Barmah Benefit: Justice for land and people

Sunday 13th September

7.30-11.30pm

Bar Open

Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

This will be an amazing night full of some of Melbourne's finest musical talents whilst supporting an incredible cause.

Acts on the night are:

The Stride Auspicious
''The Stride Auspicious are... a perpetual groove brew, wailing lectric guitar, swinging sisters singing, harmony moving, and melodious croonin, set to song.
A postive motion in the small melbourne soul scence, fronted by busker Matt Witney (qld), featuring vocal stylings of Candice Monique and Arowe.
Holding to roots of folk, The Stride present a show of Song. Thick downtempo wholesome psychadelic soul SONG."
http://www.myspace.com/thestrideauspicious

Mista Monk (Culture Connect)
http://www.myspace.com/mistamonk

Hugo & Treats
"Well-spoken spoken word artist/freestyler, Hugo, and futuristic world music DJ, Treats, both from the UK, relocated to Melbourne and met to form a potent sound system. A regular fixture on the live circuit, they have rocked every type of venue in the city, from the Hamer Hall and Big Day Out all the way up to the hallowed Northside underground warehouse scene. Get your fix of poetic socio-spiritual philosophy served up over the most eclectic and innovative set of beats around."
http://www.myspace.com/hugo1love

Andy D Smith
http://www.myspace.com/andydsmith

Doors open at 7.30pm

$8 concession $10 full

The Barmah-Millewa Collective shares a vision of healthy country, where biodiversity and bush tucker flourish; where the land, rivers and wetlands are clean and healthy; and where Traditional Owners enjoy their inherent rights to care for country and enjoy its produce.
In 2001 we joined the Yorta Yorta in their campaign to protect the world grew to cover the red gum forests along the length of the Murray and achieved a stunning victory in December 2008 with the announcement of 91,000ha of new red gum national parks in Victoria, and the co- management of the Barmah and Nyah Forests.
Building on this success, we now collaborate with Traditional Owner Nations throughout the Murray-Darling Basin to protect and care for this unique and threatened landscape. Our work ranges from on-ground revegetation projects through to campaigns for Aboriginal land rights and new conservation reserves.

For more information on this campaign see the official Barmah-Millewa campaign website.