Poster for the Sights & Sounds of 69 Music Festival, held at the Sydney Town Hall in May 1969. Val Hogdson was the poster artist.

Poster for the Fourth Brisbane Film Festival, held in May 1969 at the Astor Theatre.

Poster for Seventh Sydney Super 8 Film Festival, held in November 1998 in Sydney and Melbourne. The Festival featured films from Australia, West Germany and Japan.

Poster for the WA Jazz Festival held in September 1988.

Poster for the Melbourne Queer Film Festival held in March 2004.

Festival poster for WOMADelaide Sounds of the Planet, held 6-8 March, 2009 in Adelaide.

Glossy red poster advertising Tropfest 2000 with a space at the bottom for location details.

Designed to attract an audience and to project an identity, festival posters are an essential tool in the marketing and branding of festivals. 

From the earliest Australian film festival poster from 1952 to Tamworth Country Music Festival and more, here's some of the festival posters in the NFSA collection.