DOORS 6.30PM // KITCHEN OPEN // SHOW STARTS 7.30PM

Taking place between the 2nd and 9th July, NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to participate in celebrations and learn about First Nations culture. The 2023 theme is 'For Our Elders' to highlight the important role that cultural knowledge holders and leaders bring to their communities. 

As we did in 2022, the Brunswick Ballroom will once again be presenting a special NAIDOC WEEK show with Monica Jasmine Karo (aka MpathSoul), Pirritu, Lee Sonnyboy Morgan and Maylene Yinarr.

Entry is free, however please register your attendance.

There are no booking or transaction fees for registering to attend FREE ENTRY shows.

Monica Jasmine Karo, also known as MpathSoul is a Gunai and Gunditjmara multi-disciplinary artist. Monica has spent the last 10 years performing her craft as a singer-songwriter, actor, and spoken-word poet in Naarm and across Australia. This year in 2023 Monica has performed her original music on many stages such as the Share The Spirit Festival at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Wominjeka Festival Balnarring, and Clunes Booktown Festival, also performed as a backing vocalist for Dave Ardens’ sold out show of Meerta at Melbourne’s Arts Centre for Yirramboi Festival. Recently Monica had audiences in stitches in her lead role in Maurial Spearim’s comedy Inside Out at Malthouse Theatre; the show premiered at this year’s Yirramboi Festival 2023  - Monica sung and acted in the “playful, fearless” lead role of Ilbijerri Theatre Company’s Green Room award-winning production of Heart is a Wasteland. The play, written by John Harvey and directed by Dr. Rachael Maza, toured sold out seasons in 2021 and 2022 including Darwin Festival 2021 and Arts Centre Melbourne 2022.  In late 2022 Monica was nominated for the Archie Roach Foundation Award for Emerging Talent, and was a lead performing artist in the collaborative multidisciplinary theatre show of the The Dreaming Project at Footscray Community Arts. Monica's working on her debut album, of which her music is soulful folk & R'n'B, with lyrics of healing, connection and spirit.

Pirritu (Brett Lee) is a Ngiyampaa Man and first nations singer-songwriter who has released two soul folk albums so far and was a Nominee in the 2022 Music VIC Awards (Archie Roach Foundation Award). Pirritu has performed at a number of grassroots, and contemporary festivals and played over 300 shows  since 2015. Recent highlights include Cresfest, Tunes on the Green w/Kasey Chambers, Live at Warrawee, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Mordi Fest, St Kilda Festival, Medicine Songs, Yirramboi Festival, VMDO Showcase, Folk Alliance Montreal, and many other community events, festivals, live venues, corporate, and house concerts. Pirritu has shared stages with Emma Donovan (2022), Charm of Finches (2022), Kasey Chambers (2023) and Aine Tyrell (2023). 

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Pirritu Part 2: Fire When The Sun Goes Down (2023), 

Pirritu Part 1 (2021) 

Lee Sonnyboy Morgan a Gunditjmara/Kirrea Whuurrung man hailing from the south west of Vic Framingham Native settlement is a man to watch.
His wild guitar playing & songwriting is all shook up with the fire of Hendrix the articulation of Brad Paisley & the sensitive touch of Mark Knoffler.
Sonnyboy’s Lyrics are of life & land, love lost & love found & sprinkled with the style of Emmylou Harris Willy Nelson & Springsteen in their story telling nature.
Morgan has performed with some of Australia’s biggest names. Barnesy, Paul Kelly, Shane Howard, Jessica Mouboy, Neil Murray & Archie Roach just to name a few.
Do catch Sonnyboy at a show near you in fact Morgan has recently performedat this year's Dreamtime at the G. 20th May.

 Maylene Yinarr, is a singer-songwriter from Melbourne, Victoria on Kulin lands. Maylene writes to inspire conversations about identity and vulnerability. Her soft ballads are haunting, uplifting and thought-provoking. Through her parents, Maylene is part of the Kamilaroi, Wiradjuri, Kuku Djungan, and Gangalidda Aboriginal nations. She has family ties to the Yanyuwa, Kuku Yalanji, Arrente, Walpirri, Yorta Yorta, Latji Latji, Wemba Wemba, Gunditjmara, Yuin, Worimi, Ngunnawal, Ngambri and Kulin nations. Kulin is home. Maylene is a proud activist for Aboriginal self-determination and loudly calls for Federal Government reform over the treatment of First Nations people in Australia.

Listening for the sounds of the land and the universe. Away from performances, Maylene is the Deputy Chairperson of Songlines Aboriginal Music Corporation, the state peak body supporting Indigenous artists and music based in Victoria. She co-runs Mindful Mob, a platform to encourage healing in blackfullas and share quotes, thoughts and inspirations relating to mindfulness, inner life and spirituality.

Maylene was previously a member of the Dhumba Committee at TEAR Australia, delivered National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day (2014-2018) at SNAICC - National Voice for our Children and assists in all things creative to blackfulla music, healing and expression.

https://instagram.com/mayleneyinarr
https://www.facebook.com/mayleneyinarr
https://m.soundcloud.com/mayleneyinarr

Important Acknowledgments:
We'd like to pay our respects to the traditional owners of the land in which I live, the Kulin Nation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from our many nations and all First Nations people whose culture and songline is thriving today, in and across the world.

TICKETING INFO 

Please have a digital or printed copy of your ticket ready on arrival along with a valid photo ID. Acceptable ID includes a current and valid Australian Photo Drivers Licence, State Approved ‘Proof of Age’ card or Passport.

The Brunswick Ballroom strives to improve our practices when it comes to sustainability and to reduce our carbon footprint. We don’t sell or provide plastic water bottles.

VENUE INFO 

THE BALLROOM MENU
The kitchen will be serving The Ballroom Menu for this show.
You can view the delicious offerings available by clicking here.

ACCESSIBILITY
The Brunswick Ballroom is Accessible.
The Brunswick Ballroom has made significant improvements to accessibility by installing an Acorn Chairlift. (Model: New Acorn Indoor 180 Curved Stairlift.)

VENUE FAQS
To find out more about the venue, FAQs can be viewed by clicking here.