friday 13 June
Time | Type | Event Details | Where | Ticketed |
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10am-4pm | Exhibition | Exhibition Open | All Venues | Free General Admission |
10.00am-11.0am | Opening Ceremony | OpenField Opening CeremonyCome along to OpenField's Opening and Welcome Ceremony featuring a smoking ceremony, dance and a Welcome from Aunty Delia Lowe. | Rural Youth Hall | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
10.00am-4pm | Participatory Installation | The Scrub Collective Participatory Installation | The Letter House Nature Banners Project: Felt your way to plant poetics. The Scrub Collective invites you to create nature banners for the streets of Berry. More information | Old Council Chambers (Berry Showgrounds) | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
1pm-1.15pm | Activation | Alison Clouston and Boyd 'Animal Archive'The artists will be present at their work. More information | Showground oval | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
1.00pm-3pm | Workshop | First Nations Weaving Workshop | Dingo BelongingDingo pups with Amethyst Downing - show your love for the dingo by making baby dingo pup to carry in the festival parade. This is a drop-in, family-friendly activity. No bookings required. Handmade arts, crafts, bush-healings and bush-tukka stall - items can be purchased.More information | Rural Youth Hall(First Nations Hub) | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
3.30pm-4.30pm | Workshop | Alternate printmaking workshopJoin us or for a unique intaglio printmaking workshop in response to Berry Public School’s 'We Are Watching' project, which highlights children’s awareness of adult actions toward the climate and their future. Participants will use upcycled materials to etch visual messages onto old CDs and DVDs—symbolising eyes—and print them onto paper using a pasta maker and washing mangle. | Studio 34(Alexandra Street) | BOOKINGS ESSENTIALTickets $10. |
7pm-11pm | Live Show | OpenField Cabaret: Afterglow Variety ClubA magical burlesque celebration of the night sky, starring cabaret charmers Bella Louche, Lou P Scarlett, Mr Gorski, Cupid and Tyrell Mcloud. Grab some friends and book a table - dinner and drinks available.More information | School of Arts | BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL 18+Tickets range from $70-$85. |
Saturday 14 June
Time | Type | Event Details | Where | Ticketed |
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10am-4pm | Exhibition | Exhibition Open | All Venues | Free General Admission |
10am-10.45am | Performance Artwork | Kenneth Lambert Performance Artwork'Without a Trace' is a captivating performance art piece by artist Kenneth Lambert which merges the ancient art of sanddrawing with the modernity of robotic technology. More information | School of Arts | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
10.00am-3pm | Workshop | First Nations Hub Workshops Activities include: - Weaving with Aunty Lila Stewart: Weaving and yarning together in friendshipDingo pups with Amethyst Downing:Show your love for the dingo by making baby dingo pup to carry in the festival parade. This is a drop-in, family-friendly activity. No bookings required. Handmade arts, crafts, bush-healings and bush-tukka stall - items can be purchased. More information | Rural Youth Hall(First Nations Hub) | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
10.00am-4pm | Participatory Installation | The Scrub Collective Participatory Installation | The Letter House Nature Banners Project: Felt your way to plant poetics. The Scrub Collective invites you to create nature banners for the streets of Berry. More information | Old Council Chambers (Berry Showgrounds) | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
11am-12pm | Performance Artwork | Jayanto Tan PerformanceJoin Sumatran-born, Sydney-based Artist Jayanto Tan as he activates his installation of ceramic delicacies and sweet treats with a colourful Tea Ceremony Performance in the CWA Hall. Tea and baked treats will be available for sale. More information | CWA Hall | FREE EVENT Bookings recommended. |
11.30am-1pm | Workshop | Scrub Collective and Climate WritersThe Scrub Collective are hosting Climate Writers at ‘The Letter House’ to learn practical techniques for crafting compelling letters to politicians that advocate for meaningful climate action. More information | Old Council Chambers (Berry Showgrounds) | FREE EVENT Bookings essential. |
12pm-2pm | Workshop | Alice McAuliffe WorkshopJoin artist Alice McAuliffe to make your own chalk 'Concrete Carpet' in an art-making workshop on the Alexandra street footpath, opposite the Berry School of Arts (next to the ducks). More information | Footpath on Alexandra St(Across from the School of Arts) | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
1pm-1.15pm | Activation | Alison Clouston and Boyd 'Animal Archive'The artists will be present at their work. More information | Showground oval | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
1.30pm-3pm | Workshop | First Nations Workshop | Whale BelongingWhale Belonging Workshop: yarning and art-making activities. How can we contribute to the survival and flourishing of these important totem species and their environments.More information | Rural Youth Hall | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
1.30pm-3pm | Merchandise | OpenField Live MerchandiseBring a T-shirt or Tote Bag and have renowned artist and curator, James Gulliver Hancock screen print it with an OpenField-exclusive design while you wait. | School of Arts | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
