Friday 13 June

Time	Type	Event Details	Where	Ticketed
10am-4pm	Exhibition	Exhibition Open	All Venues	Free General Admission
10.00am-11.0am	Opening Ceremony	OpenField Opening Ceremony Come along to OpenField's Opening and Welcome Ceremony featuring a smoking ceremony, dance and a Welcome from Aunty Delia Lowe.	Rural Youth Hall	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 EVENT No bookings required.
1pm-1.15pm	Performance Artwork	Alison Clouston and Boyd 'Animal Archive' Performance Observe the artists as they carry their sound object works from the Showground Announcer's Booth to the taps at the Goat Pavilion for a washing ritual and then return them to the installation. More information	Showground oval	FREE EVENT No bookings required.
1.00pm-3pm	Workshop	First Nations Weaving Workshop \| Dingo Belonging Dingo 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.
7pm-11pm	Live Show	OpenField Cabaret: Afterglow Variety Club A 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
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 friendship Dingo 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 EVENT No bookings required.
11am-12pm	Performance Artwork	Jayanto Tan Performance Join 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 Writers The 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 Workshop Join 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	Performance Artwork	Alison Clouston and Boyd 'Animal Archive' Performance Observe the artists as they carry their sound object works from the Showground Announcer's Booth to the taps at the Goat Pavilion for a washing ritual and then return them to the installation. More information	Showground oval	FREE EVENT No bookings required.
1.30pm-3pm	Workshop	First Nations Workshop \| Whale Belonging Whale 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 Merchandise Bring 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 and June Golland.	School of Arts	BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL All tickets $10.
4pm-4.45pm	Street Parade	OpenField Art Parade OpenField 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 Night Come 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' Experience 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 Discotheque Join 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
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 EVENT No bookings required.
11am-1pm	Workshop	Kids Workshop: Wise Stories & Woven Place Drop 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 ESSENTIAL All tickets $35.
11.30am-1.pm	Workshop	Scrub Collective and Climate Writers Scrub 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.
1pm-1.15pm	Performance Artwork	Alison Clouston and Boyd 'Animal Archive' Performance Observe the artists as they carry their sound object works from the Showground Announcer's Booth to the taps at the Goat Pavilion for a washing ritual and then return them to the installation. More information	Showground oval	FREE EVENT No bookings required.
3pm-4.30pm	Panel Talk and Live show	Listening Country, Speaking Country featuring Eric Avery Come 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, followed by acclaimed violinist and musician, Eric Avery, Kabi Marrawuy Mumbulla, performing his haunting compositions and his family's custodial song for a final concert to close out the festival program. More information	School of Arts	BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL All tickets $10.
6pm-7pm	Workshop	Drink and Draw Wind 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.