Yarnballa Cultural Festival Together in Company
From The Artistic Director
A change is coming and I don’t just mean a dust storm.
The Yarnballa Cultural Festival will be an exciting event not to be missed. Showcasing proud and strong Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture at the crossroads of Australia, together we will re-imagine South Australia and Port Augusta through arts, story, song, dance and music. These four days are an opportunity for all to share and savour the rich and diverse language groups and cultures
from across the state.
Placed on the edge of the outback and set by the sea, the Yarnballa Cultural Festival in Port Augusta will feature an opening ceremony spectacular, choreographed by Gina Rings, a massive community concert with acts including One Blood Hidden Image, the MERRg, Warren Millera, and the Adnyamathanha Women’s Choir, a large dance and story ground, a big family day in Gladstone Square and a
film and comedy program over the festival days.
It is my pleasure to bring you a deadly, dynamic, solid and out-there irresistible festival that will make your soul sing, your belly laugh, and your toes tap, so stay tuned for more details and get down
About Artistic Director -Diat Alferink
My Name is Diat Alferink, I was born in Port Augusta and I grew up in Lyndhurst in the Northern Flinders Ranges. My Mother is Daisy Alferink, a Kala Lagaw Ya woman from Badu Island in the Western Torres Straits. My Father is Cornelis Johan Alferink, a well-known sculptor and bush philosopher known to locals as ‘Talc Alf’. Over the past 15 years I have been an artsworker, event co-ordinator, performing artist and comedian. For the last 5 years I have been the Artistic and Cultural Director of Kurruru Indigenous Youth
Performing Arts in Port Adelaide.
PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
Thursday 23 October 2008
11am matinee - Petroglyphs - Signs of Life
6pm - Commissioned Exhibtion
Friday 24 October 2008
From dusk - Opening ceremony choreographed by Gina Rings
Saturday 25 October 2008
12noon-10pm - Community Concert featuring One Blood Hidden Image, the MERRg, Warren Millera, the Adnyamathanha Women's Choir and more.
Sunday 26 October 2008
11am-3pm - Family Day
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Prices
Community Concert
Full: $10
Concession: $8
U12: FREE
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