Fremantle Arts Centre’s Sunday Music season is set to return this summer with the most diverse line-up in the program’s history.
The free weekly live music series kicks off on Sunday, October 2, beginning a huge six-month summer season featuring musical talent from across Australia in Fremantle Arts Centre’s Front Garden.
“Born of a love of community, creative exchange and connection, Sunday Music has become a staple in the Port City’s music scene, offering a tastemaking showcase of the most exciting acts,” said Fremantle Arts Centre’s Director Anna Reece.
“Fremantle Arts Centre lives and breathes new music, and we are proud to support a program overflowing with talented music makers from across the creative spectrum which crosses various genres, identities and cultures, showcasing the unique and diverse community of voices that live and create within our state, and further afield.”
Among the highlights are Melbourne-based nine-piece Ausecuma Beats, who will hit the stage on Sunday, February 5. Comprised of musicians from Senegal, Mali, Cuba and Guinea, the ensemble is known for fusing their diverse influences into complex and danceable rhythms.
Presented in association with Nannup Festival, on Sunday, March 5, The Krui3ers (pictured above), will make their way to Freo from the Mowanjum Community in the Kimberley. Descendants of the renowned Mowanjum band Gulingi Nunga, the band are known for employing a high-energy country rock style to tell the unique stories of their Country.
Armed with their motto “the people must dance,” Freo six-piece The Bambuseae Rhythm Section will perform on Sunday, February 19, offering up a mix of psych-funk with a dash of blues rock and plenty of grooves.
First Nations singer-songwriter and producer hailing from the Wardandi Bibbulmun tribe of the South West, Boox Kid is bringing his unique brand of electro pop to Sunday Music on Sunday, December 11.
On Sunday, January 22, rock and roll legends Rob Snarksi & Lindy Morrison – of The Blackeyed Susans and The Go-Betweens – are joining forces to showcase their post-punk musical chops, in a show described as “not for the faint hearted, but for the romantic, the readers, the writers, the lovers and the lost.”
Also joining the line-up is WAMAward-winner Siobhan Cotchin on Sunday, January 29, soulful singer-songwriter and the leader of FAC Yeah! Community Choir Natalie Gillespie on Sunday, October 9, and synth-pop duo Priscilla on Sunday, December 11.
Fremantle Arts Centre’s Sunday Music program runs from Sunday, October 2, 2022 to Sunday, March 26 from 2pm – 4pm in the Front Garden. For the full line-up and more information head to fac.org.au
