On June the 23rd and 24th The Yirrkala Yarrapay Music & Dance Festival 2023 hosted a number of artists and events over two big days on Yoingu Country in the Northern Territory.

Local bands such as Yirmal, Drifting Clouds Band and Cedric Marika not only were singing in English but also their first language Yoing Matha proudly on their homelands in front of many family and friends with bands such as Garrangali travelling from Baniyala Arnhem Land and YUNG-Milla travelling all the way from Darwin after only performing weeks earlier in front of a massive crowd at The Barunga Festival 2023.



We not only had musical performances but we also had a Lantern parade from the local community, Disco and Dance Competition, Traditional Bungul, basketball and Football as part of the Gove AFL Competition