FAQs
While we will try to provide a livestream option for selected sessions, so you can still enjoy the Festival remotely, sales are final. Please read our full COVID-Safe Plan and Ticketing Terms and Conditions.
Festival of Dangerous of Ideas (FODI) will be operating in line with current NSW Health orders and Government recommendations at the time of the Festival. FODI and the Carriageworks venue are COVID safe. Please stay up to date with our COVID-Safe Plan.
In the event that a session is cancelled or not delivered as outlined in the event information, ticket holders will be contacted and refund arrangements made as appropriate.
Festival of Dangerous Ideas is Australia’s original disruptive festival. A platform for provocative ideas and art, FODI invites people to interrogate the world around us, to be curious and to get uncomfortable.
Presented by The Ethics Centre, FODI returns live to Sydney, 17-18 September 2022 at Carriageworks in Sydney.
View the full program and book your Festival Multipack today.
The 2022 Festival Multipack provides bookings to 3 or more different paid sessions with a 15% discount. Once you qualify, the discount applies to all paid tickets in your cart. This discount does not apply to free ticketed sessions (eg Circle of Chairs).
Multiple tickets to one session can be booked under the Multipack, but the discount will only apply if you have also booked tickets to at least two other paid sessions.
Free, ticketed sessions (eg Circle of Chairs) are not included in qualifying for the Multipack discount.
All paid sessions will require a valid ticket for entry. Tickets for 3 or more different paid sessions can be booked as part of a Festival Multipack. Single tickets are now also available to purchase.
There will be a box office on site but we encourage pre-booking tickets to avoid missing out!
This year there are non-ticketed, free performances and activations including Muruny/Breathe, Tipping Point and Whole Glory. Tickets do not need to be booked to view these events.
If you would like to go in the raffle to participate in Whole Glory (ie your chance to be inked by Scott Campbell), we recommend that you register online to DOUBLE your chance!
Circle of Chairs is also free, but audiences are encouraged to reserve tickets to avoid disappointment.
Single tickets for each session are available now, subject to availability. You can also book three or more paid sessions with a Festival Multipack (which includes a 15% discount) and start planning your FODI 2022 experience.
For venue accessibility requirements including information on stairs, lifts, bathrooms and seat transfers, please send an email through to [email protected] or call or text 0422381898 and your enquiry will be passed along to the Festival’s designated access manager.
To make or manage a booking with specific access requirements including wheelchair access onsite, companion cards, AUSLAN interpreted events, and seat transfers, please email [email protected].
For all enquiries, please include your name, phone number and preferred mode of communication eg phone, email, SMS.
For an overview of venue accessibility, you can visit the Carriageworks website.
Auslan interpreters will be present at selected FODI sessions.
Guide dogs and assistance animals are welcome in all FODI venues and spaces.
FODI is a live and unscripted event and as such, is unpredictable! Sessions may include mature language, adult themes, and or distressing discussions. For this reason, people under the age of 18 will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult ticket holder over the age of 18.
While FODI respects that parents and caregivers know their children best, and what topics they might be able to comfortably engage with, it is recommended to review the full event information including speaker bios, prior to purchasing tickets to make an informed decision about attendance.
FODI recommendations for younger audiences include world-premiere installation MURUNY/Breathe, and Fresh Blood, a series of talks by emerging thought leaders.
To register for the Whole Glory tattoo raffle, a valid paid ticket purchase must be in your cart.
This experience has a strictly limited allocation. Raffle winners will be notified on the day of the Festival. If a space is unclaimed, the ballot will be immediately redrawn, and a new winner will be announced. Read more about Whole Glory.
On purchase you will receive a receipt with your booking information via email. Your tickets will be emailed to you 48 hours prior to the Festival.
All sales are final. Session swaps are not available at FODI 22. Should you have a concern about your booking you wish to discuss, please contact the box office team at box[email protected].
Tickets will only be refunded if a session has been cancelled or not delivered as outlined in the event information. Ticket holders will be contacted in this event.
All other enquiries related to bookings can be sent through to [email protected], please include your booking number, phone number, email address and full name in your email. The FODI box office team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Where possible, FODI records sessions for archival purposes.
Many sessions from previous years are available via Festival of Dangerous Ideas podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, as well as this website’s On Demand section.
Subscribe to the FODI newsletter to stay up to date on post-festival releases.
Livestream tickets are now available for selected FODI 2022 sessions as below. Purchase 3 or more different livestream sessions in one transaction and save 20%!
- Unmasking Facebook // Frances Haugen
- Beyond the Gender Binary // Alok Vaid-Menon
- The Return of the Strongman // Ruth Ben-Ghiat
- Enlightenment or Dark Age? Steven Pinker
- F=Fail // Adam Tooze
- Caught in a Web // Kevin Roose
- American Decadence // Nick Bryant, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Adam Tooze with chair Geraldine Doogue
- World Without Rape // Joanna Bourke, Jess Hill, Saxon Mullins, Bronwyn Penrith with chair Sisonke Msimang
Livestream sessions will be available to stream on demand for up to 14 days after the event.
Information on the best way to travel to Carriageworks is located in the ‘Getting there’ section of the visit page on the Carriageworks website.
The venue strongly encourages you to take public transport or ride share where possible. Very limited on-site parking is available. For accessible parking on site please contact us via [email protected].
Bathrooms including accessible and non-gendered bathrooms are available to the public at Carriageworks.
FODI is collaborating with Kitchen By Mike to provide food and drinks for purchase onsite throughout the Festival period.
The Carriageworks Farmers Markets will proceed as scheduled on Saturday 17 September.
FODI merchandise is available for purchase online soon and onsite during the Festival period. You can pre-order one of the limited edition FODI Tote Bags to collect at the Festival when you purchase your Festival Multipack online.
Sessions from the Festival archive are available via Spotify, Apple podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts.
A selection of video conversations and video highlights of past Festivals are on Festival of Dangerous Ideas YouTube channel.
Exclusive sessions are available via the On Demand section of our website.
Yes! In order for a small, not-for-profit organisation like The Ethics Centre to put on a big festival like FODI, it needs the help of an amazing team of volunteers. FODI wouldn’t be possible without them.
To apply, visit https://festivalofdangerousideas.com/info/volunteers/
FODI is presented by The Ethics Centre, an independent non-profit. Both The Ethics Centre and FODI are funded by donations, membership fees, grants, ticket sales and consulting fees. We remain proudly independent.
A breakdown of the revenue that keeps our doors open and speakers on the stage can be found in The Ethics Centre Annual Report.
FODI: The In-Between is made possible by these generous Supporters and Donors.
The Ethics Centre is supported by these generous Donors.
For partnership opportunities you wish to discuss with FODI, contact us via [email protected] and we will connect you with the right team.
We invite the media to make contact with the FODI PR Team for enquiries:
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We acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation - the custodians of the country in which we meet - and acknowledge their Elders, past and present.
While we believe in freedom of speech, the views and opinions expressed by the speakers are not necessarily the views of The Ethics Centre and our partners.