Greetings WAMED fans!

The WAMED Committee is delighted to announce that we will be welcoming the Australian Belly Dance Convention to Perth for the 2026 June long weekend!

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What/Who is the ABDC?

The Australian Belly Dance Convention was founded on the principle that Australia’s belly dancing community has a deep well of knowledge, and that we should take every opportunity to learn from each other and enrich our dance community from within. It has since progressed beyond this to also include providing a space for connection between the many regionally diverse belly dance communities that make up this broad, tanned country. The original ABDC team brought together their diverse range of skills to produce the inaugural Australian Belly Dance Convention weekend held in Brunswick (Melbourne VIC) in July 2023. Ready to expand this idea further, the revamped team introduced the concept of local hosts for the 2024 convention, which allows the ABDC committee to get local support to travel the convention to any city in Australia, to be truly representational of the whole country. The 2024 Convention weekend was held in Berry and the 2025 event was in Sawtell, NSW.

The WAMED Committee are thrilled to be the local hosts for 2026, supporting the ABDC team to run the next convention in North Perth, WA, over the WAMED weekend next year.

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What does this mean?

While the WAMED Festival won’t be running in its traditional form, the WA Day long weekend (May 29-June 1) will be jampacked with workshops, seminars, connection events and performance opportunities, so book that weekend out in your diaries now! The WAMED Committee will be assisting behind the scenes with some of the logistics, but your main source of information about the event will be available from the ABDC website and social media platforms – all listed below.

So make sure you subscribe, like and join those groups and pages, and WAMED will share some of their announcements through our usual communication methods as well, so nobody misses out on a wonderful weekend!

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Are you sure about the dates?

Many of you would have seen that the WA State Government recently held community consultation about moving the WA Day Public Holiday in future years. That means that future festivals may move by a week to coincide with the eastern states, but the 2026 date is locked in and you can book your flights and accommodation with confidence. We’ll be there and we look forward to seeing you!

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How do I keep informed?