Guess who’s coming to Dirrum Dirrum?

By Reverend Dr Katherine Rainger, Senior Chaplain

Dirrum Dirrum Festival is a multifaceted event. Festival attendees will hear inspiring addresses from Stan Grant, Tash Kaiser and Shaun Christie-David and a performance from Royston Noell.

Either side of the speaker program, there is time to engage with a range of food options and stall holders while listening to some Radford College student musicians. This component of the festival is a chance for conversation, community building and engaging with local, national and international issues.

Come and support our student-led stalls at this year's Dirrum Dirrum Festival.


Our stallholders this year include:

  • Making Peas/ce: A movement for the commemoration of the Australian colonial era conflicts.
  • Wurrumay Collective: Aboriginal-owned and family-operated business selling art and gifts. Founder Tash Kaiser is one of this year’s speakers.
  • A Chorus of Women: Promoting peace and justice through song and active citizen engagement in the public sphere.
  • Radford College student-run sustainability stall with a focus on the Australian Marine Conservation Society.
  • SAGE: A student group from Radford College running a LGBTQIA+ awareness stall and selling baked goods to raise money for Minus 18.
  • Dymocks Belconnen: Selling Stan Grant’s books and other titles chosen by the Dirrum Dirrum organising committee.
  • Canberra-based author Jess Kitching will have copies of her latest book The Life Experiment to sell and sign.


Art exhibition

Part of this year’s festival is an art exhibition curated by and featuring the work of Year 12 students who will be submitting their work as part of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme (IBDP).

This year's Dirrum Dirrum Festival will once again include an exhibition of art by Year 12 IBDP students.


Food and drink options

  • Plunge Coffee cart.
  • BBQ: Gluten free, vegetarian and beef sausage sizzle.
  • Vegan lentil soup from Banan’s Kitchen.
  • Plate It Forward: Non-alcoholic sodas from the menu at Kyiv Social.
  • Baked goods at two student-run stalls raising money for Canberra-based organisation Our Afghan Families and Minus 18.


Dirrum Dirrum Program
4:00 pm-5:00 pm
Live music, stalls, coffee van and food
​5:00 pm-7:00 pm
Welcome to Country by Aunty Violet Sheridan
Stan Grant
Shaun Christie-David
Tash Kaiser
Royston Noell
7:00 pm-8:00 pm
Live music, stalls, coffee van and food

Tickets and registration here.

We can't wait to welcome you to Dirrum Dirrum Festival 2025!

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