NAIDOC Week Celebration 2025

NAIDOC WEEK CELEBRATION 2025


🖤 From the first Sunday in July until the following Sunday, NAIDOC Week takes place annually across Australia, honouring the rich history, culture, and accomplishments of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Celebrate the 2025 NAIDOC Week and the theme, The Next Generation: Strength, Vision and Legacy with a day of free festivities dedicated to sharing First Nations art and culture with the whole family.

Get creative in artist-led workshops, learn how bark paintings are made and relax with a storytime featuring favourite children’s picture books. Plus, see cheeky renditions of beloved camp dogs and dingoes in the Cats & Dogs exhibition – kids go free with any adult ticket purchase*.

*Cats & Dogs is a ticketed exhibition, entry is free for children (5 – 15 years) throughout the school holidays, 5-20 July 2025.
Reserve tickets online or at the Information Desk at NGV Australia.


💛 PROGRAMS

Furry Friend Headband
10am – 4pm, free

Fed Square Test Garden
10am, free

Little J & Big Cuz Watch Party for Kids
11am–3pm, free

Family Tour with Tania Rossi
11.30am–12pm, free

Weave a Pondi Puppet with Emma Stenhouse
11.30am–3pm, free – booking required

Explore First Nations art with Koorie Heritage Trust & NGV
12–1pm, free

NGV Conservation Talk for Kids: Bark Salon
1.30–2pm, free

Story Time with Tania Rossi
2–2.30pm, free

Gary Lee's Playlist
10am–5pm, free


❤️ FREE EXHIBITIONS

Wurrdha Marra
• First Nations art from the NGV Collection

Bark Salon
• A dynamic large-scale display of NGV's bark paintings

The Colour of Memory: Sally Gabori
• Artist Room

Another other: The Photo-Politics of Gary Lee
• Artist Room


PLAN YOUR VISIT. https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/naidoc-week-celebration/?utm_medium=advertising&utm_source=self+serve+meta&utm_campaign=programs&utm_content=standard&utm_term=awareness