SERIES

FODI Festival

DATE & TIME

17-18 September, 2022

LOCATION

Carriageworks, Sydney

Truth, trust, tech, tattoos and taboos: Australia’s original disruptive festival, Festival of Dangerous Ideas returns live and in-person to Carriageworks, Sydney 17-18 September. Tickets on sale now.

FODI’s 2022 program features over 72 speakers and artists, including Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, psychologist  and psycholinguist Steven Pinker. Ruth Ben-Ghiat on authoritarian leadership, gender non-conforming artist Alok Vaid-Menon and award-winning author Sisonke Msimang. Hot-blooded politician Jacqui Lambie, economic expert Adam Tooze, political cartoonist and activist  Badiucao. Celebrity tattoo artist Scott Campbell, and many more razor-sharp thinkers, artists, experts and disruptors from around the world and across Australia will converge to dissect and discuss the spikiest and most pressing issues of our moment in a huge weekend of panels, talks and events.

Explore the 2022 festival program and book your Festival Multipack today at the FODI website.

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Who is it for?


  • THE BIG THINKER
  • THE CURIOUS
  • THE SELF REFLECTOR
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What you'll take away


  • 01BROKEN BOUNDARIES AND COURAGEOUS QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR FRIENDS
  • 02DISCOVER THE RED THREAD OF CHALLENGES
  • 03THOUGHT-PROVOKING IDEAS ABOUT OUR FUTURE