Laura Dance Festival

The Laura Aboriginal Dance Festival is the celebration of Aboriginal culture in Cape York. The festival is a biennial event celebrating and showcasing the culture of the Aboriginal people of Cape York Peninsula through song, dance ceremony and performance.

People from about 20 different communities located across the Cape will meet at the festival grounds in Laura, the site of a very old, traditional Bora ground.

At this respected and sacred site, festival spectators will gain insight into the uniqueness of Aboriginal culture. They will witness the storytelling of Aboriginal culture through dance, language and art.