The Only natural exhibition will be open to the public until the last customer leaves on the evening of Sunday October 2nd.

If you are visiting the adjacent OzAsia Festival the exhibition is easy to find at the eastern side of the King William Street Bridge on the banks of the River Torrens.

Thank you to all of those that helped with the staging of this exhibition with special mentions to the team at Jolleys Boathouse Restaurant, the SALA Festival Office, Atkins Photo Lab and the Port Adelaide Enfield Council for the Special Opportunity Arts Grant.

Funding appears to be secured to increase the capacity of Her Majesty’s Theatre.

The existing two levels of seating will be expanded to three, as it was originally over 100 years ago. Above are a few photographs I took in the existing ceiling space in 2012 and these reveal some of the original signage and decorative elements. Full story at the ABC News website.

Revisit the Backstage Pass or Long Live The Maj exhibition pages to see other behind the scenes photographs of Her Majesty’s Theatre.

 

Ibeyi at Womadelaide. Their second performance of the weekend on Stage 2.

Hazmat Modine at Womadelaide performing on the Zoo stage.

The Edmar Castaneda Trio played two sets at Womadelaide 2016. I was front row for the last performance and it was a unique experience to see his exceptional talent on display.

These photographs can only start to capture the energy, but I highly recommend taking 5 minutes or so to watch this YouTube clip of him performing solo.  (Live Sessions. Jazz at Lincoln Center).

Seun Kuti and the Egypt 80 put on an energetic performance and you will see in this picture gallery that one fan had to set his recording device to Sports mode to capture the action.

Congratulations to Peter Barnes for his winning entry in the Open category of the All Connections to Unley Art Prize 2016.

The exhibition of all finalists is on until 27 May at the Hughes Gallery on Fullarton Road.

My entry, Unley Road Skyline (Type-C print, 600mm x 200mm) is shown here.

More details about the exhibition and other winners available on the Unley Council website.

This is a galley of pictures from 47Soul’s high energy performance at Womadelaide 2016.

Ainslie Wills played her first Womadelaide this year. A great live performance highlighting a perfect blend of songs for a sunny afternoon.

www.ainsliewills.com

Surahn made his first appearance at Womadelaide in 2016. An energetic afternoon performance amongst the pine trees.

This is the first of several new photo galleries from Womadelaide 2016 that will be posted on this site over the next week or two.

Well no trophy, but visit the competition link below for al the results.

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Update 31 Jan 2016.
Mick Kidd and Dave Blight made history by being the first act to represent South Australia in the solo/duo category in the Quarter Finals of the International Blues Challenge. They gained great exposure with their 3 performances in Memphis.

Only two entrants from Australia remain in the competetion at this stage.

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Mick Kidd and David Blight are Memphis bound as they will be representing South Australia at the International Blues Challenge from January 26th, 2016.

This will be Mick Kidd’s first trip to the USA, having performed for 30 years in South Australia. He will now be playing on the famous Beale Street in Memphis Tennessee along with over 300 other competitors from around the world.

Mick Kidd and Dave Blight were winners of the solo/duo category finals run by the Adelaide Roots and Blues Association.

Links

Mick Kidd Blues

Adelaide Roots and Blues Association

International Blues Challenge 

 

 

Rymill Park in the Adelaide Parklands has been in the news lately. I went for a walk around the area and I intend to keep visiting the site of the proposed bus way extension over the months ahead to observe the environmental impact first hand.

A four lane road and tunnel will emerge adjacent to the popular lake in Rymill Park.

More details available at the Save Rymill Park Campaign website.

Neneh Cherry with RocketNumberNine performing the Blank Project album at Womadelaide 2015.

More details at the Womadelaide website.