Alice Springs Beanie Festival
alice spring beanie festival also called simply beanie festival annual community based fourday festival celebrating beany form festival held june year araluen cultural precinct alice spring part festival include beanie central beany sort submitted around world sold public approximately beany displayed way year national beanie exhibition competition beany also submitted national beanie exhibition competition order considered must original piece artistically presented also often theme beanie maker asked respond beany formally exhibited araluen art centre judged variety award exhibition remains place several week festival beanie making workshop run conjunction central craft profit craft organisation run dropin textile workshop alongside lady pukatja give demonstration hand spinning wool tjanpi desert weaver run basket weaving workshop beanie festival attracts thousand tourist alice spring year beanie festival started much smaller scale beanie party designed create unique socialenterprise idea adi dunlop festival inspired cold desert winter existing popularity beany central australian aboriginal people already creating colourful individual handmade creation beany often decorated seed various fibre embellishment beany also picked perfect socialenterprise ideal tourist market light inexpensive festival set june cancelled due covid pandemic australia festival next held june official website