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Esplanade Musical Entertainment

Start Time: 
4:30PM
End Time: 
7:30PM
Location: 
The Esplanade, Perth

Spread out the picnic rug and enjoy the performances by music and dance from around the world on “The Landing” stage.

5.00pm City of Perth Band
5.55pm Burundi Peace Choir
6.25pm Alegrias Encanto
7.00pm Grace Barbé Afro Kreol

Burundi Band & Peace Choir

The Peace Choir and Burundi Band began in 1997 in a Refugee Camp in Tanzania where many had fled to escape war in Burundi. With a guitar made from discarded wood and old abandoned bikes, and an amplifier system made from clay bowls, the group attracted a great deal of interest. With the majority of the band members making their way to Perth, the group’s founder, Jean Phillippe, re-formed the group and today they perform regularly at African churches and community festivals, and have also performed at Telethon. The group recorded their first album in 2009.

Grace Barbé Afro Kreol

Award winning singer-songwriter Grace Barbé, is a musician with roots in the tiny
Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles; home to a unique Creole culture that fuses
Africa, Europe and Asia. Grace Barbé Afro Kreol has won the Western Australian Music Industry’s 'Best World Act' award in 2009, 2010 & 2011. The band has just recorded their second album and launched their new single Afro-Sega in October 2011.

Alegrias Encanto

Alegrias Spanish Dance Ensemble is a family group comprising mother, Helen Rabih, daughter Farida, and father Neville Kirkby, a self-taught guitarist who has worked extensively throughout WA. Alegrias is joined by the Encanto Dancers to present an exciting program of Spanish music and dance.

Roving Entertainment

Unique entertainment will be roaming the Foreshore, including the three kens, the frill necked lizards, Stilts the clown and the seagulls, lots of fun for the whole family!

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