The Real Festival Penrith: Massive Family-Friendly Festival 1st + 2nd Nov
The banks of the Nepean River come alive with music, art, sport, craft, circus, shows and more on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd November 2019!
And for families there’s even better news, almost all of the activities are FREE!
The interactive String Symphony was a big hit last year and returns in 2019
The Real Festival Penrith: Where + When
- Friday 1st November 5pm – 10pm
- Saturday 2nd November 2pm – 10pm
Tench Reserve, Tench Avenue, Jamisontown
Real Festival website is here.
Real Festival Map
Real Festival 2019 Highlights
All That We Are: Aerial Spectacular
Thrilling and daring aerial feats and stunts will take place over the river and the land. Guaranteed to take your breath away. This show is being created for Real Festival and local people are taking part. It will be an amazing spectacle.
All That We Are is a unique performance, do not miss!
The Dirtgirlworld Village
Let this environmental crusader amuse the kids while teaching them how to grow herbs and other plants too.
The Plants
Touch the plants and hear the music you create with them! This is a musical installation which all the family will find delightful.
Red Air: Inflatable Indigenous Art Installations
You’ll be amazed by these illuminated floating artworks.
Red Air artworks, amazing to see in real life
The Splash Test Dummies Show
These circus superstars have a new show, filled with cool stunts, amazing acrobatics, juggling and slapstick comedy… and water!!
The Splash Test Dummies bring their hilarious show that kids will love
The Breath Trees
Ten exquisite illuminated pillars from South Australian Indigenous artists.
Costa Georgiadis returns with his popular interactive gardening talks.
The Glow Wall returns too
Help create the UV Mural!
The Best of Real Festival For Kids
There’s just masses of interactive fun for families, do check the website to read about it ALL. But as a taster here’s what we think is most appealing for families with kids up to primary age.
River: Free cruises on the Nepean Belle, explore the river by kayak or stand up paddle board
Dancing Robots: check out these otherwordly street performers
Workshops and Interactive: enjoy kids’ craft, slime making, painting and planting workshops at very low cost
UV Face Painting and Tattoos: takes face painting to the next level
Sydney’s Best Food Trucks: plenty of options for families to enjoy great grub, picnic by the river and let the kids run around for a bit
The Silent Discglow: dancing fun for all the family
Artisan Markets are open throughout the festival
Enviro World: check out the Waste Stage talks and demonstrations, including from Costa Georgiadis. Check out the rooftop cafe, on a shipping container! There are also waste sorting activities, gardening activities and more.
Real Festival: Parking and Transport
Public Transport: Free shuttle buses to Real Festival run continuously between Penrith Station and Real Festival, this is the easiest and most sustainable option.
Parking: A carpark (with capacity for approximately 800 cars) has been created for festival patrons at 66-76 Tench Avenue (next to the Coffee Club) and is accessed from Tench Avenue. To park here you will need to enter Tench Avenue from Jamison Rd. Once the car park is full, all cars will be directed to park at Penrith Paceway or Jamison Park and catch the free Busways shuttle buses.
NB Road closure: Tench Avenue will be closed to northbound traffic between Jamison Rd and Cross Rd from 7am on Friday 1st November through to 8am Sunday 3rd November. Tench Avenue will remain open for southbound traffic entering from Jamison Rd.
Read more on the Plan Your Trip Section of the Real Festival website, click here.
The climbing wall is back for 2019!
Real Festival – The Background
Penrith is a vibrant city in Sydney’s west and the time was ripe to stage a major event which celebrated and activated the river for locals to enjoy and gave local people the opportunity to see world class performances and entertainment in their own backyard.
Real Festival also attracts visitors from outside the region who come to Penrith to enjoy the Real Festival itself and its riverside setting.
Real Festival began in 2016 and attracts more than 20,000 people annually. It’s now a much-loved and huge annual celebration of what makes this area so good to live in and to visit: the River, the Environment, Arts and Lifestyle.
See the Bilby at the Real Festival
Now pop over to check out the Real Festival website and we will catch you on the banks of the Nepean River!
Those details again:
The Real Festival Penrith: Where + When
- Friday 1st November 5pm – 10pm
- Saturday 2nd November 2pm – 10pm
Tench Reserve, Tench Avenue, Jamisontown
Real Festival website is here.
Book Workshop places here.
Disclaimer: Hello Sydney Kids is proud to partner with Penrith Council to promote the Real Festival, it’s just the sort of family-first event we love to let our readers know about. This is a sponsored post, all opinions are our own.
