Organisers said it would be "three joyous days" of music and performing arts at the Barragga Bay site near Bermagui with the Friday a free day for everyone.

Organisers said the Four Winds Sound Shell had been silent for more than a year, waiting on this opportunity to bring people back together.

"The coastal site is the perfect place for us to gather and reconnect - with each other, with nature, with music, with the world. This will be a weekend of celebration and reflection, a gathering site for artists and audiences, locals and visitors to our region, people of all ages and backgrounds," creative director Lindy Hume said of the festival.

From English Baroque to Candelo folk, from Middle Eastern song to New York contemporary composition, from ancient Yuin culture to ancient Greek myths gathered in our own amphitheatre. From romantic poetry to Ravel piano trios and contemporary dance, the Four Winds Festival is a cornucopia of culture in the heart of NSW's Southern Coast.

For 2021 there are four 'hero' moments around which the Creative Director has developed the weekend.

'Things are looking up' songs from Yuin Country is a joyous all-in celebration of the music, dance, language and cultures of this region.

Yuin artists will join the musician-storytellers of Candelo on the Sound Shell stage including: Heath Cullen, Robyn Martin, Sam Martin, Melanie Horsnell, Pete Wild, Kate Burke, Anactoria, Matty Walker and Kyarna Rose, Gabadoo and more.

The Sydney Dance Company will be performing Rafael Bonachela's stunning Cinco, to live accompaniment by Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows. Presenting seven brilliant athlete-artists in full flight.

The Iliad - Out Loud - Local actor William Zappa's adaptation of Homer's epic tale earned standing ovations at the Sydney and Adelaide Festivals. Now Zappa's team of actors and musicians bring this millennia-old tale of war and destiny to life in Bermagui.

Compassion - a collaboration between celebrated composer of films and symphonies Nigel Westlake and the acclaimed, luminous-voiced performer Lior. Featuring an astonishing line-up of Australian musicians this powerful music and Hebrew/Arabic text, is an appeal for human grace.

Also on the program: The renowned Goldner String Quartet; Baroque and early music collective The Muffat Collective; Soprano Taryn Fiebig; Persian Oud player Hamed Sadeghi; 'conversations' with ABC's Graham Abbott; solo performances of Bach Cello Suites; Timo-Viekko Valve; Stefan Cassomenos's exuberant solo piano; beloved locals The New Graces; and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Fellows, plus many more...

Of course the Four Winds legendary hospitality and conviviality lives on with local producers, great food, wine and coffee, local gin and other site experiences and stalls. Free shuttles buses from Bermagu.

For the full program, head to 2021 Four Winds Festival - Four Winds