Wide Desert Listening

Next date: Friday, 09 May 2025 | 07:00 PM

Group of six musicians, posing outdoors with their instruments. Each member is wearing a scarf with red and black patterns.

The Almiraj Sufi Centre presents, Wide Desert Listening - Farhan Shah & Sufi Oz with Leroy Johnson and friends.

Experience an extraordinary night of music, storytelling, and visual art that reimagines the rich cultural heritage of Broken Hill. Wide Desert Listening is an interdisciplinary arts project that brings together First Nations songs of Country with devotional Contemporary Sufi Qawwali Fusion music and light projections.

Farhan Shah & Sufi Oz – a dynamic eight-piece award winning multicultural ensemble performing powerful Sufi Contemporary Qawwali Fusion music, featuring the blend of traditional musical instruments such as the tabla, harmonium, santoor with modern instruments violin, guitar, keys, drums and soaring vocals, by maestro musicians specialized in world music styles. Including poetry and narration by Nadia Rahim. The Group members come from Northern Ireland, India, Fiji, Spain, Italy, Chile, Japan & Pakistan, they now call this country home.
Leroy Johnson – is an acclaimed musician who sings campfire songs, protest ballads and tales from the heart of far west. The Barkindji / Malyangappa National Park Ranger's soulful voice blends folk and country music with ancient and contemporary stories. For the Wide Desert Listening concert Leroy will be joined by musical friends he has collected on his travels.
Asma D Mather & Hanifa MacFarlane – transform the Civic Centre with stunning projected artworks inspired by journeys, landscape, Islamic arts and Australia’s cameleering heritage.

Wide Desert Listening is an immersive musical experience to share and illuminate the enduring contributions of the cameleers, the sacred texts they carried, and the powerful shared histories that continue to shape Broken Hill today.

Join us for this unforgettable event in celebration of the cultural heritage of Broken Hill.

Supported by Regional Arts NSW and Broken Hill City Council.

Pricing

Adult (18 and over) - $21.00
Concession - $10.50
Child (17 and under) - $10.50
Family (2 adults & 2 children 17 and under) - $53.00

Those patrons that require a ticket for a child under 2 are asked to please call the Box Office on 08 8080 3575 to book their tickets. Children 2 and under are admitted free with a paying adult.

Running Time

Show running time is approximately 3 hours, with a 20 minute interval.

Venue Information

The Broken Hill Civic Centre preferred methods of payment are EFTPOS, ApplePay, AndroidPay, SamsungPay, Paywave and GooglePay
If you have access requirements please contact our box office on 08 8080 3575 to purchase your tickets.