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The Every Woman Festival
A whole week for the women of the Orana.
A festival celebrating the women who hold up regional communities — with speakers, workshops, live music and a whole lot of laughter. What began as a single day has grown into a multi-day regional experience drawing women from across NSW.
520 women. Forty events. Seven days. One Orana.
The festival's year-round home is Orana Woman — stories, gatherings and a directory for the women of the Orana, between festivals.
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The story so far.
The festival began as the Dubbo Women's Festival — built by three women: Lorna Brennan, Joanne "Nurse Jo" Phillips and me. A free day of care, information and connection at the Western Plains Cultural Centre, with panels on the health topics nobody was talking about, lunch under the trees, and the first Moment Lounge — created by Erifili Davis and supported by our first believers, sponsors, Charnie Tuckey and Rose Prout.
It grew the way good things grow out here: by trust. By 2026 it had become the Orana Every Woman Festival — 520 women, nearly 1,000 attendances, 40 events across seven days, women travelling from 50km and further, a sold-out finale at Crossroads, and recognition in the NSW Parliament.
"I drove three hours. I'd do it again. There's nothing like this anywhere else in regional NSW — and it matters that it exists here, in Dubbo."
What it sets in motion: the Every Woman Circles now run year-round, the Dead End Coffee Club found its Dubbo home inside a festival circle, Women Who Hustle turned first-time makers into market traders — and Orana Woman carries the stories between festivals. The festival is a week; what it starts doesn't stop.
Scenes from the years.
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