With BIGSOUND getting closer and closer, the team have just announced their full 2024 Goolwal Goolwal First Nations program that spans three days of panels, events and celebrations.
The Indigenous-led initiative is curated by a range of key voices that make up the Goolwal Goolwal team, including Elders-in-Residence Uncle Kevin Starkey (Nurrunga/Adnyamathanha and Saibai Torres Strait Islander) and Toni Janke (Wuthathi, Yadighana and Meriam); First Nations Music Officer Sue Ray (Gamilaroi/Gomeroi), Producer Kearna Kemister (Wiradjuri), First Nations Support Officer Natalie Lingwoodock (Birri/Kungarri/Byelee/Kabi Kabi/South Sea); and the First Nations Consultancy Group.
With several free events and showcases across the three days, BIGSOUND will be jam-packed with plenty to offer including the In Conversation with Zaachariaha Fielding of Electric Fields, Blak Label Presents: ‘Proppa Deadly’ performance at the open-air JBL Live at BIGSOUND Stage and much more.
Uncle Kev Starkey, Elder-in-Residence for this year’s event shares; “Being the inaugural Elder in Residence for QMusic and BIGSOUND back in 2022, it has been firstly an honour to be able to stand in representation of all First Peoples of this country. It has been equally a privilege, as well as exciting, to watch the growth and interaction between First Nations Creatives and Artists and the broader Music Industry.”
Minister for the Arts Leeanne Enoch adds; “The Queensland Government supports QMusic’s extensive Goolwal Goolwal program within BIGSOUND, investing $1.2 million over four years into the initiative, to position Queensland as a global centre for First Nations contemporary music in the lead up to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
You can get the full Goolwal Goolwal First Nations program and further information RIGHT HERE.
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