Nine people with up to ten minutes each to tell a real story from their lives. Originated in Belfast in 2011, started in Adelaide in 2017. October’s theme: tbc on Sept 17th!

Nine people with up to ten minutes each to tell a real story from their lives. Originated in Belfast in 2011, started in Adelaide in 2017. August’s theme: tbc on July 16th!

Bringing people together through stories, music and culture. A night to share, listen, learn and connect.

As part of Adelaide Climate Action Week, Our Country, Our Voices: First Nations Voices for Country is an evening celebrating the strength of First Nations voices through storytelling, music, spoken word and creative expression.

The event creates a welcoming space for First Nations people to share stories, experiences and connection to Country, while exploring climate change, caring for Country and our shared responsibility to create a more sustainable future. Through creativity and conversation, the evening invites people to listen, learn, connect and reflect on the important role we all play in caring for Country.

More than a showcase, this is an opportunity to inspire action, strengthen relationships and build a shared commitment to caring for Country. Together, we’ll celebrate First Nations voices, deepen understanding and explore how culture, community and collective action can create lasting impact for future generations.

Whether you’re performing, sharing a story or simply coming along to listen, we’d love you to join us for an inspiring evening of connection with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Come together to celebrate culture, hear diverse voices, build new relationships and be part of conversations that inspire action and strengthen our collective care for Country.

If you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person who wants to join the open mic night, has a story to share that fits in with the theme of the night, register your details here and we will get in touch with you soon. Click here to register.

Come join us at the end of the week for a great night out. Please pass on to your friends, networks and anyone you know so we can get a good crowd there on the night

Tickets To help make the event as accessible as possible, tickets are available on a pay what you feel basis. We simply ask you to contribute an amount that you feel is appropriate, affordable or reflects the value of the evening to you. Every contribution helps cover the costs of delivering this event and supports the creation of more community gatherings that celebrate First Nations voices, strengthen connections and inspire climate action.

South Australia is getting close to achieving 100% net renewable electricity generation, one of the most remarkable energy transitions in the world. But electricity is only the beginning. Decarbonising heavy industry, manufacturing, freight, mining, agriculture and the built environment is the harder, messier challenge ahead. This forum brings together some of the senior leaders navigating that challenge for an afternoon of candid conversation. Forget the polished speeches, watch each speaker engaged in honest reflection: what’s working, what isn’t, where the real tensions lie, and what needs to happen next. Make Friday afternoon count, join local and national leaders in large scale energy and industry decarbonisation in good conversation, with cheese and wine. MC and Lead Facilitator Joanna Kay, Program Director, International, The Superpower Institute Confirmed Speakers (More to be announced) Lawrence Ben - Assistant Minister for Copper, Steel, Critical Metals and Minerals Paul Martyn, Chief Executive, Department for Energy and Mining Susan Jeanes - Chair, Heavy Industry Low Carbon Transition CRC and Chair, Additive Manufacturing CRC and Premier’s Climate Change Council Member Richie Merzian - CEO, Clean Energy Investor Group Nathan Blundell - Chief Development Officer, Windlab Dr Amanda Cahill - Founder, The Next Economy Ben Birch - Head of Strategy, Innovation and Growth, SA Power Networks How to register If you’ve received an invitation, please use the provided access code at registration. If you haven’t been provided an access code but would like to attend, a number of places are available through an Expression of Interest process. Select the Expression of Interest ticket type below to apply. Places are limited. This event is presented by Adelaide Climate Action Week in partnership with Windlab - Raising the bar on renewables.

A community led day connecting First Nations people through conversation to inspire climate action, community impact and caring for Country.

Led by First Nations voices, the day brings community together to explore climate change, the environment, caring for Country and the role First Nations knowledge, leadership and practices play in creating positive change. Through workshops, discussions and collaborative conversations, participants will connect, share ideas, learn from one another and identify practical actions that create lasting impact for Country and community.

Guided by the themes of Connection. Action. Impact. Caring for Country, the day is designed to strengthen relationships, inspire collaboration and support community led responses to climate change. Participants will have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful discussions, share experiences, build new relationships and help shape ongoing priorities for climate action and caring for Country.

More than a one day gathering, this is the beginning of an ongoing journey of connection, conversation and collective action. Our aim is for everyone to leave with new ideas, stronger relationships and a shared commitment to continue the conversation, care for Country and create lasting community impact.

Join us at the Yitpi Yartapuultiku Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Port Adelaide, on 30 July 2026, and be part of a day of connection, collaboration and action.

Delicious catering from a First Nations business will be available throughout the day.

Tickets are available on a pay what you can basis. We invite you to contribute an amount that feels right for you. If you aren’t able to pay much or anything at all thats ok, we still want you to be a part of the day. Every contribution helps cover the costs of the event and supports future gatherings, ensuring these important conversations continue and more opportunities are created for First Nations communities to connect, share and take action together.

We hope you are able to join us for an exciting day together. Book your tickets and feel free to pass on to your networks and community.

