Australia's Biggest Cultural Celebration of its kind
A family friendly festival of live entertainment, exhibits and activities showcasing First Nations People, Culture and Heritage.
Friday 11 July 2025
9am - 5pm FREE Entry
celebrating NAIDO C
Rock on down to
MUSGRAVE PARK * BRISBANE
* Alcohol & Drug Free Event * Please leave your furry friend at home
91 Cordelia Street
SOUTH BRISBANE
QUEENSLAND | AUSTRALIA
Proudly Supported by
ABOUT MUSGRAVE PARK FAMILY FUN DAY
The first Musgrave Park Family Fun Day was held in 1992.
In 2024 we will celebrated the 30th Musgrave Park Family Fun Day.
From humble beginnings the Musgrave Park Family Fun Day has grown into the most significant celebration of Aboriginal culture and continues to be a great celebration and demonstration of Australia First Nations people gathering to celebrate our culture.
Musgrave Park is historically a meeting place for Aboriginal people and holds traditional and spiritual significance for the many Aboriginal tribal groups of Brisbane and the surrounding regions.
The Musgrave Park Family Fun Day was born out of a vision by Aunty Joan Collins (nee Alberts) who feared the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Aboriginal Australia was disappearing. She dreamt of celebrating and promoting the very essence of her culture and showcasing its significance to all Australians. This dream motivated her to lobby government and non-government agencies, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous to join her cause. This resulted in what you see today, the biggest and best most significant celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture in Brisbane - the Musgrave Park Family Fun Day.
Aunty Joan Collins is a Life Member of Musgrave Park Family Fun Day, and her daughter Natalie Alberts continues in the administration and management of the Musgrave Park Family Fun Day. We are encouraged and inspired by her vision, and we are driven to ensure the Musgrave Park Family Fun Day continues to be an avenue for the positive expression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture.
In 2024 we had over 100 organisations, service provides and government agencies promoting their services and programs at our event. This provides an avenue for the dissemination of information to Indigenous people. Attendance at the Musgrave Park Family Fun Day in previous years saw representation from a wide cross section of the community, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, and continues to grow with visiting numbers in the vicinity of over 20,000+ throughout the duration of the day.
Meet Aunty Joan Collins
"Back in 1992, I started the first Musgrave Park Family Fun Day to celebrate Aboriginal culture. We were concerned that as Australia's First Nation people we didn't have a place to present, promote and preserve our culture. I was fearful that the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Aboriginal Australia was disappearing".
Musgrave Park Family Fun Day has become the single largest celebration of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture and has become the flagship of Celebrations in Queensland ~ Brisbane NAIDOC.
Musgrave Park is historically a meeting place for Aboriginal people, and it holds traditional and spiritual significance for many Aboriginal tribal groups in and around Brisbane. It is for this reason that we invite all Australian's and visitors to our nation to come along and celebrate the oldest, continuous living culture in the world.
Event Partners
Since the beginning, Musgrave Park Family Fun Day have had the honour to work with many like-minded people, who have given their time and expertise.
Volunteers working tirelessly behind the scenes and on the day, who help create a safe and supportive environment for our community to enjoy the celebrations and coming together. Performers donating their time taking the stages telling their stories across diverse genres, sharing their music and celebrating with our community. First Nations Entrepreneurs exhibiting their arts and crafts, traditional foods, and promoting their business / services.
Community, corporate, government sectors engaging with community, promoting their support / information / referrals. Event Sponsors from community / corporate / government sectors give generously, with in-kind, financial, staff, equipment/resources and their expertise.
Local Traditional Custodians guidance with their knowledge and expertise, cultural protocols and cultural education, and who coordinate and present the Community Corroboree that awes the crowds and draws audiences to join in the 'shake a leg', with extended invitations to traditional custodians to join the corroboree.
There are too many to mention . . .
We pay homage to all the Community Elders who have supported our community celebrations, for their wisdom and guidance over the years, some of whom are now in the dreamtime.
We apologise if we have not identified you or your loved one, as there are so many to mention.
Please send a photo of your loved one if you would like to share on our Gallery Wall. Email mpffdoperations@gmail.com
We acknowledge those involved in the plight for the Musgrave Park Cultural Centre, who auspice our community celebrations [2001 - 2011]
We extend our respect to you and sincerely thank you all for your ongoing support and invaluable contributions.