Culture X Festival 2025
Culture X Festival
12-14 Sept Bankstown Arts Centre
3 nights of interactive events that make you a part of the Festival.
Come and celebrate YOU!
Opening Night Dance Party
Friday 12 Sept, 5pm - 8pm
BAC Forecourt
Come and celebrate with our amazing lineup of artists
in a non stop intereactive party from 5pm
Dance Party Continues…
7pm
FBi Radio legends Bare Necessities Collective come to Bankstown and keep the party going with their DJ, Horns and Drumming set. Dancefloor gems collected from all corners of the earth with loads of Special Guests
African Dance Workshop 5pm
Come and learn African dance and be part of the Dance Party feature act with Afro legends Yacou Mbaye (Senegal) and Lucky Lartey (Ghana)
Dance Party
6pm
Lets Dance at our Outoor Party.
DJ Flygirl Tee spins dance music tracks from around the world, with intereactive pop up dance, guest vocalists gemma ylana, Yasi T and EmCee’s from our multicultural communities and you!
Worlds Collide in the Round
Saturday 13 Sept, 7pm
BAC Theatre
Step into a high-energy, interactive night where music, dance and culture Collide, and the audience becomes part of the show.
Riffs, Rhymes and Grooves from Western Sydney
‘GLOBAL COMMUNITY ALBUM IN THE ROUND’
Born in the heart of Western Sydney, Worlds Collide fuses seven cultures and diverse musical traditions into a bold, contemporary Australian sound. A genre-defying, high-energy celebration of unity, culture, and innovation.
‘Worlds Collide in the Round’
is an interactive immersive experience where the audience is surrounded by
a powerful lineup of artists weaving tradition into the NOW.
Featuring:
Yulugi – A sonic dialogue across cultures and Country.
Featuring Aboriginal songman Gumaroy Newman, Robert Weatherall (yidaki/dance),
Raph Hatz (yidaki), and composer Keyna Wilkins
Yacou Myabe and Lucky Lartey – African drumming and dance
Danny Telas – Colombian culture and grooves
Palestinian Music Ensemble – Evocative, soul-stirring music rooted in tradition and resistance
and much more…
Saturday Gypsy Caravan Stage
Be Part of the Festival…
‘The Festival of You’
Learn a Drumming pattern or show the world your Freestyling skills in any language
AND
PERFORM
In the ‘Worlds Collide in the Round’ Concert
Open Mic Cypher
ft: Izzy and RTB Crew
6pm
Multi-lingual freestyling and Performance
Hip Hop freestyle legend Izzy and the RTB Crew show off their skills and provide YOU with an opportunity to show off yours in ANY language.
Register for a spot to show the world your freestyling skills. One lucky new comer will have the chance to perform in the ‘Worlds Collide in the Round’ concert that same night!
African Drumming
Workshop
5pm
African Drumming Workshop and Performance
Be part of the Festival!
Afro legends Yacou Mbaye (Senegal) and Lucky Lartey (Ghana) run you through some fun Djembe drumming patterns and create a squadron to be PART of the ‘Worlds Collide in the Round’ concert at 7pm. One song and lots of fun!
Yacou Mbaye and Lucky Lartey
Worlds Collide
Danny Telas
Ritual
Sunday 14 Sept, 1pm - 3pm
Ceremony and Concert that ponders our connection to Country and the Universe
Ceremony
BAC Courtyard 1pm
To clear the air and our spirits, join us for a Acknowledgement of Country and Smoking Ceremony led by Tim Bishop, with Aboriginal bloodlines from Muruwari and Yuwaalaraay Country, Northwest NSW.
A ceremony and interactive discussion about connecting and understanding Country and a way forward for multicultural Australia.
Ritual: Concert with Avaye Rood
BAC Theatre 2pm
Experience Ritual, a powerful new anthology celebrating Muslim-Australian identities through poetry in concert.
Ritual in concert, features live readings from six poets weaved in and out of music by Persian music ensemble, Avaye Rood, led by composer Behzad Ansari.
Witness an unforgettable celebration of language, culture and music.
In partnership with Sweatshop Inc.
Bankstown Arts Centre, 12-14 Sept
Workshops, Music and Dance
Visual projections in the Chill Zone Courtyard Friday and Saturday night
‘The Festival of You’
Culture X Festival 2025 is a Sacred Currents Inc project
Festival Director Richard Petkovic (Cultural Arts Collective)
Proudly supported by Create NSW
Produced by Sacred Currents Inc with production support from Bankstown Arts Centre.
Music and Live Performances produced by Richard Petkovic
Visual and digital art produced by: Jessica Montecinos, Bankstown Arts centre