Songs for Freedom

The Freedom Collective and Big hART are honoured to invite the people of Sydney and surrounds to a very special free concert event, Songs for Freedom.

Songs for Freedom is an uplifting concert of original songs created by Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi artists in the Pilbara town of Ieramugadu (Roebourne WA). This event will take place on Saturday 2nd September 2023 at 6:00 pm, where we warmly welcome all to this family-friendly event of cultural sharing through music, song, dance, and visual artworks.

Under the musical direction of Grammy award-winning artist Lucky Oceans, and with a powerful narration by Ngarluma man Patrick Churnside, Songs for Freedom offers heartfelt messages of freedom and hope from the Pilbara mob, in their own words, and is set to fill the night with songs of peace, freedom, and country.

Songs for Freedom has its foundations in workshops involving the family of John Pat, whose death in custody in 1983, triggered the Royal Commission into deaths in custody. 28 September 2023 is the 40th anniversary of John Pat’s passing.

This musical performance promises to summon your country soul, and have you swaying to its blues bass lines. Bring a blanket and your dancing shoes for a night that can only be described as magic.