Shinju Matsuri 2012 dates are Fri  31st Aug  till Sun 9th Sept
The events Calendar 2012 will be loaded on the website in December 2011
Entry Forms 2012 will be loaded on website April 2012

Shinju Matsuri 2011 was a great success.  It began Sat 10th Sept and ran through to Sun 18th Sept 2011

With great attendance numbers for all events we thank the Broome Community for all their help and participation and hope all our visitors had a great time.
Our special guests were
Hon. Brendon Grylls MLA – Minister for Regional Development; Lands; Minister Assisting the Minister for State Development; Leader of the Parliamentary National Party (WA)
Japanese Consul General of Perth – Mr Ishikawa
Art Gallery of Western Australia – Jenepher Duncan
Kulcha – John Cope
Fotofreo – Bob Hewitt
West Australian – Rob Broadfield
West Australian – Di Bauwens
SBS Gourmet
WA Police Pipe Band

Sponsorship was once again extremely supportive, both small medium and large contributions from Local and State Businesses.
Financial and In kind support makes the festival happen, please review our sponsorship page to acknowledge our sponsors.

Funding from Eventscorp and Royalties for Regions  helped raise our festival profile throughout the State and helped bring our guest acts
Adam Liaw- Celebrity Chef for the Long Table Broome Fusion Lunch
Adam Hall and His Swing Band for the Shinju Ball and Closing Ceremony
Sugar Blue Burlesque for the Shinju Ball
Don Hancey –Master Chef for the Pearl Meat Cook Off and the Shinju Ball

Funding from Festivals Australia made the Carnival of Light one of the highlights of the festival.
With help from Big Mama Productions this lantern and music event worked with local school choirs and lantern workshops.
The collective of the school choirs together and the walking of the lanterns on the mud flats was a performance that will be remembered by all who watched.
Attendance was estimated at over 3,000 of both local and tourists.
Thank you to the Broome schools support to make this happen.

Funding from Healthways went towards the sensational street banners that can be viewed on the community page.
Once again the Broome Schools made this happen by each painting a selection of banners in their own chosen images, based on the festival theme.
They were 2m x 0.9m in size and brought the streets alive with Shinju Matsuri- Festival of Broome spirit.

Pollies Pearl
Donated by Blair Catanach – Catalina Pearls, Dampier Tce Broome

Contributing Politicians
Carol Martin MLA
Hon Brendan Grylls
Hon Ken Baston
Hon Barry Haase
Hon Robin Chapple MLC
Hon Wendy Duncan
Sen. Rachel Siewert
Sen. Judith Adams
Sen. Glenn Sterle

FLOAT PARADE WINNERS
Philipino Community - BEST OVERALL FLOAT
Pearl Bay Dance Academy- SCHOOLS and/or CHILDREN
KAMS - NON-PROFIT COMMUNITY ORGANISATION
Roebuck Bay Caravan Park- SMALL BUSINESS (under 20 employees)
Goolarri Media - LARGE BUSINESS (over 20 employees)
Kimberley Squadron Norforce - NOVELTY

ART AWARDS WINNERS
Joshua Cocking #59 “Olive”-  Shire of Broome Acquisitive Art Prize
Benjamin Loaring #35 “Private Treaty”-  Painting
Jacky Cheng #60 “Cadence”-  Works on paper
Richard Meister # 11 “Rust Never Sleeps” - Photography
Christine Farrer #39 “Seeds”- Aboriginal art
Laurie Crocker #54 “Before Broome Time”- Sculpture
Heather McLaughlain #24 “Day’s Last Night”- Peoples Choice

POLLIES PEARL WINNER
Marisa Ferraz

PEARLMEAT COOK OFF WINNER
Liz Lee from Koolspot Café

ACT BELONG COMMIT COLOURING WINNER
Mikaylah Pigram and Albert Clifton

DRAGON BOATS REGATTA WINNER
Broome Senior HighSchool

NETBALL ASSOS QUIZ NIGHT WINNER
Table #11 – The Fabry Table

For enquiries please contact admin@shinjumatsuri.com.au or Ph. 08 9192 6461