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Malkarri and Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers have been invited to work with William Barton on his three year project “Warrma Piipa”.

Yesterday Sundowners performed at Outback at Isa for Education Department Representatives! It was a great morning of culture and communication, it’s always a pleasure to share our stories with those visiting our community 🙌🏽
DAY 3 ♻️ Today Muu Tjaa warriors continued our community engagement down at Mount Isa Village! We were pleased to have met with many fellow community members to answer their questions about recycling - another great day, the team is looking forward
DAY 2 ♻️ Muu Tjaa warriors are currently hosting our second community at Ngukuthati Children and Family Centre! For any questions related to recycling feel free to pop on by and say hello - we’re also giving away free recycling goodies to tho
Muu Tjaa Warriors in collaboration with MICC will be hosting our second community pop up this week! We’re excited to see all you deadly mob come down to the centre to learn more about how to “Care for Country” with our Recycling Wo
Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers have been taking part in the revival and practice of Kalkutungu culture for years earning themselves a reputation not only in their local community of Mount Isa but also the wider nation - travelling interstate to take
DAY ONE: ♻️ Our community pop up journey so far… Muu Tjaa Warriors Kalkutungu Rangers in partnership with Mount Isa City Council are delivering local information pop up hotspots around the Mount Isa community to give some insight on the cha
Multicultural Festival 2024 👣 Massive shoutout to our Sundowners that performed at this year’s Multicultural Festival…always lovely to see our culture being celebrated! #firstnations #indigenous #dance #mountisa 
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UPCOMING EVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 2026

Venue
Sydney

Sundowners will be travelling to Sydney in 2026 to participate in DanceRites.

Celebrating First Nations dance groups from across the country

DanceRites continues the traditions that have taken place over tens of thousands of years on Bennelong Point, known to its traditional custodians as Tubowgule. 

This year almost 20 dance groups will take to the Sand Circle to perform at Tubowgule, showcasing the richness and diversity of their cultures. Each group will showcase their local storytelling and language in the Cultural Dance and Song cycle, competing in heats on Saturday and finals on Sunday, with many groups also performing an optional ‘Wild Card’ dance to demonstrate their unique style.

Witness the powerful coming together of traditional customs and contemporary culture, as hundreds of First Nations dancers from more than 40 nations and clans across Australia perform on the Forecourt. Both days are free to attend and fun for the whole family.

If you can’t cheer on the dance groups in-person, the events will also be broadcast as a free livestream on Sydney Opera House and NITV channels.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

PAST EVENTS

  • Mapoon Paanja Festival

    Sundowners travelled 3,832km to support the Mapoon community in celebrating the Paanja Festival. It was a valuable experience for our youth and a great way to strengthen ancient ties between our tribes of north Queensland.

    Mapoon QLD 2025

  • Australia Day Live 2025

    Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers were invited by William Barton to travel to Sydney for the 2025 Australia Day Live Celebration. The event, a major scale production, brings together a multitude of talented Australian artists to the Sydney Opera House to perform for the Nation. Sundowners in collaboration with Burrundi Theatre performed to a medley of Yothu Yindi classics Djapana (Sunset Dreaming) and Treaty. Sundowners represented Kalkutungu heritage once again on a national stage and made a statement on the enduring culture of First Nation Australia.

    Sydney NSW 2025

  • 2024 Mount Isa NAIDOC Ball

    The 2024 Mount Isa NAIDOC Ball was hosted during the 2024 Mount Isa NAIDOC event circuit as a night of recognition and celebration. We acknowledged the hard work and immense talents of our First Nations community. The importance of re-establishing this event as part of the community’s NAIDOC celebrations was to give a night to our unsung heroes and continue to acknowledge our mob.

    Mount Isa QLD 2024

  • DanceRites

    Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers were invited by DanceRites, Sydney Opera House to participate in the national dance competition that recognises the top Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander dance groups in the country. In our first time entering we were selected to compete in the finals. We are now recognised nationally in the top 8 of Australian first nations dance groups.

    Sydney NSW 2023

  • Cultural Connections Immersion Festival

    Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers were invited by the Gooreng Gooreng people to participate in their cultural festival at Seventeen Seventy.

    1770 QLD 2023

  • Mount Isa Indigenous Rodeo

    Malkarri provides cultural advice, art and services of Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers to support the ongoing success of the Mount Isa Indigenous Rodeo.

    Mount Isa QLD 2022-2023

  • Mount Isa Rodeo

    Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers have been regularly performing at the Mount Isa Rodeo since 2018 to current.

    Mount Isa QLD 2018-2023

  • Laura Dance Festival

    Sundowners Kalkutungu Dancers travelled to Laura to participate in the Laura Quinkan Dance Festival.

    Larua QLD 2017