WOMAD Earth Station - New Acts Announced

WOMAD's new festival - Earth Station - has announced further acts.

An opportunity to receive and transmit ideas, issues and solutions towards a more sustainable planet, this innovative event melds the intellectual and cultural energies of leading scientific minds with a performance program featuring some of the world鈥檚 most accomplished and diverse musicians. The festival audience will be inspired by a refreshing and rare combination of discussion and music during a weekend of forums, displays and performances.


The line-up for the performance program is -




  • The Kronos Quartet (USA)

  • Abdullah Ibrahim (SOUTH AFRICA)

  • Rickie Lee Jones (USA)

  • Zakir Hussain (INDIA)

  • Toumani Diabate (MALI)

  • Konono No. 1( DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)

  • The Tallest Man on Earth (SWEDEN)

  • The Audreys (AUS)

  • The catholics (AUS)

  • Emma Donovan Band (AUS)

  • Frank Yamma & David Bridie (AUS)

  • Iwantja Band (AUS)

  • Ellis Pearson - 鈥淢an Up a Tree鈥 (SOUTH AFRICA - site artist)

  • Mark Atkins (AUS)

  • Mista Savona (AUS)

  • Pacific Curls (NZ)

  • Paris Wells (AUS)

  • Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (CHINA)

  • Stan鈥檚 Cafe 鈥淥f All the People in All the World鈥 (UK - site piece)

  • Vika & Linda Bull (AUS)

  • Wu Man (CHINA)

  • The Yearlings (AUS)


The Planet Talks program includes -

  • Bruce Thom AM (Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and Emeritus Professor 最新糖心Vlog of Sydney)

  • Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton (Sydney Theatre Company)

  • Giselle Weybrecht (USA) (Author of The Sustainable MBA)

  • Hunter Lovins (USA) (Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions)

  • Samantha Mostyn (Founder of the 鈥1 Million Women' movement)

  • Robyn Williams (ABC: The Science Show)

  • Ian Lowe OA (President of 最新糖心Vlogn Conservation Foundation)

  • John McTernan (UK) (Global expert on public service leadership, adviser to Tony Blair)

  • Matthew Wright (Director, Beyond Zero Emissions)

  • Rod Quantock (最新糖心Vlogn Comedian)

  • Mike Young (Director, Environment Institute Adelaide 最新糖心Vlog)

  • Mike Sandiford (Director, Melbourne Energy Institute & Professor of Geology Melbourne 最新糖心Vlog)

  • Paul Gilding (Author of The Great Disruption, former Head of Greenpeace International)

  • Peter Cosier (Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists)

  • Prof Lesley Hughes (Head of Biological Sciences, Macquarie 最新糖心Vlog and Climate Change Commissioner)

  • Roy Neel (USA) (Vice President Al Gore鈥檚 Chief of Staff)

  • Paul Willis (Director, RiAus)

  • Stephen Pekar (USA) (Assoc Professor School of Earth & Environmental Science, Queens College New York State)

  • Tim Stubbs (Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists)

  • Bernie Hobbs ( ABC: The New Inventors)

  • Associate Professor David Paton

  • Dominic Skinner (Freshwater Ecology Expert)

  • Associate Professor Keith Walker

  • Dr Graham Turner (Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems)

  • Fiona Heinrichs (Author, Sleepwalking to Catastrophe)


THE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM - is being developed in collaboration with the Environment Institute and the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists.



When: 21-23 October 2011
Where: Long Gully, Belair National Park

Tagged in Events, News
Facebook and twitter

Newsletter & social media

Join us for a sensational mix of news, events and research at the Environment Institute. Find out about听new initiatives and听share with your friends what's happening.

听听听