We live in a world of urgency, crises and finding immediate solutions. But many of the challenges we face aren’t technical, they are relational and systemic. They live in how we meet each other and how we perceive the living systems we’re part of and are in dynamic movement together.

In this Warm Data Lab*, you are invited to step out of fixing, ‘faster’, and fragmentation, into a space for collective conversation, creating conditions of the soil for new ideas and perceptions.

We won’t have panels, presentations or experts. There aren’t going to be five top actions you can take right now.

​​Just story-sharing across the many contexts that shape real life. And in this space of being together, we cultivate different conditions that may just allow some new insight or noticing.

​This is an invitation to slow down, arrive exactly as you are, with all your messy complexity, and be in the stories together. What happens if we shift the conditions that allow for possibility to emerge?

We are also hosting an event on Thursday 30th July 6.30-9pm for those unable to make this time.

Warm Data Labs were created by Nora Bateson as an approach for noticing and exploring complexity, by moving through it together.

In a Warm Data Lab, people share stories across the many contexts that shape their lives. The intention isn’t to achieve certain outcomes or solve problems, but because something often becomes visible in that crossing of perspectives that isn’t visible anywhere else. Its found in the gaps, the contradictions, the unexpected resonances between very different lives and experiences.

These labs can feel unfamiliar. As the process is both deeply familiar, and yet it doesn’t resolve to comfort or clarity. It is important to note that this is not a flaw in the design.

Warm Data itself is Nora Bateson’s term for information that is ‘alive’ and in movement. Information that keeps its context intact, the relationships, conditions and entanglements that give it meaning. Where most data strips that away, noticing warm data reveals these independencies and give us a deeper appreciation of our entanglement.

A three-day celebration of culture, Country and community on Ngarrindjeri Lands at the Coorong waterfront. Hosted by Uncle Moogy Sumner and the Tal-Kin-Jeri Dance Group, the festival brings together Aboriginal dancers, artists, weavers and knowledge keepers from across Australia to share their skills and stories.

Visitors can join cultural workshops in weaving, carving and dance, explore the First Nations marketplace, and take part in daily ceremonies, including a special sunset smoking ceremony and corroboree.

Evenings feature music, storytelling and dance under the stars, with camping available on Country. BYO camping equipment.

Check website for program updates, directions to the festival site and FAQs.

Important Information: 3 DAY FESTIVAL TICKET PRICES - This ticket includes camping on site (Friday and Saturday nights) - BYO camping equipment. FRIDAY PASS TICKET PRICES - This ticket does not include camping on site. SATURDAY PASS TICKET PRICES - This ticket does not include camping on site.

Kondoli Whale Story in the Sky – Starlore & Sea Giants invites you to a truly extraordinary evening where culture, cosmos and whale season come together in a way never before experienced on the Fleurieu Peninsula.

As part of the Winter Whale Festival, this exclusive guided night-sky experience takes place in Carrickalinga, Australia’s first International Dark Sky Community, offering the perfect backdrop for an unforgettable journey through the stars.

Led by respected Ngarrindjeri cultural storyteller Mark Koolmatrie alongside astronomer Fraser Farrell (Fleurieu Stars), guests will explore celestial constellations, the powerful story of Kondoli the Whale, and the deep cultural connections between sky, sea and Country.

Through guided sky interpretation and storytelling, participants will experience the night sky in a richer and more meaningful way, seeing not just stars, but stories written across the heavens.

This first-of-its-kind event offers a rare opportunity to connect with ancient knowledge, explore the wonders of the universe, and reflect on the significance of whale season on the Fleurieu Coast.

Bring a picnic blanket, a warm flask, and dress for winter conditions as you settle in for a relaxed and unforgettable evening under one of Australia’s most pristine night skies.

Spaces are limited and bookings essential, secure your place for this remarkable cultural and astronomical experience.

Dive into the world of Aboriginal art and learn the meanings behind traditional symbols with David Booth guiding the way.

Discover the storytelling language of Aboriginal art through traditional symbols and patterns.

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn the meanings behind common symbols and create their own artwork that tells a story of place, journey or connection.

Materials supplied.

This event is part of NAIDOC Week.

This event is proudly part of LibrariesSA’s Firstival. Learn more at firstival.com.au #Firstival

Suitable for Teens and Adults.

Join us for a hands-on experience these school holidays and learn with Country through story, creativity and connection.

In this workshop you will experience an Immersive Connection to Country and the sharing of games and stories about Aboriginal signs, symbols and Aboriginal art protocols. You will taste delicious quandong jam or a refreshing quandong syrup drink and learn about the health benefits and traditional uses of this remarkable native fruit.

Children will then create their own unique bracelet or keyring using real quandong seeds, decorating and crafting a special keepsake to take home.

Nine people with up to ten minutes each to tell a real story from their lives. Originated in Belfast in 2011, started in Adelaide in 2017. July’s theme: The Unexpected