Alice Springs Beanie Festival

20-23 June 2025

Araluen Arts Centre

Larapinta drive

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We are open  Friday 10-7, Saturday, Sunday, Monday 10-5.

We need your stories...just a few paragraphs... your favourite beanie moment as a maker, as a volunteer, as a wearer..please email your story to beaniefestival@gmail.com

Well that's a wrap folks for 2024, we had 7228 beanies entered from 520 beanie makers from around the world, with 125 volunteers. We sold 5441 beanies for $243455 -smashing all previous records! Well done to you ALL! Stand proud!

Our 2025 Program will ready in April 2025. Please have a look at the 2024 program to get an idea of what will have! To book the free bus to pick up/drop off call

0410 806 825

Araluen Arts Centre

61 Larapinta Drive

Beanie Makers click here

Download 2024 Program Here

 Sporting Headgear

Celebrating 29 years of the Alice Springs Beanie Festival.

How to participate

Become a beanie maker

We love our beanie makers. Anyone is welcome to make beanies for the Beanie Festival. There are 2 sections to enter, Beanie Central and the National Beanie Competition. Read on to find out what you need to do!!

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Volunteer

To be a volunteer at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival is to be part of the team that produces the world’s finest beanie celebration and (arguably) Australia’s favourite craft festival. 

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Sponsorships

Want to become a sponsor too?

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Ticketing

- Entry into Beanie Central is by gold coin donation -no tickets required.

- Entry into The National Beanie Exhibition is FREE for the Festival weekend.

- Children's Corner Workshops are free and you can drop in anytime.

- Entry into workshops have varying prices prices and booking sites - check out the program

Download 2024 Program

The Alice Springs Beanie Festival is a community- based event that began in 1997 with a ‘beanie party’, organised by Adi Dunlop.

In the early years, the festival was run by a group of friends including Pamela Bladon, Merran Hughes and Jo Nixon on a volunteer basis. The core group has slowly grown into a committed band of beanie-ologists.


We know our beanies!

Who We Are

The festival was organised to sell beanies crocheted by Aboriginal women in remote communities. It has grown into a fun event where Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal artists share their culture and exhibit together. The festival is unique because of the incredible amount of community participation and our unique ties with local Aboriginal organisations.

The festival’s aims have always been to develop Aboriginal women’s textiles, promote womens’ culture and the beanie as a regional art form, as well as promote handmade textile arts.

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