Angélique Kidjo

Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music with 16 albums to her name. Her discography of music cross-pollinates the West-African traditions from her childhood in Benin with elements of American R&B, funk and jazz, as well as influences from Europe and Latin America.

Using her art to explore African diaspora, offer an electrifying take on Talking Heads Remain in Light and reflect on salsa icon Celia Cruz, Kidjo has amassed critical acclaim, with The Guardian listing her as one of their Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World.

Her latest album Mother Nature includes captivating young creators from West African music, Afrobeat, Afro-pop, dancehall, hip-hop, and alt-R&B. Resulting as a visionary body of work, Kidjo hopes that her songs may inspire the togetherness that leads to transcendent change.

The Foyer Bar will be open from 6pm, with live music by Simcha, and the visual art exhibition Act 0 presented by the Adelaide Salon will be open (for ticket holders only)

Act 0: Lucy Newman - Performance for Screen

Presented as a looping video work, Newman’s performance unfolds within a constructed domestic interior—where illusion, image and object converge. 

Drawing on early film techniques and optical devices, the work disrupts conventional perceptions of space and landscape. Artefacts appear both familiar and estranged, blurring distinctions between representation and reality. 

Lucy Newman is an artist whose work explores how landscape, history and the natural world are mediated through images. Influenced by analogue film processes and historical viewing tools such as the Claude glass, her practice combines performance, print and installation. Her works often render objects at true scale, positioning them as carriers of cultural memory and narrative.