Indian Ocean Territories Touring
Regional Arts WA delivers tours to Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) Islands on behalf of the Australian Government, through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications.
Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) touring is a presenter-driven touring model. The program ensures that everyone has access to quality performing arts, regardless of their locality.
Grace Barbé Afro Kreol performs at Strings Attached: The West Australian Guitar Festival, 2021. Photo by David Dare Parker.
Grace Barbé Afro Kreol brings tropical sounds to the Indian Ocean Territories
Audiences across the Indian Ocean Territories are set to be wowed this June by the multi-West Australian Music (WAM) award winning Grace Barbé Afro Kreol.
Hailing from the sunburnt Indian Ocean Island of the Seychelles, Grace’s music fuses tropical rhythms and dances with psychedelic rock, afrobeat, reggae and pop. Now based in Western Australia, Grace has been enticing audiences to get up and shake their coconuts since the release of her debut album Kreol Daughter in 2009, with appearances all over India, East Africa and the Indian Ocean as well as at Australia’s leading music festivals, including WOMADelaide, Byron Bay Bluesfest and Woodford.
The Grace Barbé Afro Kreol tour marks the band’s second visit to the Indian Ocean Territories, after a successful run of performances and workshops through Regional Arts WA’s Indian Ocean Territories touring program in 2015.
Visit gracebarbe.com to find out more about the band.
Grace Barbé Afro Kreol Tour Dates
Christmas Island
Presenter: Arts and Culture Christmas Island
Friday 10 June, 7pm
Police Padang
Sunday 12 June, 4pm
Cricket and Sporting Club
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Presenter: Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
WEST ISLAND
Wednesday 15 June, 5pm
Scout Park
HOME ISLAND
Saturday 18 June, 6.30pm
Foreshore at Pondok Indah
The Australian Government, through the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications, provides funding to the WA Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Regional Arts WA, Arts and Culture Christmas Island and the Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands to bring arts to the IOT.
