Asia TOPA: Nongkrong – Sarapan
A free, all-day event of sarapan (‘breakfast’) and performances presented by Nongkrong Festival that transforms the Square into a space to nongkrong – or to ‘hang out’ in Bahasa Indonesia.
The event celebrates Nongkrong’s 2025 theme, ‘Roots and Routes’, exploring the deep connections between ancestral heritage and the evolving pathways shaping Indonesian-Australian identities. Come for breakfast and stay to nongkrong, as the Square is filled with open-air performances.
Learn about the Indonesian diaspora’s cultural practices. Eat traditional and contemporary Australian-Indonesian iterations of Indonesian breakfast dishes served from Nongkrong’s gerobaks (street food carts). Listen to music from local community groups, including the Maluku Besudara Choir, Talo Balak (Sumatran gamelan), Mugi Rahayu (Javanese gamelan), Punta Panji Asmara (Cirebon gamelan) and more. Watch dance performances by Makassan dancer Abdi Karya, Poppin Jack and Jiggy Jaya from Stale Biskitz and more. Join a kecak voice workshop with Gamelan Dan Anda or a dance class with GROOV3.
Nongkrong is free and family-friendly, so bring loved ones and spend the day on island time.
Main Stage Program
9:30am – Gong Meditation w/ Eka and Dewi
10am – Mugi Rahayu Gamelan
10:30am – Gamelan DanAnda Kecak workshop
11am – Uncle Colin – Welcome to Country
11:15am – GROOV3 Dance Workshop
11:45am – Kala Nritya
11:50am – The Monash Talo Balak Ensemble
12:20pm – Gamelan DanAnda Gamelan Workshop
12:45pm – Gamelan DanAnda, Yande King’s and Putu Ayu Lestari
1pm – Maluku Basudara Melbourne
1:40pm – Putra Panji Asmara
2:40pm – Sanggar Lestari
2:50pm – Suara Dance
3pm – Abdi Karya
3:30pm – JIWA
4:15pm – Reinhard and Friends
4:20pm – Poppin Jack and Jiggy Jaya
4:50pm -Jawa Pitu
5:30pm – Koplotronica and Community MCs
Interstitial DJ by RAH
Presented by Asia TOPA, Art Centre Melbourne and Fed Square.
Fed Square thanks Event Partner Garuda Indonesia for its support of this program.
Check out the full program of free live music, outdoor cinema and community events on as part of Open Air in the Square.
