Hit Factory 2025 Concert

What happens when you bring together 4 musicians from different cultural backgrounds and spend 16 hours together to create new music? Find out at the Launch of our 2025 Hit Factory Residency.

Featuring:

Yacou Mbaye - Senegalese drummer & dancer
Rose Ramiz - Syriac Vocalist
Joseph Tabua - Fijian Australian Guitarist
Simon Kong - Chinese Australian Bass and Oud player

Special guest performances by:

Exploring South (South Coast Hit Factory 2025 Band) - What do you get when you mix a Colombian soprano, a First Nations hip hop artist, a classically trained pianist, and a drummer who's played from Darwin to Dapto?

SSI Ensemble - recently arrived refugee artists who have come together to create new music - From Palestine to Syria to Mayanmar

A Sacred Currents Inc project funded by Create NSW and in partnership with Bankstown Arts Centre; South Coast Arts, Cultural Arts Collective and Settlement Services International.

Thanks to Bankstown Arts Centre’s support of the residency and concert.