PACK THE RUG...WOMAD EARTH STATION LINE-UP 2011

WOMAD’s three-day Earth Station festival has announced its line-up of performers and speakers for the inaugural festival held in Belair National Park in late October. Global artists rolling into Earth Station include Chuck E’s In Love singer Rickie Lee Jones, South African Abdullah Ibrahim, The Kronos Quartet, the Shanghai Chinese Orchestra, as well as Australian acts Paris Wells and The Audreys.

The three-day festival will be held from Fri Oct 21 to Sun Oct 23 in Belair National Park with acclaimed Australian actress Cate Blanchett, comedian Rod Quantock and leading scientists all speaking about environmental issues as part of Earth Station’s Planet Talks program.

The full line-up of musicians and speakers are below. For more information head to earthstationfestival.com.au.

EARTH STATION MUSIC LINE-UP 2011

The Kronos Quartet (USA)

Abdullah Ibrahim (SOUTH AFRICA)

Rickie Lee Jones (USA)

Zakir Hussain (INDIA)

Toumani Diabate (MALI)

Konono No. 1( DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO)

The Tallest Man on Earth (SWEDEN)

The Audreys (AUS)

The Catholics (AUS)

Emma Donovan Band (AUS)

Frank Yamma & David Bridie (AUS)

Iwantja Band (AUS)

Ellis  Pearson - “Man Up a Tree” (SOUTH AFRICA – site artist)

Mark Atkins (AUS)

Mista Savona (AUS)

Pacific Curls (NZ)

Paris Wells (AUS)

Shanghai Chinese Orchestra (CHINA)

Stan’s Cafe “Of All the People in All the World” (UK – site piece)

Vika & Linda Bull (AUS)

Wu Man (CHINA)

The Yearlings (AUS)

PLANET TALKS LINE-UP

Bruce Thom AM (Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists and Emeritus Professor University of  Sydney)

Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton   (Sydney Theatre Company)

Giselle Weybrecht (USA)  (Author of The Sustainable MBA)

Hunter Lovins  (USA) (Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions)

Samantha Mostyn (Founder of the ‘1 Million Women' movement)

Robyn Williams (ABC: The Science Show)

Ian Lowe OA  (President of Australian Conservation Foundation)

John McTernan (UK)  (Global expert on public service leadership, adviser to Tony Blair)

Matthew Wright   (Director, Beyond Zero Emissions)

Rod Quantock (Australian Comedian)

Mike Young (Director, Environment Institute Adelaide University)

Mike Sandiford   (Director, Melbourne Energy Institute & Professor of Geology Melbourne University)

Paul Gilding   (Author of The Great Disruption, former Head of Greenpeace International)

Peter Cosier   (Director, Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists)

Prof Lesley Hughes   (Head of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University and Climate Change   Commissioner)

Roy Neel (USA) (Vice President Al Gore’s Chief of Staff)

Paul Willis (Director, RiAus)

Stephen Pekar (USA) (Assoc Professor School of Earth & Environmental Science, Queens College New York State)

Tim Stubbs   (Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists)

Bernie Hobbs ( ABC: The New Inventors)

Associate Professor David Paton

Dominic Skinner (Freshwater Ecology Expert)

Associate Professor Keith Walker

Dr Graham Turner (Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems)

Fiona Heinrichs (Author, Sleepwalking to Catastrophe)

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