Wollongong Belly Dance Festival is a biennial 3 day event which aims to celebrate the diverse traditions of belly dance, folkloric Middle Eastern dance, and its fusions. The festival was founded by event producer Virginia Keft in 2011 and was the first of its kind for the Illawarra and South Coast. The 2017 festival is set to be even bigger and better with a very special international guest artist Esmeralda of Brazil!