2 years - 4 continents - 14 countries - 170K+ live audiences
Framed in a theatrical narrative amongst panoramic visuals of the artist’s homelands, the audience experiences a musical journey across the breadth and into the soul of island nations of Pacific and Indian Ocean, meeting an ancient seafaring ancestry and confronting the impacts of climate change head on, as the performers and youth ambassadors share their island's voice supported through the cinematic sequences.
Drawing on a roster of renowned first nation artists, the concert features musicians performing irresistible oceanic grooves to soulful island ballads engaging audiences from huge festival stages to intimate theatres. Combining music, spoken word and live cinema with AV projections featuring footage collected during a 3-year film trip across 16 countries guided by the artists on their homelands.
Toured to 14 countries across four continents, 170K+ audiences have seen it live since its premiere at SXSW 2018. It has become a feature of SIBS concerts for encore to spontaneously erupt into a shared celebration, with instruments, voices and dancing bodies rising from the seats.
Moving beyond the concert experience, Small Island Big Song offers a variety of opportunities for students and audiences to investigate the environmental, political, social and cultural contexts on our oceans’ islands.
Upcoming Tours
2022
JAN-APR North America - agent SRO Artists Inc.
JUL Europe - agent Earth Beat Amsterdam
2019 Colors of Ostrava Festival, Ostrava Czech Republic
2019 Rudolstadt Festival, Rudolstadt Germany
2019 MTC Southbank Theatre, Melbourne Australia
2019 Verona Palace, Sydney Australia
2019 Kaohsiung Container Arts Festival, Kaohsiung Taiwan
2019 Torba Arts Festival, Mota Lava Vanuatu
2018 Legacy, Taipei Taiwan
2018 Taoyuan Music Festival, Taoyuan Taiwan
2018 Førde World Music Festival, Førde Norway
2018 EtnoSur Festival, Alcalá la Real Spain
2018 Pllek, Amsterdam Holland Prachtwerk
2018 Prachtwerk, Berlin Germany
2018 Peace Boat, Copenhagen Denmark to Reykjavik Iceland
2018 Indigenous Celebration, Bali Indonesia
2018 South by South West, International Day Stage, Austin USA
2017 World Stage Design (Work in progress), Taipei Taiwan
Album 'Small Island Big Song'
Concert Tour
2021 See you Sound Music Film Festival, Turin Italy
2020 LUCfest, Tainan Taiwan
2020 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, Melbourne Australia
2019 Antenna Int' Documentary Film Festival, Sydney Australia
2019 Ânûû-rû Âboro Int' Film Festival, Noumea New Caledonia
2019 Jeju Film Festival, Jeju Island South Korea
2019 Ishigaki Film Festival, Ishigaki Island Japan
2019 Torba Arts Festival, Mota Lava Vanuatu
2019 Landjuweel Festival, Amsterdam Holland
2019 Kino x MoMo Fest, Rotterdam Holland
2019 Watershed, Bristol UK
2019 Castle Cinema, London UK
2018 Bali Indigenous Film Festival, Bali Indonesia
2018 Okinawa International Film Festival, Okinawa Japan
Film 'Small Island Big Song - An Oceanic Songline'
Screening Tour
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