The Moonbird Festival returns in 2024, celebrating one of the most spectacular places on Earth, King Island, with music, art, food & wine.

Founded and directed by the Bowerbird Collective, this event brings together some of Australia's finest musicians for a series of spellbinding concerts.

The moonbird, or the Short-tailed Shearwater, is an iconic species of great cultural and ecological significance to the islands of the Bass Strait. The birds depart their colonies on King Island at the end of April to begin an annual 30,000km migration.

The Moonbird Festival unites art, science and conservation, and includes local culinary delights, and a series of intimate, world-class performances.

The 2024 festival features Van Diemen's Band Artistic Director Julia Fredersdorff and members of the Van Diemen's Fiddles, Emily Sheppard and Rachel Meyers, alongside Freedman Fellow Katie Yap, multi-instrumentalist Yyan Ng, and the founders of the Bowerbird Collective, Simone Slattery and Anthony Albrecht.

Tickets for each concert can be purchased individually, or purchased all together with a Festival Pass for a total saving of $30. Read a detailed schedule of events at www.moonbirdfestival.com.