Festival
About Festival
Our Festival is a three-day celebration of Serbian culture, held annually on the second weekend of August at Bonnyrigg Sports Club. Since 1987, the festival’s vision is “to celebrate and preserve our Serbian folkloric heritage and culture in Australia”. Every year our event is celebrated and shared with our neighbours and friends in the local community along with guests and performers traveling from interstate and across the globe, making this a premier community event in our region.
2024 Organising Committee:
Čedomir Ješić, Slaven Gulić, Tanja Zupković, Yalanda Ješić, Helena Heleta, Mirjana Milinković, Petar Kuprešanin, Stanko Dimitrijević
Brief History
1st Serbian Folkloric Festival
First Organising Committee
Dušan Rsovac, Božo Dragišić, Branko Štrbac, Žika Ćurčić, Nenad Jovanović, Stevan Trifunović, Biljana Rsovac, Ljiljana Jojić (nee Batar), Gordana Vranković (nee Atlagić), Ana Blagojević (nee Šešulj).
First Sponsors
Koštana Restaurant, Actionwide Realty (Miloš Rsovac), Cabramatta Auto Mechanical Repairs (Milan Gubačević), Stoikovich & Banfield (Tihomir Stojković), Cabramatta Auto Body Repairs (Milorad Spasojević), Štrbac Hair Fashion (Zdravko Štrbac), Knysh & Partners (Aleksandar Stojanović).
First Folkloric Groups
Serbian National Centre Bonnyrigg Ensemble “Srbija” (7 groups), Serbian National Defence Council Canley Vale Ensemble “Gavrilo Princip” (3 groups), St Stefan Church Rooty Hill Ensemble “Rastko” (2 groups), St Jovan Church Dapto Ensemble “Sveti Jovan” (2 groups), St Knez Lazar Church Alexandria Ensemble “Knez Lazar” (1 group).
Our Sponsors
Festival Raffles
2024 Raffle
Prize
2024 Kia Sportage (SX+ -GSL 2Ltr 6Spd Auto Wagon) valued at $46,500
Winner
Jasna Miloš, Brisbane QLD
Previous Festival Raffles
2023 Raffle
Prize
2023 Kia Seltos (Sports+ – 1.6L Turbo – All-wheel drive) Valued at $42,500
Winner
Ljuban Todorović, Sydney NSW
2022 Raffle & Member's Lucky Door
Raffle Prize 1
2x Tickets to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar (inc. Return Airfares with Qatar Airways, all prepaid taxes, 10 nights accommodation in a Standard Room, and Category 1 tickets to three group stage Serbia matches) Valued at $21,780
Winner
Miloš Sekulić, Sydney NSW
Member’s Lucky Door Prize
2x Return Tickets to Serbia
Winner
Luka Veljović, Sydney NSW