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DreamBIG Children's Festival, formerly Come Out Festival or Come Out Children's Festival, is a large biennial arts festival for schools and families held in South Australia.

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It began as the Come Out Festival in 1974 as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts and became a stand-alone biennial event in 1975. The first biennial event was held at the Adelaide Festival Centre, [1] and it has been produced by the Centre since 2015. [2] The festival's name was changed from "Come Out" in 2017, when the organisers decided the term was no longer appropriate due to its meaning for the LGBTI community. [3] More than 2 million children have participated in the Festival since 1974. [2]

History

Artists & Companies

Artists and companies who have presented work at the Festival include:[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "40 years of education programs for schools at the Adelaide Festival Centre" Adelaide Festival Centre, South Australia (2013)
  2. 1 2 "About". DreamBig. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. Hanifie, Sowaibah (18 May 2017). "Dream Big Children's Festival launches in Adelaide to replace 'Come Out' in changing times". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. "Come Out at Carclew". Carclew. Retrieved 8 September 2019.

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