Bathurst Harvest Festival

Backyard Concerts

‘Backyard world music concerts' in houses (ordinary or extraordinary) in the city centre. Gather your friends and family a hamper of local produce and a blanket and head over to your neighbours' backyard for a concert you will never forget. (Full details to be announced.)

Then we move to Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre for three nights of sensational, exceptional world music concerts.

Eddie de Brazil:

Get up and dance to Eddie de Brazil or just sit back to enjoy the seven-piece Latin band and the spectacle of capoeira and samba. Multi instrumentalist and singer Ednaldo Ignacio (Eddie De Brasil) leads a world class band in an evening which showcases the best of (Brasilian popular music), from samba, pagoda and axe to forro and the classic Bossa Nova.

Khalil Gudaz

Khalil Gudaz is one of the most outstanding practitioners of Hindustani and Afghani music. A disciple of the great master Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Khalil has mastered the demanding sitar style known as "Gayaki-Ang" (the singing style, he is recognised internationally for his work in bringing together the great North Indian Raag traditions with his subtle and lyrical melodic interpretations drawn from his Afghani heritage. Khalil's mastery of the instrument is dazzling.

Zulya and the Children of the Underground

Zulya, originally from Tatarstan in central Russia, is familiar to audiences throughout Australia as a performer of traditional and original music derived from her Tatar and Russian cultural roots. Zulya has developed a totally original approach as an affirmation of her unique identity - an affirmation that takes her Tatar and Russian background to totally new places and in completely new ways with a highly developed sense of melody, rhythm and texture. "Zulya's powerful heart-tugging voice is emotionally irresistible. She has provided us with a musical window into a unique and little known culture, from a corner of the world, which we might otherwise have remained ignorant of. We're all richer for the experience" - Seth Jordan, Rhythms