Nongkrong – Sarapan
Presented by Asia TOPA, Art Centre Melbourne and Fed Square
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A free, all-day event of sarapan (‘breakfast’) and performances presented by Nongkrong Festival that transforms the Square into a space to nongkrong – or to ‘hang out’ in Bahasa Indonesia.
Dates
23 February 2025
Venue
Fed Square
The event celebrates Nongkrong’s 2025 theme, ‘Roots and Routes’, exploring the deep connections between ancestral heritage and the evolving pathways shaping Indonesian-Australian identities. Come for breakfast and stay to nongkrong, as the Square is filled with open-air performances.
Learn about the Indonesian diaspora’s cultural practices. Eat traditional and contemporary Australian-Indonesian iterations of Indonesian breakfast dishes served from Nongkrong’s gerobaks (street food carts). Darwin local legend Amye Un ‘Laksa Queen’ will also be serving her famous laksa all day. Listen to music from local community groups, including the Maluku Besudara Choir, Talo Balak (Sumatran gamelan), Mugi Rahayu (Javanese gamelan), Punta Panji Asmara (Cirebon gamelan) and more. Watch dance performances by Sanggar Lestari, Poppin Jack and Jiggy Jaya from Stale Biskitz and more. Join a kecak voice workshop with Gamelan DanAnda or a dance class with GROOV3.
International guests include: Abdi Karya from Makassar a dancer tracing the precolonial Macassan-Yolŋu relationship and Yennu Ariendra from Yogyakarta performing a special Koplotronica set with community MCs.
Nongkrong is free and family-friendly, so bring loved ones and spend the day on island time.
Full program drops early 2025. Stay tuned!
