Entertainment
4 October, 2024
Gimuy festival connection
THE art, the culture and the entertainment have arrived in Gimuy (Cairns) with the second iteration of the First Nations festival Shine on Gimuy showcasing colour, music and storytelling until Sunday.
A jam-packed program is running after the launch of the festival on Thursday with an array of entertainment and educational options – free and ticketed – including music, conversations, comedy and much more.
With the theme ENTWINED, all stories, all paths and all voices lead to Gimuy and the voices of the Yidinji people who will immerse attendees in a First Nations experience like no other.
Shine on Gimuy artistic director Rhoda Roberts AO said the festival had lots in store for this weekend.
“I think people will be excited by our light installations and audio soundscapes, with three new artists as they head down throughout the Esplanade,” she said.
“We have artists from Wujal Wujal, and local based artists. Our opening is with spirit guardians that reflect on the king of Gimuy and his traditional markings, done by his grandson Carl Fourmile. Our next artist is Merindi Schribier a musician and amazing weaver and our third is a young emerging artist Doreen Collins. That’s our difference from last year.
“There’s a lot happening on Saturday. We have our partnership with Queensland Music Festival with the Dream Aloud concert at Munro Martin Parklands, with a great lineup from King Stingray to Baker Boy, Bumpy and Kee’ahn for our younger demographic.
“So at our festival hub at Salt House for a different demographic we have a comedy night with music, which is super exciting because lots of people don’t get to see our dry and self-deprecating humour. We have Sean Choolburra and Andy Saunders with a new show. There’ll be a lot of tongue-in-cheek humour.”
There’ll be lots more to see over the weekend with amazing shows by Circa Cairns – Circa Youth Circus – music performances, Deep Wisdom Conversations at Salt House, slam poetry by Rob Waters, music by Mau Power, Kee’ahn, DJ Bala Will and more.
“This year our theme is Entwined, we’re all entwined and connected to everything so we hope for our audience to come, get chill, look at incredible transformative artworks, hear some great bands, take in some talks and walk away knowing that we have more similarities than differences and sees how diverse our culture is,” Ms Roberts said.
For the full program, visit www.shineonproductions.au/gimuy
