Women Who Hustle — side hustles, makers, micro-business across the Orana

Women Who Hustle started as a Saturday-morning market. By the end of the 2026 festival, it had quietly become one of the most-talked-about moments of the week.

Stallholders came from across the Orana — from Dubbo, Wellington, Narromine, Gilgandra, Coonamble and further. Bakers, herbalists, ceramicists, growers, designers, second-income builders, full-tilt business owners. Every one of them a woman.

More than 250 people moved through the gates. But the number that mattered wasn’t foot traffic. It was the number of women who stood behind a table for the first time and said: this is what I make.

Women Who Hustle returns to the 2027 festival. Stallholder EOIs open in the lead-up — see the call-out.