National Indigenous Art Fair

Overview

The National Indigenous Art Fair will return to the Sydney Harbour foreshore this July to showcase creations by First Nations artists, designers and makers for its fifth annual art market. As always, it will arrive just in time to open NAIDOC Week 2025.

On Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 6, the Overseas Passenger Terminal will be filled with art by Indigenous creatives from some of the nation's most remote communities — from Bathurst Island and Yuendumu in the Northern Territory to the Tanami Desert of Western Australia and beyond.

Running from 10am–5pm on Saturday and until 4pm on Sunday, you'll be able to meet and see the works of close to 100 Indigenous creatives, including those from 30 remote community art centres. There'll also be live performances, discussions, bush tucker tastings, celebrity chef cooking demonstrations, children's performances, an interactive weaving circle, and an Indigenous fashion runway, with the entire offering organised to align with this year's NAIDOC week theme — The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy.

Throughout the ethical marketplace, there'll be stallholders showcasing and selling art, handmade jewellery, homewares, food and more, all made with ingredients, materials and techniques native to their home communities.

Even better, all proceeds go directly back to the artist and their community, while the $3 entry fee will also support the artists attending the event. And you can expect to be in good company, with more than 10,000 people typically attending the fair annually.

Paul McMillan