MELBOURNE NOW: Intersect with YO CiTY at NGV

Dates

Sun 26 Mar 2023

Location

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Fed Square

Community Hall, Ground Level

Cost

Free

Type
Performance

Event accessibility

For those with limited mobility, it is recommended that you access The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia via the entrance on the Russell Street Extension or via the Fed Square atrium off Flinders Street, as the outdoor path through the main Fed Square area has a sloped and uneven surface.

Melbourne Now’s Community Hall will come alive as MAV and Yo CiTY present Intersect, a series of free audio experiences showcasing some of Melbourne’s best musicians, DJs, and spoken word artists.

Every Sunday afternoon, a line-up of performers as diverse as Naarm/Melbourne itself will entertain, challenge and delight.

JUNE LINE UP:

ALCIDES NETO and KESHAV YOGANATHAN, 3 June at 2PM

PAST LINE UP:

STEFANIA and BISHO, 26 March at 3PM

DJ JNETT, 2 April at 2PM

BROTHA ASANTI and AMADOU SUSO, 9 April at 2PM

SWEET COCO, 16 April at 2PM

YUSUPHA NGUM, 23 April at 2PM

N'FA JONES and SENSIBLE J, 30 April at 2PM

KARINA LEHMAN and FABIAN ARAVELES (Duo), 7 May at 2PM

THABANI TSHUMA (Spoken Word), 14 May at 2PM

THE EXPERIENCE, 21 May at 2PM

MET TAYLOR, 28 May at 2PM

Creatives

Brotha Asantï and Soulectric

Band

Fierce storyteller and house music extraordinaire, Brotha Asantï a Zimbabwean born with South African roots, Melbourne-based musician, composer/producer, and music director who leads his band Soulectric; a newly formed uniquely ensemble that showcases a group of Melbourne's vibrant artistic voices in a series of original compositions. Inspired by the underground dance scenes of New York, Chicago house, and rhythmic storytelling straight from the motherland, the band blends house music with lively African percussion, guitar, keys, vocals, and movement art/ contortionist to invite the audience to travel across the world through music.

Karina Lehman

Singer-Songwriter

Chilean/Australian singer-songwriter Karina Lehman blends her smooth vocals and energetic guitar rhythms taking you on a trip to Latin America. Influenced by artists such as Gloria Stefan, Marissa Monte, Natalia Lafourcade and Kevin Johansen, her songs talk about love, life experiences, dreams, and nature. Karina debuted with her solo project last April 2020 with song ‘Son de la Luna Dormida’, followed by ‘Contigo’ and ‘Oh Eah’, and started last year 2021 releasing her first song in English “Sunset dreams” followed by a fresh bossa-samba “Vagabundeando”, a romantic ballad “Winter” and her latest experimental tune called “No seas malo”.

Yusupha Ngum

Singer-songwriter

Stefania Serna is a Melbourne-based singer/songwriter.

Stefania Serna

Singer-songwriter

Stefania Serna is a Melbourne-based singer/songwriter.

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