The Nanga Vibe

With just one stage and only 300 people, Nanga is unlike any other festival experience. Acoustic music merges with the lush bush setting, giving you the opportunity to get away from it all while being part of it all.  

Relaxed and Inclusive

The Nanga experience goes beyond the concert stage and embraces a connection with the beautiful Nanga setting - and with each other. By Sunday night, our small community feels like an extended circle of friends. We eat together. We sing and play and dance together. And together we breathe in the magnificent atmosphere that surrounds us. ​

Intimate and acoustic

The rustic nature of the festival setting goes hand in hand with acoustic music. Artists perform folk, blues, celtic, indigenous and world music from a single intimate stage. Nanga is renowned for its small size - meaning you are never far from the action.
Many artists also love to share their gift through workshops in a welcoming, safe space for participation. 

​Earthy and natural

The Nanga Bush Camp offers the perfect backdrop for the festival. Rustic lodges are set against a canopy of towering forest - often with music seeping through the native flora. Bush trails, a swimming hole and an elusive Blue Wren or a friendly Kookaburra are literally on your doorstep.

Share and participate

Join in at Nanga through workshops, singalongs and bush walks. The festival also schedules a range of performance opportunities: open mikes, song circles, fireside jams, poetry readings and the (in)famous Sunday arvo Blind Date Concert, where intrepid patrons partner with Nanga artists on the main stage!

The Nanga Ethos

To bring artists and patrons together in a special bush atmosphere
To provide quality acoustic music and develop a community of music-loving friends
To provide performance opportunities for all interested Nangans
To assist up-and-coming artists and youth with support and opportunity
To provide a true, value-for-money festival entry ticket with free children's entry
To provide meals, accommodation and artist CDs without profit
To support the Little Folk charity through our raffle and other sales

Nanga's famous Phoenix

Nanga's History

The Nanga Music Festival rose from the ashes of the Araluen Folk Festival. Araluen supporters Rob and Rita Phillips, and their son Pete, vowed to continue the ethos of Araluen and in 2008 launched the Nanga Music Festival. It almost didn't happen but, with a bit of good fortune, the first Nanga was held. Along with the current committee, Rob and Rita's vision remains an integral part of the Nanga experience. ​