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==Event Timeline== {| class="wikitable" |+ Confest History<ref>{{Cite web |title=Confest - History |url=https://confest.org.au/index.php/about-2/history |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=confest.org.au}}</ref> |- ! Year !! Time of year !! Location !! Name/Notes !! Population estimate |- | 1976 || December || Cotter River (ACT) || Shaping Of Alternatives || 9,000 - 10,000 |- | 1977/78 || New Year || Bredbo (Mt Oak, NSW) || Focus for a Future || 15000 |- | 1979 || Autumn/Easter || Berri SA (on Murray River) || The Year of the Child || 5,500-7,000 |- | 1980 || January 25-28 || French Island, Vic || Cairns' event not supported by DTE || 2000 |- | 1980 || May || Rainbow Region Gathering at Wytaliba NSW || Largely rained out || |- | 1981 || January 23-February 6 || Glenlyon I (Daylesford) || Welcoming and Exploring the New Age || 3000 |- | 1982 || January 28-February 1 || Glenlyon II || Viable Futures Through Loving Action || 8000 |- | 1983/84 || New Year || Baringa I || Wangaratta, Vic Making Alternatives Work || 5000 |- | 1984/85 || New Year || Baringa II || Peace || 4000 |- | 1986 || January 24-27 || Glenlyon III || || |- | 1986/87 || New Year || Glenlyon IV || || |- | 1987/88 || New Year || Mt Oak NSW || 10 year anniversary || 1200 |- | 1988 || Jan || Permacroft (Seymour, Vic) || Resurgence of the Call For a New Society || |- | 1988/89 || New Year || Walwa I || On the Murray River || 3500 |- | 1989/90 || New Year || Walwa II || || 4000 |- | 1990/91 || New Year || Walwa III || Heal Thy Self - Thy Planet || 5000 |- | 1992 || Autumn/Easter || Toc I (Tocumwal NSW) || Continuing the Tradition. || |- | 1993 || Autumn/Easter || Toc II || Weaving the Web. || |- | 1993/94 || New Year || Moama I || || |- | 1994 || Autumn/Easter || Toc III || || 4000 |- | 1994/95 || New Year || Moama II || || 9000 |- | 1995/96 || New Year || Tocumwal Birdlands (diff site) || A Birdlands Experience || 9500 |- | 1996 || Autumn/Easter || oc IV || Back to the River Harvest Festival || 4000 |- | 1996/97 || New Year || Moama IV || || >6,000 |- | 1997 || Autumn/Easter || Moama V || || 5000 |- | 1997/98 || New Year || Gum Lodge I (Tocumwal) || || 6500 |- | 1998 || Autumn/Easter || Gum Lodge II || || 4000 |- | 1998/99 || New Year || Guilmartens I (Tocumwal) || Universal Togetherness || 3500 |- | 1999 || Autumn/Easter || Guilmartens II || What's Alternative Now? 'unplugged' || 2000 |- | 1999/00 || New Year || Guilmartens III (Tocumwal) || || 2500 |- | 2000 || Autumn/Easter || Guilmartens IV (Tocumwal) || || 2200 |- | 2000/01 || New Year || Gulpa Creek I (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || Earth Odyssey || 2500 |- | 2001 || Autumn/Easter || Gulpa Creek II (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || 2500 |- | 2001/02 || New Year || Gulpa Creek III (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || 3800 |- | 2002 || Autumn/Easter || Gulpa Creek IV (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || 3800 |- | 2002/03 || New Year || Gulpa Creek Bylands I (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || At 'new' DTE owned site || 2500 |- | 2003 || Autumn/Easter || Gulpa Creek Bylands II (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || 3200 |- | 2003/04 || New Year || Gulpa Creek Bylands III (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || 2,200? |- | 2004 || Autumn/Easter || Gulpa Creek Bylands IV (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || 3200 |- | 2004/05 || New Year || Gulpa Creek Bylands V (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || ???? |- | 2005 || Autumn/Easter || Gulpa Creek Bylands VI (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || ???? |- | 2005/06 || New Year || Gulpa Creek Bylands VII (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || 2,000? |- | 2006 || Autumn/Easter || Gulpa Creek Bylands VIII (between Echuca & Deniliquin) || || 3000 |- | 2006/07 || New Year || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || Held at a property purchased by DTE in 2005/6. 2nd property purchased, and owned by DTE || 3000 |- | 2007 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 2300 |- | 2007/08 || New Year || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 1500 |- | 2008 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 3000 |- | 2008/09 || New Year || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 1200 |- | 2009 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 3700 |- | 2009/10 || New Year || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 2500 |- | 2010 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 4000 |- | 2010/11 || New Year || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 3500 |- | 2011 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2011/12 || New Year || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2012 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2012/13 || New Year || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2013 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2013/14 || New Year || Cancelled || || |- | 2014 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2014/15 || New Year || Cancelled || || |- | 2015 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2016 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 5857 |- | 2017 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || 6100 |- | 2018 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2019 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2020-2022 || || (festival cancelled during lock-down) || || |- | 2023 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2024 || Autumn/Easter || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |- | 2024 || Spring || Edward River outside Moulamein, between Deniliquin and Swan Hill || || |}
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