Ruthless Jabiru & Ensemble Offspring: Black Ice
Friday, April 24, 2026 · 7:30 PM
Artists
A music-led reflection through and beyond Australia's Black Summer
RUTHLESS JABIRU & ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING: BLACK ICE
Known now as BLACK SUMMER, the Australian wildfires of 2019–20 scorched an area three quarters the size of the UK. Lives, livelihoods, ecosystems, built structures, physical and mental welfare, entire species of fauna and flora were all decimated. But in the aftermath of untold destruction, there was a glimmer of hope: a re/turning to First Nations leadership on land management through cultural burning.
Join RUTHLESS JABIRU and ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING, together for the first time, for an imagined foray into the sound and emotional landscape of bushfire—told through the music of our composer contemporaries.
RUTHLESS JABIRU & ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING: BLACK ICE
Known now as BLACK SUMMER, the Australian wildfires of 2019–20 scorched an area three quarters the size of the UK. Lives, livelihoods, ecosystems, built structures, physical and mental welfare, entire species of fauna and flora were all decimated. But in the aftermath of untold destruction, there was a glimmer of hope: a re/turning to First Nations leadership on land management through cultural burning.
Join RUTHLESS JABIRU and ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING, together for the first time, for an imagined foray into the sound and emotional landscape of bushfire—told through the music of our composer contemporaries.
By Iklectik