About Us
The Red Tent Festival and other mini Red Tent events offer women the gift of embracing and celebrating all aspects of being a woman. By offering a space for women to gather to celebrate menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause and understanding our maternal lineages, we hope that every woman will develop a deeper sense of how amazing we are as women.
On Saturday 7 November 2009 we birthed the Byron Shire's first ever Red Tent Festival. This event was a huge success and showed us how important it is for women to set aside time to to be nurtured, to share and to just be with other women.
We held our second Red Tent Festival at Mullumbimby on Saturday 31 March 2012, another amazing success and an even bigger event with a series of workshops, films, performances and activities to bring women
together.
The Red Tent Festival and other mini Red Tent events offer women the gift of embracing and celebrating all aspects of being a woman. By offering a space for women to gather to celebrate menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause and understanding our maternal lineages, we hope that every woman will develop a deeper sense of how amazing we are as women.
On Saturday 7 November 2009 we birthed the Byron Shire's first ever Red Tent Festival. This event was a huge success and showed us how important it is for women to set aside time to to be nurtured, to share and to just be with other women.
We held our second Red Tent Festival at Mullumbimby on Saturday 31 March 2012, another amazing success and an even bigger event with a series of workshops, films, performances and activities to bring women
together.
The Red Tent Festival is auspiced by the Northern Rivers Maternity Coalition (NRMC), the local branch of the National Maternity Coalition. The NRMC is a not for profit, volunteer run, advocacy group that represents the coalition of women as consumers of maternity services and midwives. To find out more about the Maternity Coalition please click here or check us out on facebook.
A Non-profit, Volunteer-Run Event
All Red Tent Events are run by volunteers and are not for profit. All funds raised are donated to improve local women's services, such as maternity services, and to run future Red Tent Events.
The Red Tent is a novel by Anita Diamant, published in 1997 by Wyatt Books. It tells the story of Dinah, a minor character in the Bible, but the author has broadened her story. The book's title refers to the tent in which women take refuge while menstruating or giving birth, and in which they find mutual support and encouragement from their mothers, sisters and aunts.
A Non-profit, Volunteer-Run Event
All Red Tent Events are run by volunteers and are not for profit. All funds raised are donated to improve local women's services, such as maternity services, and to run future Red Tent Events.
The Red Tent is a novel by Anita Diamant, published in 1997 by Wyatt Books. It tells the story of Dinah, a minor character in the Bible, but the author has broadened her story. The book's title refers to the tent in which women take refuge while menstruating or giving birth, and in which they find mutual support and encouragement from their mothers, sisters and aunts.