2pm-3pm | Panel Talk | Artist Panel Discussion‘RE:Place' - Join Rachel Kent as she discusses OpenField's curatorial theme and how it relates to the featured artists' practice. Featuring Janet Laurence, Joan Ross, Kenneth Lambert and June Golland. | School of Arts | BOOKINGS ESSENTIALAll tickets $10. |
4pm-4.45pm | Street Parade | OpenField Art ParadeOpenField will close Berry's main street for its first-ever Arts Parade. Grab a spot along Queen Street between Apex Park and Alexandra Street and witness a procession of musicians, performance artists and the kids of Berry Public School as they bring art to the streets. Follow the procession to be led to the Berry Showgrounds for OpenField By Night.More information | Queen Street | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
5pm-7pm | Projection Event | OpenField by NightCome and watch Joan Ross' brilliant video installation 'Colonial Grab', projected onto the outside wall of the Berry Showground Pavilion, as well as a dance performance and a chance to view the sculptural installations in a new way. Family-friendly, sausage sizzle and a hot drinks available.More information | Outside Berry Showground Pavilion | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
5pm-7pm | Workshop | First Nations Hub Workshops‘RE-Place’ Story cloak on cowhide with Jodi Edwards- yarning and collaborating on story cloak.More information | Rural Youth Hall (First Nations Hub) | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
5.45pm-6pm | Dance Performance | AUSTI Dance and Physical Theatre: 'Nothing More', Music by Francisco SonurExperience the power of movement in 'Nothing More', a compelling compilation dance from choreographers Daniel Navarro Lorenzo, Genevieve Morris, and AUSTI’s 2025 company artists. This evocative piece explores the delicate interplay between absence and presence, using lights on the showground oval.More information | Showground oval | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
7pm-11pm | Live Show | OpenField DiscothequeJoin OpenField for an old school discotheque featuring three awesome DJs: Stephen Ferris, Charlie Villas and local hero Electric Ginger. Drinks by the Henry Clive crew and yum cha delicacies from Pickled Ink.More information | School of Arts | BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL 18+Tickets $50 |
Sunday 15 June
Time | Type | Event Details | Where | Ticketed |
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10am-4pm | Exhibition | Exhibition Open | All Venues | |
10am-10.45am | Performance Artwork | Kenneth Lambert Performance Artwork'Without a Trace' is a captivating performance art piece by artist Kenneth Lambert which merges the ancient art of sanddrawing with the modernity of robotic technology. More information | School of Arts | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
10.00am-1pm | Workshop | First Nations Hub Workshop‘RE-Place’ Story cloak on cowhide with Jodi Edwards – come and yarn and collaborate on a story cloak.More information | Rural Youth Hall(First Nations Hub) | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |
10.00am-4pm | Participatory Installation | The Scrub Collective Participatory Installation | The Letter House Nature Banners Project: Felt your way to plant poetics. The Scrub Collective invites you to create nature banners for the streets of Berry. More information | Old Council Chambers (Berry Showgrounds) | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
11am-1pm | Workshop | Kids Workshop: Wise Stories & Woven PlaceDrop your kids off to Green Mountain Nature Play for a two-hour adventure in bushcraft and storytelling that invites young people to connect deeply with place and belonging. (Age: 4-14 years. This is an educator-supervised child-only activity. Please drop your children off and pick them up at the end). | Studio 34(Alexandra Street) | BOOKINGS ESSENTIALAll tickets $35. |
11.30am-1pm | Workshop | Scrub Collective and Climate WritersScrub Collective is hosting Climate Writers at The Letter House’to learn practical techniques for crafting compelling letters to politicians that advocate for meaningful climate action. More information | Old Council Chambers (Berry Showgrounds) | FREE EVENT Bookings essential. |
12.30pm-12.45pm | Performance Artwork | Dirt Witches PerformanceJoin the Dirt Witches in a ritualistic performance experience choreographed by Nalina in the Historic Berry Courthouse Garden. This performance ties in to Janet Laurence’s installation work inside the Courthouse. | Berry Court House | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
1pm-1.15pm | Activation | Alison Clouston and Boyd 'Animal Archive'The artists will be present at their work. More information | Showground oval | FREE EVENTNo bookings required. |
3pm-6pm | Panel Talk and Live show | Listening Country, Speaking Country featuring Eric AveryCome and hear First Nations voices on culture, Country and heritage through language, story, poetry and heart. The ‘Re-Place’ Story cloak on cowhide will be shown and shared and Dr Lou Netana Glover will give a poetry reading. At 5pm acclaimed violinist and musician Eric Avery, Kabi Marrawuy Mumbulla will be performing his haunting compositions for a final concert to close out the festival program. More information | School of Arts | BOOKINGS ESSENTIALAll tickets $10. |
6pm-7pm | Workshop | Drink and DrawWind down from the festival excitement and have a drink whilst trying your hand at figure drawing of burlesque icon and model Bella Louche as she strikes poses at the Great Southern Hotel. Paper and pencils supplied. | Great Southern Hotel | FREE EVENT No bookings required. |