Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute

253 Grenfell Street , Adelaide SA 5000

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Down By The River -Launch

Semaphore Music Festival 2019 program launch during Umbrella: Winter City Sounds features Frank Yamma, Vonda Last and Corey Theatre in a performance that celebrates UNESCO Year of Indigenous Languages. The project titled ‘Down by the River’, informs the style, real stories told with authenticity, connecting people to place and community.

These important Aboriginal artists will explore narratives around connection to country and family, merging cultures, friendship, transformation and reconciliation. The launch on Saturday 27 July at 2pm embraces cultural maintenance through storytelling, songwriting and language revival.

The inaugural ‘Down by the River’ will be held on the weekend of the Semaphore Music Festival October 4 – 7, 2019 at Hart’s Mill in Port Adelaide.