the orana
Every Woman
Festival
A week-long celebration of creativity, wellbeing, storytelling, and community across multiple venues in Dubbo, with a free Orana Wide Digital Festival Pass ensuring women and girls across the region can take part.
Monday 02 – Sunday 08 March 2026
Dubbo + Outreach + Digital Pass
A Festival for Women, Community, and Connection
The Orana Every Woman Festival is the evolution of the much-loved Dubbo Women’s Festival.
What began in 2024 as an International Women’s Day gathering has now grown into a week-long program of free and ticketed events aligned with both International Women’s Day 2026’s theme, “Give to Gain,” and UN Women Australia’s theme, “Balance the Scales.”
The Festival is a Social Gain initiative co-created with women, community services, artists, businesses, and local leaders from across the Orana.
Every event, from free daytime spaces at The Greens to Festival After Dark, is designed to lift each other up and strengthen the networks that support women all year round.
The Orana Every Woman Festival will be held from Monday 2 – Sunday 8 March 2026 across multiple venues in Dubbo, with additional outreach to school communities and a free Digital Festival Pass ensuring women and girls across the wider region can take part.
Something good is on the way
Dubbo Women's Festival organisers (left to right) Sharon Quill, Lorna Brennan, Joanne Phillips
Improving wellbeing is the heart of the program ~ as is creativity.
Every event, from free daytime spaces at The Greens to Festival After Dark, is designed to lift each other up and strengthen the networks that support women all year round.
We value art and creativity. Opportunities to create and the arts are more than entertainment – they are tools for belonging, wellbeing, and positive change. As is collaboration over competition, empowering one another, and encouraging self expression.
When you attend and support this Festival, you’re backing a Better Together approach that ripples out beyond Festival week into workplaces, families, community groups, and everyday regional life.
Our Most Amazing Festival Partners
~ when women are valued and supported, communities thrive ~
