be bold festival 2021! 9th and 10th April
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Come celebrate Brimbank’s BOLD and CREATIVE Arts Community!
Friday April 9 and Sat April 10!
”Daring to be different – Brimbank’s beloved Be Bold Festival returns in 2021 with a dynamic program of arts, culture, music and performance by and for our community in Melbourne’s west.
A global pandemic has not hindered the determination and creativity of our community! Be Bold is a jam-packed two-day festival and everyone is welcome to join in the all-ages celebrations.
Located in the cultural arts hub of St Albans, we are proud to bring you a dedicated outdoors program of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander festivities on Friday 9 April. From 6pm join us for Welcome to Country, Aunty Joyce & Uncle Boots Mural unveiling, dance, art, music, and a Koori/e night market and more. Day two, Saturday 10 April, is a full day of family friendly fun, free entertainment and activities, artist talks, markets, tours.
The Bowery Theatre will have a program of film, art, and children’s theatre over the Friday and Saturday delivered by its artists-in-residence.”
the nitty gritty
FREE ( option to pay what you can $20, $10, $5, $0), bookings required for Bowery Theatre program and artist tours.
PROGRAM
Day 1: Friday 9 April, 6-9pm / Be Bold Blakout
MC and Be Bold Blakout Program Curator: Lisa Maza
Be Bold Stage Performances by:
· The Merindas (Pop / Dance)
· Pirritu (First Nations / Folk / Roots)
· Kalyani Mumtaz (DJ set)
· Shauntai Baztke (Classical / Opera)
Featured events:
· Welcome to Country
· Unveil Aunty Joyce and Uncle Boots Mural + Artist Talk with Artists Mike Maka, Mandi Barton and Lee-Anne Clarke.
· Blakout Market Stalls
· Art Installation - Fibonacci by Dave Murphy
· MABU MABU Food Stall
Day 2: Saturday 10 April, 10am – 4pm / Arts and Culture Program
Be Bold Stage featured performances:
· Ajak Kwai (Soul / Funk)
· KVYNL (Hip-hop / Electronic)
· Lavinia Tosev (Folk / Pop )
· FReeZA Youth Special feat. Levz, Vava'u Brothers and Mercii Makepeace supported by DJ Julz and DJ Spell
Featured events:
· Duets with a Shapeshifter Exhibition and Films by James Welsby aka Valerie Hex
· Western Edge Youth Art Film
· Our Kitchen Stories with Jennifer Tran
· Dance Zone with L2R Dance and Dagogo Obogo
· Kontiki Fashion Show
· Art Tours + Demonstrations of St Albans Public Art
· Markets and Food
Children’s Program:
· Child Nation – Digital Art Play presented by Artist Jessica Wlison
· Family Art Workshop with Artists Jo Mott and Aida Azin
· Little Tadpoles Looking for Mama Installation and art workshop with Dan Wei
· Children’s Short Films presented by Sunshine Short Film Festival
· Giant Puppets by Snuff Puppets
· Roving Entertainment
Bowery Theatre Program by Be Bold Performance Residency Artists
· Ipu Ti Film Preview + Artist Talk presented by Fipe Preuss and Irihipeti Waretini (Friday)
A film excerpt of contemporary and classical Pacific/Māori performance art and storytelling followed by an artist talk.
· Tahlilah (Lullabies) presented by Aseel Tayah* (Saturday)
In this participatory performance, Aboriginal and Palestinian artists share lullabies their cultures in a twilight inspired installation space. Suitable for under 6s.
Plus more!
