



Bring along a picnic blanket and settle into Maitland Regional Art Gallery’s Greenspace for JIFF.
Performances, book launches and prize presentations will highlight the day’s proceedings.


Planet Jassi returns and will this year emcee the day’s proceedings in the greenspace next to MRAG

Storytime Lane will perform their first show since last year’s festival

Frank’s Fantastic Fairy Tale Theatre returns with two performances

This year, the visual busking people’s choice competition will feature the work of local school groups.

The Creative Wordshop IF Maitland Junior Poetry Prize will be presented toward the end of the day’s activities
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