NAIDOC Week 2016

Overview

Clear your calendar for a jam-packed week of dance, food, art, music, talks, screenings and get-togethers — NAIDOC Week is here. Celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and contemporary culture, NAIDOC Week is a national, annual program of free events celebrating Australia's vibrant Indigenous cultural landscape.

For a big free festival of storytelling, dance, performance, music, workshops and food stalls, head to NAIDOC in the City (Monday, July 4 from 11am to 3pm). Buy local art, craft and produce from the marketplace, tuck into a free lunch from the Earth Oven, take an illustration workshop with Dub Leffler, do an art workshops with Aunty Gail Mabo, and learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures with displays from various organisations from the Australian Museum to the NSW Aboriginal Land Council.

Head to Klub Koori at Carriageworks for the best and established and emerging Indigenous hip hop, take a cultural history tour of Glebe, catch a lunchtime screening by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers at the MCA, see how contemporary artists comprehend their ancestors at the Art Gallery of New South Wales' Sentient Lands exhibition, explore Sydney's rich Aboriginal history via bike tour, learn about the lives of Aboriginal people in coastal Sydney in relation to the city's history.

There's plenty more on the program, check out the website for more.