Deline Briscoe on the return of BLAKTIVISM to Naarm (Melbourne) in 2022

What inspired me to create BLAKTIVISM was to provide a platform for multiple generations to stand on stage together, and for young people to learn from the elders like I did when I toured with Black Arm band. I learned from watching Auntie Lou Bennet, Uncle Archie Roach and the most powerful Indigenous musicians so, I want to create something like that for the next generation.” – Deline Briscoe BLAKTIVISM Artistic Director

Deline Briscoe - BLAKTIVISM Artistic Director

BLAKTIVISM 2002 will bring together in Naarm (Melbourne) multiple generations of First Nations artists and musicians including Bart Willoughby, Lou Bennett, Emma Donovan, Fred Leone (MC), Romaine Moreton, Selwyn Burns, Sorong Samarai, Sprigga Mek, Tasman Keith and many more to explore Blak activism through music.

The one off event will be capped by a huge set from Yothu Yindi whose voices have made powerful anthems across decades, playing some of their big tunes Tribal Voice, Djapana and Treaty.