Cobargo Folk Festival

Cobargo Showground
Fri 27 Feb '26 – Sun 01 Mar '26

Overview

The 2026 Cobargo Folk Festival is a welcoming, family-friendly event featuring three days of folk and roots music in the NSW village of Cobargo in the beautiful Bega Valley. Established in 1996, the Festival has grown to become one of Australia's best-loved village festivals because of its intimate size, fun and friendly vibe, and high-quality artistic program. The Cobargo Folk Festival is a place to reconnect, relax and get creative with…

The 2026 Cobargo Folk Festival is a welcoming, family-friendly event featuring three days of folk and roots music in the NSW village of Cobargo in the beautiful Bega Valley.

Established in 1996, the Festival has grown to become one of Australia's best-loved village festivals because of its intimate size, fun and friendly vibe, and high-quality artistic program.

The Cobargo Folk Festival is a place to reconnect, relax and get creative with family and friends. The Festival offers a warm and authentic experience on the NSW Sapphire Coast, featuring the best of live folk and roots music from Australia and overseas.

The family-friendly vibe continues with KidBARGO! The special kids' program and The Crossing Youth Performers' stage.

Come and try the best of Sapphire Coast produce at the festival food village and enjoy local art and craft offerings at the festival market.

Location

Cobargo Showground

77 Avernus Street Cobargo NSW 2550 Australia

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Location - 77 Avernus Street Cobargo NSW 2550 Australia

FAQs

Accessibility

A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility

Allows a person's carer free entry into participating venues and events

Actively welcomes people with access needs.

Caters for people who use a wheelchair.

Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.

Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)

Have a wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room

Have accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on your website (can be emailed on request)

Have an accessible public toilet which is unlocked

Have at least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high)

Have equipment to respond to anaphylactic shock such as epi–pens and defibrillator

Offer a range of contact methods for receiving complaints

Provide seating in common areas including reception area

Train your staff in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges

Train your staff in disability awareness

Use floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth

Use non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting

Use organic (chemical and fragrance free) cleaning products

Use Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)

Website meets WCAG 2.0 accessibility standards

Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)