May 22nd – Harry Manx at Brisbane Powerhouse
April 27, 2010
BEMAC and Brisbane Powerhouse are proud to present:
Harry Manx
Returning for his seventh Australian tour, Canada’s most awarded blues artist, Harry Manx launches his stunning new album, Bread and Buddha.
As Canada’s most awarded blues artist, his ten albums in as many years have resulted in multiple Juno and Maple Awards.
Harry’s been dubbed an “essential link” between the music of East and West. Having lived in Europe, Japan, India and Brazil, it was his five-year tutelage with Grammy Award winning Rajasthani musician Vishwa Mohan Bhatt that forged his now signature East-meets-West style of music, infusing traditional American earthy 12-bar blues with a subtle hint of mystical Indian sounds.
Playing a multitude of guitars, banjo and the 20-stringed Mohan Veena, Harry envelopes his audience into “The Harry Zone” with his warm vocals and haunting original songs, plus his quirky reworks of some classic blues. Harry returns on his seventh Australia tour with his stunning new Bread and Buddha album.
“I’ve discovered something new tonight, seeing Harry play……… ” Bruce Spingsteen
“For sheer musical adventure, few compare with Manx…… ” Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald
Free entertainment on the Turbine Platform after the performance co-presented with BEMAC.
Planet is the Brisbane Powerhouse dedicated world music and dance program. This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
8pm Harry Manx (2hrs 15 minutes including interval)
10.15pm Live Music on the Turbine Platform
Image by Kirk Lawler
22nd May – Zillmere Multicultural Festival 2010
April 27, 2010
The Zillmere Multicultural Festival is an exciting celebration of the many cultures that make up the community of Zillmere and surrounding districts is taking place at O’Callaghan Park, Saturday 22nd May. The Zillmere Multicultural Festival is in its ninth year and has become a firm favourite on the Brisbane events calendar, with its vibrant mix of delicious foods, traditional and contemporary performances, interactive song, dance and music workshops.
The aim of the event is to share diverse cultures and customs. From inception to delivery, celebrating cultures provides a positive experience for visitors culminating in the annual festivities at the popular Zillmere Multicultural Festival.
http://www.zillfest.org.au/
May 1st Planet – Choirs
April 27, 2010
Planet at the Brisbane Powerhouse in May will feature two choirs.
ICON Choir (Pacific Island Choir) and the Giuseppe Verdi Choral Society (Italian Choir).
5pm Saturday May 1st on the Turbine Platform
Planet is a dedicated world music and dance programme. This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Planet
April 22, 2010
Brisbane Powerhouse and BEMAC present
1st Saturday of Every Month
Do you have a taste for the exotic but can’t afford a world trip? That’s ok. We’re bringing the world to you.
From Latin to Reggae, Indian to African, Planet, on the first Saturday of every month will transport your musical senses literally to another world. With each session you might find Brazilian rhythms crossing paths with Eastern delights or cool island drums coming face to face with the heat of Salsa.
World music and world class acts. With a true globe-trotting experience like this, you won’t need a holiday.
Duration: 2hrs
Planet is a dedicated world music and dance programme. This project has received financial assistance from the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
Melting Pot
April 21, 2010
A WORLD OF FREE MUSIC
There’s a world of music bubbling away in Brisbane’s diverse communities. This melting pot of multi-culturalism will be celebrated during the monthly series of free entertainment and activities to be held at QPAC’s Cascade Court and Melbourne Street Green.
Traversing the globe from Asia to Europe, Africa and the Americas, Brisbane’s Melting pot will feature an array of ethnic delicacies from local communities including traditional fare, arts and craft, new world music and dance.
Gather your family and friends and join the global citizens of Brisbane’s new world city as we celebrate diversity, community and culture through the universal languages of food and music.
Where: Cascade Court and Melbourne Street Green, QPAC
When: 11.30am to 5pm
Immerse yourself in the sounds and aromas of mystical Asia with rhythmic Bhangara, bamboo flutes, exotic strings, driving percussion and the phenomenon of contemporary Bollywood.
Folkloric traditions, classical compositions and contemporary pop music come together to mark the European influence on a western culture steeped in delicious diversity.
Saturday 10+Sunday 11 April
Saturday 8+Sunday 9 May
Return to the roots of all music with an exciting world of song and dance beating a trail from tribal Africa to the idyllic rhythms of the South Pacific.
Saturday 5+Sunday 6 June
Saturday 10 + Sunday 11 July
Traverse the globe footloose and carefree with a gypsy gathering drawing from the Mediterranean, the Baltics, the Middle East and Central Asia to create an energetic celebration of a colourful life of travels.
Saturday 7 + Sunday 8 August
Saturday 18+ Sunday 19 September
Party with the sounds of the streets as we shake up the music that has inspired revolutions, celebrated freedom and opened our hearts and minds to the ryhthms of carnivale.
Saturday 16+Sunday 17 October
Saturday 13 + Sunday 14 November
Presented by QPAC with the support of BEMAC
Talking Tapa: Pasifika Bark Cloth in Queensland
January 21, 2010
Works from the Melanesian nations and islands of Papua New Guinea, West Papua a province of Indonesia, The Solomon Islands and New Caledonia, and the Polynesian Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, and Wallis and Futuna are represented. Community loans hang beside museum pieces. Some have be used very recently in Queensland to decorate homes, wedding receptions, meeting halls, birthday parties, for use at funerals and perhaps most commonly for Fijians to wear at their weddings.
National itinerary – tour
2009 Queensland
- USQ (Springfield, Ipswich) 12 Feb –19 March
- Art space Mackay 27 Mar – 10 May
- Gladstone Regional Art Gallery 5 June – 11 July
Museum of Brisbane 24 July – 11 Oct NOW
- Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, 23 Oct – 6 Dec
- Cairns Regional Gallery 11 Dec – 31 Jan 2010
2010 Victoria
- Monash Gallery of Art 10 Feb – 11 April
- Ballarat Fine Art Gallery 17 April – 30 May
2010 NSW
- Mosman Art Gallery 5 June – 18 July
- Manning Regional Gallery 23 July – 5 Sept
- Taree
- Bathurst Regional Gallery 15 Oct – 28 Nov
Further venues may be included in 2011. If you know a venue that may be interested please let BEMAC know.
Catch TALKING TAPA where you can and enjoy this wonderful show.
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