The Trash Fairy group are ready to ensure Wallaby Creek Festival campers are being litter-conscious as they celebrate local music and arts. Photo: Lovegreen Photography.
From pumping out rock music to environmental care and finding personal truths, 2025 Wallaby Creek Festival attendees are in for a jam-packed and diverse three days on 26-28 September.
After a smaller festival last year in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Jasper, which heavily flooded and damaged the grounds, festival director Jen Midgley said organisers were looking forward to a bigger crowd this time around.
“Our camping festival is like no other in Australia, with something for everyone, from three years old to 100,” she said.
“We are proud of our grounds, [which are] fully recovered, except Wallaby Creek bank, from Cyclone Jasper.”
Hosted by the Cape York Folk Club, the three-day fiesta has been running since 2001, bringing local creatives together for a celebration of all things music and art.
This year, the festival will welcome headliners like Anthony Forrest, Fat Picnic and Kingfisha to fill the fresh air with sublime reggae, dub and modern rock, while female duos Salt & Steel and Hussy Hicks are set to make a return after wowing audiences at past festivals.
In addition to returning crowd favourites such as weaving, drumming and ukulele for kids, several new alternative workshops will provide festival goers the opportunity to get in touch with their minds, bodies and souls.
“Alternative workshops like psilocybin magic mushrooms, soma lumens, breath, body and vibrational awakening, and the infinity flag workshop are new this year, along with the sovereignty circle,” Ms Midgley said.
“Both of these last two are about connection – one through music, and the other to find personal truth.”
Set in the heart of Rossville’s tropical rainforest, she said care for the environment was also an integral part of the annual festival.
“Wallaby prides itself on its environmental focus, choosing to recycle, repair and reuse resources,” the festival director said.
“We have an active Trash Fairy group who educate campers on litter solutions, and we have a marketplace with food for sale, and our stall holders uphold our environmental policy.”
Ms Midgley also encouraged locals to volunteer their time, which counts towards a ticket in, at the Saturday morning working bees to prepare for the festival.
To sign up as a volunteer or buy a ticket, go to www.wallabycreekfestival.org.au.
