The Four Winds Festival, usually held during the Easter period on the NSW South Coast, is being put into hiatus in 2024.

“To create a sustainable, evolving and relevant vision for the future, Four Winds has decided to pause the 2024 Easter Festival and instead present a varied program of concerts and events over the year, including a curated collection of smaller scale performances at Easter,” said Four Winds Executive Director Leigh Small, who took over the role in May this year.

Four Winds began as a biennial fine music festival in 1991. Since then it has grown to become a multi-faceted organisation anchored by a festival held near Bermagui.

“2024 will be the time for Four Winds to review and renew its vision for the next five to 10 years. This is an exciting moment to engage with Four Winds community which includes 30 years of musical alumni, partners and importantly our local diverse audience and artists.”

Four Winds Festival 2023. Photo © David Rogers

That renewal of vision will result from an expanded creative team with Four Winds First Nations Creative Director Cheryl Davison and Create & Inspire Director David...