Warwick’s First Aboriginal Art and Music Showcase aims to contribute to the social and emotional well-being of our Aboriginal community. Funding from the Healing Foundation, a federal body set up following the National Apology, is supporting a series of activities, the key focus being a 2 day Showcase to be held on the festival weekend.
8:00pm - 11:00pm Saturday 30th April
Warwick Town Hall
$25 adult, $15 child
Fantastic line up of big-name Aboriginal performers - don't miss it! Roger and Buddy Knox, LJ Hill, Johnny Huckle, Jason Scott. Finishing off the night will be The Stiff Gins and Last Kinection.
10:00am - 4:00pm Friday 29th April
10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday 30th April
Leslie Park
Two days of music workshops & mentoring with professionals - songwriting, hip hop, dance and singing at the Workshop Tent.
12:00pm - 5:00pm Friday 29th April
10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday 30th April
Leslie Park
Performance opportunities for Showcase workshop participants, alongside professional musicians.
4:00pm - 6:00pm Saturday 30th April
Leslie Park
Workshop participants join a concert celebration with professional musicians to provide an entertaining and inspiring finish to the Showcase Day at Leslie Park
10:30am - 4:30pm Sunday 1st May
School of Total Education, 2 Freestone Rd, Warwick
Free. Includes lunch.
"Understanding the Past in Order to Understand the Present"
An interactive opportunity to walk briefly in the shoes of Indigenous Australians with Grant Sarra.
• finding creative solutions to differences
• explore Indigenous perspective
• gain a clearer understanding of cultural, psychological, sociological aspects of Australians
• focus on appropriate, sensitive outcomes to close the gap
• encourage community to be strong, positive and vibrant
A skills interchange between Aboriginal communities in Warwick, Toomelah and Boggabilla. To be held pre-festival with the results of these workshops on display at the Showcase Day and Peace in the Park day.
10:00am - 4:00pm Friday 29th April
10:00am - 4:00pm Saturday 30th April
Leslie Park
Exhibition and stalls promoting Aboriginal art and crafts from Warwick and surrounding Aboriginal communities.
5:00pm - 8:30pm Saturday 7th May
Nyalar Mirungan-ah Nature Refuge, Maryvale
$30
You are invited to join an inspiring three-course dinner with traditional Aboriginal flavours in every serve.
The venue is “Cicada Gallery”, a converted hayshed, in a rustic rural setting on Nyalar Mirungan-ah Nature Refuge situated at Maryvale, 40 km east of Warwick.
Bookings: 07 4666 1187 David & Brenda Parsons
Saturday 30th April
Leslie Park
Warwick's first Aboriginal singing group, “Awakening Voices of Harmony” will perform as part of the Official Opening of the Showcase on Saturday 30th April at 12 noon at Leslie Park.
