Alice Springs
Beanie Festival
Welcome to the Beanie Festival 2025. The program for the 2025 Festival should be ready in March but check out 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
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!!
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.
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
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!
