About
Four Winds
Four Winds:
Music in Nature, Culture in Connection
Four Winds is a cultural beacon on the Sapphire Coast of New South Wales. Nestled in Barragga Bay, our year-round program of world-class music, artistic collaboration, and community connection springs from a deep sense of place. Since 1991, Four Winds has invited artists and audiences to gather in this natural setting to experience music and creativity that is bold, diverse, and rooted in respect for Country.
Four Winds is driven by four interconnected pillars:
Program
Four Winds present vibrant festivals, concerts, and collaborations that bring together the world’s finest classical, First Nations, world, jazz, folk and contemporary musicians. Anchored by the Easter Concerts and the Spring Youth Music Festival, performances embrace the full spectrum of sound—from the ancient to the avant-garde—celebrated on our site featuring the Sound Shell and Windsong Pavilion.
Sunny Kim, 2023 Four Winds Festival
David Rogers Photography
Affinity Quartet 2024 Residency Performance
David Rogers Photography
Residencies
Four Winds residencies are a vital force for artistic and community exchange. Hosting composers, musicians, dancers and thinkers, creating space for deep artistic exploration, engagement with the local landscape, and meaningful connection with community. These residencies often extend into workshops, performances, retreats and seminars, fostering creativity that resonates far beyond the performance space.
Education
Music is a life-long practice and a tool for transformation. Four Winds education program reaches across generations—from joyful singing and percussion in primary schools, to teacher mentorship, to collaborations with tertiary institutions and creative ageing initiatives. Through music, Four Winds supports curiosity, confidence and cultural expression in people of all ages.
Bega Valley Youth Orchestra, 2024 Spring Youth Music Festival
David Rogers Photography
Djinama Yilaga Choir, 2023 Four Winds Festival
David Rogers Photography
First Nations
Four Winds’ First Nations led and curated program is guided by connection to the Yuin Nation. For more than three decades, Four Winds has collaborated with First Nations artists, elders and knowledge holders—through ceremony, storytelling, new commissions and performance. Four Winds honours the cultural traditions of this place and work to ensure they are respected, shared and celebrated alongside other musical forms.
A Place Musicians Dream Of
“This is a place that musicians dream of… where the audience wants you to experiment and demands that you play at your best—and play with them.”
Four Winds is more than a venue. It is a living cultural ecosystem—internationally connected, locally embedded, and artistically ambitious. With nature as our stage and community as our heart, Four Winds is shaping a future where music brings us together, sparks creativity, and honours the land and stories that hold us.
Four Winds is a not-for-profit organisation, sustained through a combination of ticket sales, government, philanthropic and corporate support, and a generous community of individual donors.
You can read more about how to support the Four Winds mission here and see partners and funders here.
