Camp Out For Charity
Dust off your Cosplays early, gather around the campfire to celebrate the launch of SMASH! 2025 with Skadi and Cyrus!
This event is a huge milestone in the history of SMASH!, and the first time we have launched a Friday night event.
Get ready for a night you won't forget, as the ICC opens its doors from 5.30pm until 8.30pm, all in the name of some amazing charities.
Tickets to this historic night are just $16.50 and are available as an add-on to your existing order.
- Minus18
- An LGBTQ+ youth charity focused on the mental health and wellbeing of youth who identify as LGBTQ+. The funds will go towards school visits, helping vulnerable youth parties, guidance and their annual charity ball.
- Headspace Bankstown
- headspace is Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, providing early intervention mental health services to 12-25 year olds.
- Youth off the Streets
- Youth off the Streets offers crisis accommodation and housing services, independent high schools, alcohol and other drugs counselling, youth justice support, life skills and employment programs, cultural support and community engagement, among other services.
- Mission Australia
- Every day we deliver homelessness crisis and prevention services, provide social and affordable housing, assist struggling families and children, address mental health issues, fight substance dependencies, support people with disability and much more.
- Cure Cancer
- We are dedicated to kick-starting bright new ideas, accelerating new ways to cure cancer.
- Bobby Goldsmith Foundation
- Bobby Goldsmith Foundation (BGF) is Australia & longest running HIV charity.
- Founded in 1984, when a group of friends got together to give their dying mate Bobby Goldsmith the care he needed in the comfort of his home, BGF has gone on to provide that same individualised care to thousands of Australians. And while HIV treatment has come a long way since 1984, the need for support remains.
what can i do on friday 11th?
The following areas will be available for the public on Friday 11th of July!
- Exhibitor Hall
- Get a sneak peak into our exhibitor hall and get some goodies before the mass rush of the weekend!
- Artist Market
- Your favourite artists have set up camp early! Come out and support them!
- Arcade Area
- Everyone loves a forest entangled arcade area, come play your favourite titles amongst the SMASH! fans!
- Cosplay Display
- All year round its hard to imagine how such creatives make spectacle apparels! Join us and appreciate the talent gone into each outfit!
- Performance Stage
- Love a campfire tune? Remember that old Disney movie Camp Rock? What if we told you we had one too! Join our campfire rock out and enjoy our talented performers on stage!
- Itasha Vehicles
- Been biting at the seams to see some sweet rims? What about that sleek paint job you wanted for your car? Come take a look at this years Itasha!... how did they fit the cars in the middle of this forest?
- Food serveries
- No camp is without its sweet relief of food. Take a minute to take it all in with a happy belly!
Other areas may be open, subject to the department being ready on the evening.
This year take in that extra day you always wanted with SMASH! and join us as we tell our tale! We look forward to having you join us on this remarkable moment in time!