Opal Evolution: Stones that Flow with Light

Out on the opal fields of Andamooka, Opal Evolution is a family-friendly festival of light, creativity, and deep time. This unique long weekend celebration brings together artists, opal miners, and stargazers to explore the beauty of nature through projection art, storytelling, giant inflatables, and the vastness of the night sky.

We invite you to connect with the Flow of geological time, light, and community through a range of immersive experiences as part of Nature Festival 2025 in one of Australia’s most extraordinary landscapes.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

NIGHT

3 OCT - Observe the moon

Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night with telescope viewings and smartphone astrophotography. Workshop for hands-on night sky photography under the stars.

4 OCT - The Parade and light

Enjoy a vibrant parade of locally crafted inflatables and illuminated costumes, local food stalls, live music, and our stunning digital showcase, Flowing Opal, projected across the landscape.

5 OCT - Desert Cinema

Settle in under the stars for an outdoor cinema night on the opal fields—popcorn, starlight, and community connection.

DAYTIME

Across the weekend, explore Andamooka’s creative heart through a series of hands-on and immersive experiences. Try your hand at digital drawing, create your own glowing fluorescent artwork, and view precious opals and fossils under microscopes. Tour the Andamooka Opal Showroom and Underground Gem & Mineral Museum, visit the Andamooka Underground Art Gallery, and meet local legend Cal the Stoner at his outdoor Intricarved Stone Sculpture studio.

COST

All night events are FREE

Workshops across Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Entry is $5 per site or grab a $30 All-Access Creative Pass for unlimited entry. A $50 Supporter Pass gets you unlimited entry plus helps fund our volunteers and artists. Kids under 12 are free.

All proceeds support local artists, volunteers, and help keep the festival running into the future.

What to know more, please contact

Leila Day - andamookaopalfieldstourism@gmail.com

SUPPORTERS

BSH Waste Solutions, Roxby Downs, Kinetic, BHP Olympic Dam, Dukes Bottle House Motel, Andamooka Opal showroom and Underground Opal and mineral museum, Andamooka Primary School, Andamooka Observatory, Olympic Dam Football Club, Roxby Downs Council, Roxby link, Cal the Stoner, The Tuckabox Hotel, Arid Recovery & Outback Communities Authority.

Opal Evolution is an initiative that has been supported by Create SA, Regional Arts Fund, Nature Festival, Creative Partnerships Australia, Country Arts SA, the Lang Family Foundation, OSCA and Foundation SA.