DreamBIG Children's Festival

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,[1] and it has been produced by the Centre since 2015.[2] 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.[3] More than 2 million children have participated in the Festival since 1974.[2]

History

Artists & Companies

Artists and companies who have presented work at the Festival include:

Sponsors

In 2009, the event's major partner was the BHP Billiton Youth Arts Fund. Beach Petroleum was the Community Program Partner and Adelaide Airport was the International Program Partner.

In 2011, the event's major partner was ZEN Home Energy Systems.

In 2013, the event's major partners were Beach Energy and BankSA.

Further reading

References
  1. "40 years of education programs for schools at the Adelaide Festival Centre" Adelaide Festival Centre, South Australia (2013)
  2. "About". DreamBig. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. Hanifie, Sowaibah (18 May 2017). "Dream Big Children's Festival launches in Adelaide to replace 'Come Out' in changing times". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. "Come Out at Carclew". Carclew. Retrieved 8 September 2019.


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