The Bowerbird Collective with Eric Avery at Carrick Hill

About this event

Join Simone Slattery and Anthony Albrecht of the Bowerbird Collective with special guest Eric Avery for an extraordinary celebration of connection to Country.

The ensemble will perform Simone and Eric's original compositions, including the SA Premiere of 'Sacred Medicines / Wirringintungiyil'. Simone's creations have been described as "a delicate and beautiful fusion" and "like being sung to by the country". With mesmerising violin loops, contemporary dance and haunting vocals, Eric can summon the elements.

This essential performance closes the 2026 Nature Festival, with spectacular sunset views of the Adelaide Plains and the waters of Spencer Gulf.

The Artists:

The Bowerbird Collective makes art for nature. Recipients of a 2024 APRA AMCOS Luminary Award, they beat Taylor Swift on the pop charts with an ARIA-nominated album of threatened species calls, and perform 100s of concerts throughout regional Australia and internationally. Their work has been praised by Limelight Magazine as "spectacular".

Eric Avery, Kabi Marrawuy Mumbulla, is a violinist, vocalist dancer and composer from the Ngiyampaa, Yuin and Gumbangirr people of NSW. He works with his family's custodial songs and his haunting compositions often feature him singing while playing violin, predominantly in the Ngiyampaa language.

Eric has appeared alongside and in association with some of the greatest artists of our time, from Yo-Yo Ma to Tina Arena. He was a 2021 Myer Creative Fellow.