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Whyalla’s uneARTh Festival has received even further recognition by becoming a national award finalist.
uneARTh has been named as a finalist in the ShowTex Australia Best Small Event (under $150,000) of The Australian Event Awards and Symposium. This national awards program and conference is for the Australian events industry to foster continued excellence, innovation and unity.
The awards program is the only opportunity for Australian event professionals to compete directly right across the nation and across all facets of the industry to establish which are Australia’s best events and event-related goods, services and innovations. Alongside the awards, the symposium aims to drive industry growth and development, and to ensure Australia remains on the leading edge of the events space worldwide.
Whyalla’s 2018 uneARTh Festival has been included in a list of 37 overall finalists in all Best Event categories. Other events nominated in the large event category include the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, Adelaide Fringe 2018, the 29th Annual Byron Bay Bluesfest 2018, the Santo Down Under 2018 bike race and Splendour in the Grass 2017.
Council Events and Tourism Officer, Rebecca Neilson said reaching the finals of such prestigious national awards was an amazing effort for the uneARTh Festival in just its second year. The inaugural uneARTh 2017 event took out an Arts South Australia Ruby Award.
“To make a finalist list among events from throughout Australia puts Whyalla on a national map like none other,” Rebecca said.
“We’re being mentioned and noticed alongside some of the best events under $150,000 in Australia.
“Through the massive reach of these awards, Whyalla and uneARTh is going to be talked about throughout the country.
“This is such a credit to the organising committee, the performers, stall-holders, volunteers and everyone in the Whyalla community that supports this event.”
The Australian Event Awards is the only awards program to recognise great events and achievements not only in their field or sector, but amongst the best across the entire Australian events industry.
Entries are judged by members of the Independent Industry Judging Panel. The winners will be announced at a gala event on the Sunshine Coast on November 21.
Best Event National Finalists (all categories)
- 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICMS Australasia
- 29th Annual Byron Bay Bluesfest 2018
- Adelaide Fringe 2018
- Australia Day Live at the Quay! 2018, Department of Premier and Cabinet NSW
- Australian Tourism Exchange 2018 South Australian Showcase Dinner, InFront Events & Novatech
- AWS Summit Sydney 2018, GPJ Australia
- Bloody Long Walk – National Series 2017, Sorted Events
- Bowral Classic 2017, Yaffa Media
- Buskers by the Creek 2017
- Christmas in July – Winter Wonderlights 2017, Sovereign Hill
- City of Perth Australia Day Skyworks 2018
- Emerald Ball 2018, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
- Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Hawaiian Ride for Youth 2018, Youth Focus
- Hills Illuminate 2017, Illuminart / Rouse Hill Town Centre
- IBM Think Australia 2018, GPJ Australia
- Lights of Christmas (The) – Rockhampton 2017, Illuminart / The Cathedral College, Rockhampton
- Living Smart Festival 2017, Lake Macquarie City Council
- Monster Energy AUS-X Open Sydney 2017, SX Holdings
- Mumbrella360 2018
- Project Botanicals – A Journey to the Edges of Taste, Music & Imagination 2017, The Round Table Communications
- Queensland Garden Expo 2017, Sunshine Coast Branch of Nursery and Garden Industry Qld
- Santos Tour Down Under 2018
- SeeChange Jervis Bay Arts Festival 2018, Jervis Bay and Basin Arts Inc
- Special Olympics SOAR & ROAR Festival
- Splendour in the Grass 2017
- Telstra Vantage ™™ 2017, Imagination
- The Big Anxiety Festival of Arts + Science + People 2017
- Trade 2018: The Trade and Investment Program of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, Office of the Commonwealth Games, Queensland State Government
- Truly Madly Deeply Melbourne Part 3 2018, Marriner Group
- Untold Melbourne 2018, Neonormal
- Urban Polo Series, Polo Events Australia
- Vivid Sydney 2018, Destination NSW
- White Night Melbourne 2018 and White Night Ballarat 2018, David Atkins Enterprises
- Whyalla’s uneARTh festival 2018, Whyalla City Council
Meanwhile, the 2019 Whyalla uneARTh Festival organising committee is inviting prospective performers and stall-holders to an information session this month.
Preparations for the third instalment of the award-winning festival are starting to ramp up with festival co-ordinator Cara Hume joining the organising committee. The information session is a chance for people to meet the organising committee and find out what is involved to be a part of next year’s event.
The information session on Monday, October 22 starts at 6pm at the Middleback Arts Centre.
Leading up to the information session, anyone interested in being involved in the 2019 Whyalla uneARTh Festival as an entertainer, artist, stall-holder or sponsor can still contact Cara at unearthfestival@whyalla.sa.gov.au or phone 0419 561 351.
Whyalla 2019 uneARTh Festival will be held over the Easter long weekend in the Ada Ryan Gardens. You can follow the festival preparations at www.facebook.com/uneARThFestival/