After a hugely successful inaugural event in 2023, Jamba Nyinayi Festival returns in 2024 on Friday 12 April, with the exciting new inclusion of one and two night, limited on-station cultural camping experiences. JNF will continue to be a family-friendly and community-focused main-stage event, located
on the Salt Flats at Carbabia Station in Coral Bay. JNF is available for all and free of charge, however
registration is essential. Bookings are now open! The Jamba Nyinayi Festival (JNF), owned by the not-for-profit Baiyungu Aboriginal Corporation (BAC), is a unique community festival featuring original and local Indigenous arts, music, entertainment, and cultural showcases, hosted and held on Baiyungu Country at Cardabia (Gunjayindiya) Station, just 5 minutes from Coral Bay, WA. The event’s focus is on delivering intimate and inspirational cultural tourism activities shared by the Baiyungu people, Traditional Owners of the amazing World Heritage Nyinggulu (Ningaloo) region in WA.
JAMBA NYINAYI FESTIVAL 2024 THEME – A GATHERING PLACE
Hazel Walgar is a Baiyungu woman and the cultural elder of the Baiyungu Aboriginal Corporation, who has been nominated as Cultural Curator and Director of the JNF. Hazel’s vision is for JNF to become an annual festival, celebrating a unique Baiyungu cultural story or ‘theme’ each year, using arts and cultural experiences to interpret, express and perform that story to the audience. The 2024 JNF theme is “A Gathering Place” and is about Cardabia (Gunjayindiya) Station itself. Prior to white settlement, Gunyayindiya was a special gathering place for the Traditional Owners and surrounding Indigenous communities. They would come together here for coastal holidays, rest a while, share and exchange stories, trade and celebrate through their ancient customs and traditions. “A Gathering Place” will thematically inform all activities and performances across the festival. Through this theme, JNF will celebrate and share these culturally, historically, and geographically rich stories of Gunjayindiya, and once again become a highly active and deeply meaningful gathering place. The Baiyungu Aboriginal Corporation, through the Jama Nyinayi Festival looks forward to hosting and
welcoming all people, from all nations and cultural backgrounds, to visit, share and ‘rest a while’ (Jamba Nyinayi) and ‘walk together’ as one on their land.
JNF FESTIVAL 2024 LINE UP
The 2024 Jamba Nyinayi Festival will showcase a remarkable line up of both local and nationally recognised Indigenous performers, with Artistic Director David Hyams and Dance Co-ordinator Janine Oxenham curating original music and dance to the festival’s theme – A Gathering Place. Headlining the event in 2024 is iconic Australian Indigenous musician and songwriter, Stephen Pigram, award-winning playwright and musician, David Milroy, accompanied by multi-Grammy award-winning Lucky Oceans. Also gracing the breathtaking main stage is Walmatjarri Elder and Blues singer-songwriter Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight), West Australian born, Yamaji rapper Razzy Mak, and country singer/songwriter and guitarist, Fred Ryan, representing Western Australia’s Murchison and Kimberley regions. Festival favourite’s, The Jamba Nyinayi Band featuring Hazel Walgar and Wes Mongoo will have guests mesmerised, while local dancers from the Pundarra Performance Group and Coral Spawn Dancers will be showcasing original, contemporary, and traditional dance and storytelling around the 2024 theme “A Gathering Place”. Food and beverage trucks, alongside arts and craft stalls, will be available on site to service patrons, however guests are welcome to bring their own picnics, including chairs.
Jamba Nyinayi Festival 2024
Friday 12 April 2024
Thursday 11 – Saturday 13 April 2024 (on-station two-night camping packages)
Cardabia (Gunjayindiya) Station, Coral Bay, WA.
Bookings are now open from Moshtix.
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