GLOW Fest 2025: A Circus Arts & Lifestyle Gathering

GLOW Fest: A Circus Arts & Lifestyle Gathering returns fresh-faced in 2025, with a NEW venue and NEW warmer date!

TLDR details;
Location: Falls Forest Retreat, Johns River NSW
Date: 6-10 November

From Thursday to Sunday, our program brims with arts, flow, circus and community connection. With over 100 activities from beginner to expert, plus a dedicated kids program, there’s something for absolutely everyone.

Just some of the program highlights…
* Opening night LED jam - BYO toys!
* Feature Fire Performance & fire-spinning circles
* Headliner Showcase
* Movement & music jam space, including drum circle
* Saturday kids program
* Interactive art experiences
* Renegade Show
* Sunday Funday including pool party & giant water slide!

Our new venue, Falls Forest Retreat in Johns River, is nestled about an hour inland from our previous hosts Waves Campground. It is a wildlife conservation area teeming with natural flora and fauna, and luscious grass areas for camping and activities.

A few minutes into the bush you can enjoy a 20m waterfall, a little further a stunning swimming hole with more cascading waterfalls to explore. Don’t want to walk at all? Our main area also has a swimming pool!

More than just a flow festival, GLOW Fest's program is a true arts experience. Workshops go deeper than your average festival, expanding from flow & circus arts to professional development, performance skills, live art and visual arts & crafts.

Our point of difference sees great ticket value in return for 1 x 2-hour volunteer shift from each attendee - promoting a sense of community and collaboration in creating this wonderful space. Guests that prefer to relax and take time out can purchase a Play Pass to surpass this requirement.

GLOW Fest is a drug and alcohol-free event, and welcomes people of all ages, from hobbyist to pro.
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Accessibility:
Complimentary tickets are provided for registered Carers and Audio Describers to attend GLOW Fest alongside those requiring assistance. For other accessibility requests & queries, please email glowfesthelp@gmail.com.
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The organisers of GLOW Fest acknowledge that this event is being held on the traditional lands of the Biripi and Worimi peoples, and we pay our respects to Elders both past, present and future. We recognise the past atrocities against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this land and that Australia was founded on the genocide and dispossession of First Nations people. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.