The festival began as the Come Out Festival in 1974 as part of the
Adelaide Festival of Arts, becoming a stand-alone biennial event in 1975. The first biennial event was held at the
Adelaide Festival Centre, and it has been produced by the Centre since 2015. The festival's name was changed from "Come Out" to DreamBIG Children's Festival in 2017, when the organisers decided the term was no longer appropriate due to its meaning for the
LGBTI community. More than 2 million children have participated in the Festival since 1974. == Artists and companies ==