About The Festival
Presented by: The Newtown Festival is the principal fundraiser for the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (NNC) which aims to build an inclusive, resilient, self-reliant and creative community. All monies raised by the Festival are returned to the Centre to provide community support services to the local community and in particular the disadvantaged groups such as the aged, people with disabilities, people who are homeless, people with mental illness, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people on low incomes. NNC lives by its motto striving for “A just community that includes and acts”
How do I get to the festival? Which streets are closed? Where can I park my bike? We have all the info you need including big maps of Camperdown Park and Newtown on our Site Map page.
How did the festival get started? How did the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre come to be? For the complete background on the Newtown Festival, check out our History page.
Where does the money go? How has festival donations been spent in the past? For full details on the contributions from the festival to NNC, go to our Donations page.
Is the festival BYO? Will there be fences this year? What time will the park close for entry? All this and more regarding the festival's safety information can be found on our Safety page.