DreamBIG Children's Festival, formerly Come Out Festival or Come Out Children's Festival, is a large biennial arts festival for schools and families held in South Australia.
It began as the Come Out Festival in 1974 as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts and became a stand-alone biennial event in 1975. The first biennial event was held at the Adelaide Festival Centre, and it has been produced by the Centre since 2015. The festival's name was changed from "Come Out" in 2017, when the organisers decided the term was no longer appropriate due to its meaning for the LGBTI community. More than 2 million children have participated in the Festival since 1974.
History
Artists & Companies
Artists and companies who have presented work at the Festival include:
Australian Dance Theatre
Black Violin
Boori Monty Pryor
Carclew
Circus Monoxide
Cirkidz
Compagnia TPO
D'Faces of Youth Arts
Jumbuck Theatre
Kevin Lock
Slingsby
Snuff Puppets
State Theatre Company of South Australia
Theatre Australia
The Pinjarra Project
Weeping Spoon Productions
References
Further reading
DreamBIG: History
DreamBIG Children's Festival (2019) Come Out Children’s Festival: 22 – 30 May 2015 Out Children’s Festival 2015 (South Australian Museum)