29th May, 2010
Inala,
QLD, Australia

Stylin’ Up 2010 Tenth Year Anniversary

Stylin’ Up Stylin’ UP returns for 2010 for its TENTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY & if previous years are anything to go by, you can expect over 15,000 people to gravitate towards Inala on Saturday, May 29

Stylin’ UP is an Indigenous owned Hip Hop and R’n’B music and dance skills development workshop and event program. Stylin’ UP is developed with and for young people from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds in Brisbane’s South West communities. Over the past 10 years Stylin’UP has grown to become Australia’s largest Indigenous Hip-Hop and R&B music and dance event and a nationally significant contemporary Indigenous creative arts development program. Stylin’UP originated as an initiative of Brisbane City Council and the Indigenous Community of Inala, and has been nurtured and developed by the Stylin’UP Community Crew, made up of elders, community leaders and government representatives. In 2009 the event drew over 15,000 attendees and participants from Inala, Brisbane and surrounding regions and from all across the country as well as official visitors and community members from Logan, Hopevale, Cherbourg, and Woorabinda through the Stylin’UP Regional Program. Stylin’UP is a multifaceted process, which engages the entire community from Elders through to children. Alongside the high profile public event exists a lengthy workshop program, aimed at engaging indigenous youth. In 2008 the workshop programs engaged 1500 young people from Brisbane’s South West corridor and a further 300 from regional communities. Community ownership of Stylin’UP is an essential element as it has built local community cultural capacity and empowerment across all levels. Since its inception, Stylin’UP has been
guided by three themes that the community valued as important to their young people:

Pride in Self
Pride in Community
Pride in Culture

Established in 2000 by local Inala elders in partnership with Brisbane City Council as a way of instilling their youth with pride in themselves, their community and their culture. The event has grown to become Australia’s largest Indigenous Hip Hop and R&B music and dance events that celebrates youth and contemporary Indigenous culture. Produced with and for young people in Brisbane and across Queensland, Stylin’ Up is also an award winning, nationally lauded contemporary Indigenous creative arts development program (winning the 2004 Premier of QLD award and a Reconciliation award in 2008). Stylin’ Up’s mantra Pride in SELF / Pride in COMMUNITY / Pride in CULTURE, emphasises its commitment to young Indigenous people to take a positive step towards personal and social change, which ultimately contributes to community change.

Stylin UP has been developed within a community development framework including a large workshop program facilitated by leading local artists in the lead up to the event each year. The workshops run in local schools & community centres in the South West Brisbane Corridor as well as through a regional program. These workshop programs nurture the next generation of artists as well as passing on the inherent values of Stylin UP no shame – step up and be proud; represent your culture and your community. Being the tenth year anniversary, expect to see many key performers from previous years who have been asked to return – to celebrate and showcase their (and Stylin’ Up’s) success.

Artists
Indigenous Intrudaz, Impossible Odds, Archie Roach, The Last Kinection, Yung Warriors, Little G, Banawuran, Zennith Boyz, Dizzy Doolan, Stunna Set, Poetic Murriz, EMR, Bala Boss, Honey Kween, MC Sean Choolburra, Dust Dance Crew, Fresh Elements Dancers, PI Boyz, Triks, Karnage and Darknis, MC Murriz, DMBC, Guttaklass, DeeKay, Harmony Hip Hop Project, Broadkast, Cat Thompson, Thafax Records, Stylin’ Up Regional Showcase, Laydeez Biz, Little Laydeez, Murri School, Elorac Place, MAIJAG Mob, Primary, Secondary, Open, Dance Comp, Freestyle, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Cultural Dance, Indigenous Hip Hop Projects, IHHP, Carole Park, Elorac Place, 1 2 Check, Mini FEDS, Joel Turner, Kimara Dance Crew, Suspended Animation, Fresh FX, United Nations of Hip Hop, Trick Nasty Crew, Dust Dance Crew, Numukul Yuggera Aboriginal Dance Troupe, Numballe Mullarah Aboriginal Dance Troupe, Malu Kiai Mura Buai Torres Strait Islander Dance Group, Aboriginal Centre For Performing Arts, Poetic Murriz, Stunna Set, Gudanji Aboriginal Dance Group

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Contact
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Brisbane City Council

30th of May, 2009
Inala,
QLD, Australia

Australia’s largest Indigenous owned Youth, Music and Cultural festival, Brisbane’s own Stylin’UP is back for 2009. Bigger and better than ever, Sat May 30th@ CJ Greenfields Sports Complex, Inala will see Jessica Mauboy headline what promises to be Stylin’UP’s biggest line up to date.

Stylin’ Up was started 9 years ago as a local initiative by Inala community elders to instil their youth with ‘Pride in Self, Pride in Community, Pride in Culture’. From it’s humble beginning’s, the growth of the event has been nothing short of staggering. Now a nationally applauded cultural festival, recent years have seen attendance numbers average between fifteen to twenty thousand, with attendees hailing from Inala, Brisbane, regional Qld and indeed, from all across the country.

But one of Stylin’ UP’s key strength’s also lies in the fact that it is recognised Australia wide as an award winning contemporary Indigenous creative development program. The event is produced with and for young people in Brisbane and across Queensland as a celebration of youth and contemporary culture.

One core ingredient of Stylin’UP is it’s extensively integrated workshop program’s which take two forms. The first are run through schools and communities in the Brisbane metropolitan area for 3 to 4 months leading into the festival and culminate in festival performances and activities. The second are ongoing, all year round workshop program’s held right across regional Queensland. Though wider reaching with more extensive outcomes, regional programs similarly culminate in festival performances and activities.Stylin’ UP boasts a proud history of combining Australia’s finest Indigenous Hip Hop and R&B artists alongside internationally-recognised headliners a host of local and national emerging acts. The Stylin’UP ‘Emerging Artist’ line up provides artists from Inala, Queensland and Australia at large, with the opportunity to express themselves and raise their profile on a national level. ‘Emerging Artists’ perform alongside the nationally-established and internationally-recognised musicians in a program designed to nurture the next generation of Indigenous talent.

One of this years headlining acts Impossible Odds are a perfect example. Performing as emerging artists 2 years ago, Impossible Odds went on to win the 2007 ‘Speak, Indigenous Hip Hop Competition’ category of the John Butler Seed Award. More recently, last week saw their new single added to triple J spot rotation. Rolling on from there – the 2008 ‘Speak, Indigenous Hip Hop Competition’ category of the John Butler Seed Award last year was won by Inala’s own Indigenous Intrudaz – stalwarts of Stylin’ Up. A myriad of cultural and community events will take place alongside the music stage and offer a mix of performances and activities that showcase the talent of the local community. Stylin’UP will include Contemporary and Traditional Dance, Dance Competitions, Food and Drink Stalls, Arts and Craft Stalls, Free Rides, and an all day Basketball Competition.

The Stylin’ UP festival is a drug and alcohol free event presented by the Inala Stylin’ UP Community Crew in partnership with the Brisbane City Council.