AWESOME Festival is hitting the road and coming to Bunbury with its premier program of quality arts entertainment for children.

Experience the visually spectacular Bubble Canteen as 12,000 bubbles come alive every minute. Join The Crafty Nannas to learn some new skills, and jump into The Mess Hall to play and create with a range of colourful and tactile materials.

Try your hand at Clay Puppet Making with Sky River, make some noise with Chrissy Maddison in the Drum Circle and Percussion Making Station, and bust out dance moves at the Silent Disco! For those looking for a slower pace, join one of three Musical Moments sessions run by a Registered Music Therapist or simply take a moment in the Quiet Zone.

In between activities, be sure to take a wander and check out the stalls of local creators at the AWESOME Kids’ Market.

Come and experience art for children like you’ve never seen before at the AWESOME Festival Bunbury Hub on October 1st & 2nd at the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre.

BUBBLE CANTEEN

• All ages
• 10:30 – 11am | 12:30 – 1pm

Crafted by the imaginative hands of three charming golden spinster sisters from Dublin – Beryl, Annie, and Helga, THE BUBBLE CANTEEN is more than just an attraction; it is a vibrant celebration of creativity and joy.

Designed with inclusivity at its core, THE BUBBLE CANTEEN offers an entirely visual experience, free from constraints and language barriers.

It’s a place where the simple joy of a floating bubble can evoke profound feelings of happiness, wonder, and awe.

THE MESS HALL

• All ages
• 10am – 12:30pm  |  1 – 2pm

THE MESS HALL is a sensory play space for children to explore their senses with a range of tactile activities.

Let little imaginations run WILD in the MESS HALL as children are invited to create with a huge array of textures and materials. Glitter, mud, paper and more – it’s anything and everything goes in THE MESS HALL.

THE MESS HALL runs all day with a brief re-set period over lunch. Don’t wear your Sunday best to this hands on, sensory driven art experience.

THE CRAFTY NANNAS

• All ages
• 10am – 12:30pm |  1 – 2pm

Our teaching artists help you work wonders with yarn looms, stitching, felting, textile weaving and more! Learn new (old) skills in this fabulous intergenerational activity. Rediscover skills lost over the generations as we gather and have a yarn.

CLAY PUPPET MAKING
With Sky River

• 7-12 years
• 10 – 11:30am and 12:30 – 2pm

Have you ever wondered what wild and wonderful characters may be eagerly awaiting to escape from your fingertips? Bring your imagination to life with Folk of the Puppetree and create your own unique clay puppet-face!

Puppetry is a fun, imaginative and engaging way to explore new ideas with children. This puppet-making workshop will invite participants to create their own puppet character face using design and clay moulding techniques.

MUSICAL MOMENTS

• 10:45 – 11:15am | 0-2 year olds
• 12:15 – 12:45pm | 2-4 year olds
• 1:30 – 2pm | Neurodivergent primary-school aged children

Facilitated by a Registered Music Therapist, Eliza-Rose Kan, the MUSICAL MOMENTS program from St John of God Bunbury Hospital encourages children to play, explore, learn and develop through engaging in fun musical activities.

Children of all abilities are encouraged to participate and there are THREE separate sessions to cater for different age groups and abilities. Please note that these are first come first serve with max. capacity of 10 participants.

PERCUSSION MAKING
With Chrissy Maddison

• All ages
• 10am – 12:30pm | 1 – 2pm

Learn how to put every day recycled materials to use with this percussion-making workshop.

Create and explore with sound and recycled tactile crafts alike as you transform household items like rice, beans, lentils, milk cartons, aluminium cans and more into percussion instruments fit for any jam session or music making endeavour.

SILENT DISCO

• All ages
• 10am – 12pm | 12:30 – 2pm

This is a high-energy, interactive event where kids can dance like nobody is watching—because they’re in their own world of music!

With special wireless headphones, children can select from different music channels and let their feet do the talking as they follow the rhythm they love most.

The perfect way to burn off energy, enjoy some funky tunes, and have a blast with friends in a safe, family-friendly environment.

IMAGINATION STATION
Perform and Play with Siobhan Maiden

• 6-11 years
• 10:30 – 11:15am | 11:45am – 12:30pm | 1 – 1:45pm

Unlock the potential of your imagination through creative and dramatic play in this improvisation workshop for primary school aged children run by local artist Siobhan Maiden.

Children are invited to use provided costumes and props to create characters in a guided improvisation facilitated by Siobhan.  Children will be encouraged to invent new purposes for simple props and push their creative boundaries as they create a performance in 45 minutes.

Standard household items won’t be looked at the same way again, as participants learn to cajole creativity out of even the simplest of things and embark on their own adventures.

BYO silly made up words, fabulous puns and any dreams you can recall!