Celebrating culture at Uluru and beyond
Working with the local community, the Uluru Festival was established by a number of Anangu – local, Aboriginal residents at Uluru – who wanted to be able to share and celebrate their culture each year with a national and international audience.
“We need a Festival here at Uluru to show the continuing strength of desert culture – our culture, Anangu culture!”
Sammy Wilson – First Nations elder, former chair of the Central Land Council and Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board of Management – first proposed the creation of an Uluru Festival at the October 2019 celebrations of the Handback of Uluru to Aboriginal people.
To help you plan a visit, these are the scheduled dates for future Uluru Festivals.
Following its successful launch in 2022, the next Uluru Festival will be held at Uluru in 2024-25. Dates TBC.
Media Release: 23 April 2022 Traditional Owners of Uluru are, today, launching the Uluru Festival, a new cultural festival likely to become a major event on the international calendar. “Kuwarila pukularinyi …
