Festival of the Winds

On the second Sunday of every September, Australia’s most anticipated kite flying event Festival of the Winds takes over Bondi Beach.

On the second Sunday of every September, Australia's most anticipated kite flying event Festival Of The Winds takes over Bondi Beach. Professional kite flyers and makers descend on the beach to show off kites big and small to the soundtrack of concerts in Bondi Park.

The festival welcomes people of all ages for a celebration of kite making and flying, alongside a full-day program of entertainment in Bondi Park and Bondi Pavilion, as well as delcious food stalls and arts and crafts.

Waverley Council presents this event alongside the Australian Kite Flying Society (AKFS)

Mainstage Program

Welcome To Country - 11:00am

Suwitra Jaya Gamelan - 11:10am

Gagliardes - 12:00pm

Magic Music - 12:15pm

Gagliardes - 1:05pm

Lemonise - 2:05pm

Mayor Will Nemesh Speech - 3:00pm

Gagliardes - 3:05pm

Mr OTT - 3:20pm


Forecourt Stage

Bondi Brass - 11:00am

Black Joak Morris - 11:45am

Rose Bay Secondary College Music Ensemble - 12:00pm

Beeswax and Bottlecaps - 12:30pm

Bondi Beach Recorder Ensemble - 12:40pm

Bondi Beach Public School Choir - 1:00pm

Black Joak Morris - 1:15pm

Tap Pups - 1:30pm

Beeswax and Bottlecaps - 1:40pm

Salsa and Latin Fusion Show with Feel Free Dance Studio - 1:50pm

Tap Pups - 2:10pm

Black Joak Morris - 2:20pm

100% Dance - 2:40pm

Beeswax and Bottlecaps - 2:55pm

Latin Dance Workshop with Feel Free Dance Studio - 3:10pm

Feel Free Dance Studio's all-in-dance social - 3:40pm


Courtyard Creative Zone 11am - 4pm

Eastside Radio DJ

Gallery Origami Craft (Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery)

Circus Skills (Outside High Tide Room)

Games On The Grass

Film Screening (Yalagang)

Bondi Pavilion Clay Studio Workshop

Face Painters (High Tide Room)

ARTEXPRESS Exhibition (Bondi Pavilion Art Gallery)

2026-in-2026 Postcard Colouring (Story Room)

In The Park 11am - 4pm

Edgee Kite Workshops

Rides

Petting Zoo

Food Stalls

Kite Stalls

Roaming Performers