The Nannup Music Festival is excited to share the first single from our Remote Aboriginal Artist Development Program and announce that Expressions of Interest are now open for year two of the program, supported by the West Australian Government’s Contemporary Music Fund.
Kiwirrkurra Band who were selected from eleven worthy acts in early 2025, travelled to WA’s South-West region in February this year to record new songs with award winning producer James Newhouse at Lamb Chop Studios.
The recordings and live performances were all under the close mentoring guidance of festival favourites, The Family Shoveller Band hailing from Bidyadanga Community in the west Kimberley. After their days in the studio, Kiwirrkurra Band performed three incredible sets to thousands of welcoming Nannup Music Festival attendees at the 2025 event.
Kiwirrkurra Band, a multi-generational community band formed in the early 2010s and have performed with various members across WA’s north-west and at the 2014 Bush Bands Bash in Alice Springs. The band sing songs of love for their ngurra (home country) in Pintupi language and create an infectious blend of desert reggae and rock to get festival crowds up and dancing.
Expressions of Interest for one remote community band to participate in the second year of this program will open Friday October 17th and close on Friday November 21st, 2025.
For more information, to apply for, or to nominate an act for the Remote Aboriginal Artist Development Program please visit:
The second-year RAADP band will be mentored through the professional recording and festival performance experience by a group of up to six WA First Nations artists and musicians. Each mentor will be curated to match the different self-identified needs of the selected act, with assistance and advice from our First Nations RAADP Steering Committee.
The Remote Aboriginal Artist Development Program is supported by the West Australian Government’s Contemporary Music Fund through the (Dept) Creative Industries Sport and Tourism (CITS), and is building on our continued support for remote community Aboriginal bands, musicians and culture in Western Australia. For more information, visit
Nannup Music Festival is created on Noongar Boodjar lands where we pay respect to the Bibbulmun and Wardandi people.
