DreamBIG Children's Festival, formerly Come Out Festival or Come Out Children's Festival, is a large biennial arts festival for schools and families held in South Australia. It began as the Come Out Festival in 1974 as part of the

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and became a stand-alone biennial event in 1975. The first biennial event was held at the

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, and it has been produced by the Centre since 2015. The festival's name was changed from "Come Out" in 2017, when the organisers decided the term was no longer appropriate due to its meaning for the

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. More than 2 million children have participated in the Festival since 1974.

History

Artists & Companies

Artists and companies who have presented work at the Festival include: * Australian Dance Theatre *

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* Carclew * Circus Monoxide *

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* Compagnia TPO * D'Faces of Youth Arts * Jumbuck Theatre * Kevin Lock * Slingsby * Snuff Puppets * State Theatre Company of South Australia * Theatre Australia * The Pinjarra Project * Weeping Spoon Productions

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