A free community celebration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture will be staged with a NAIDOC week showcase at Redland Performing Arts Centre on July 8.
The afternoon of activities is headlined by Isaiah Firebrace.
From noon to 2pm there will be a range of family-friendly cultural demonstrations and activities. This year’s NAIDOC theme is Because of her, we can and activities feature or use materials from local indigenous female artists.
Participants can make wood-block artwork with Chez Beauvardia, using new designs created for this day by Shara Delaney and Alicia Close. Get hands-on and learn traditional skills at the weaving workshop or take some quiet time at the story telling corner. There will also be the opportunity to watch and take part in a traditional smoking ceremony to cleanse the spirit and ward off bad spirits, and enjoy the Yulu Burri Ba dancers.
Firebrace will perform from 2pm. Firebrace won the X Factor in 2016 and followed up with a debut single that charted all over the world and notched up over 120 million international streams.
In 2017 he represented Australia at Eurovision in Ukraine with his song Don’t Come Easy, placing ninth in the final.
NAIDOC Week runs from July 8 to 15. There are no bookings required. For more information visit www.rpac.com.au or phone 3829 8131.
This NAIDOC showcase is presented by Redland Performing Arts Centre in association with Redland City Council.
