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Proud to celebrate and participate in NAIDOC again this year with performances at Redfern and Blacktown. Blacktown City Council presented the NAIDOC Family day on July 16 to celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We

Marlene’s hometown of Winton is fast becoming known as the “Hollywood in the Outback”. This year the Vision Splendid Outback Film Festival has used footage and audio of Marlene performing “Boomerang Alley”, her tribute to Winton, as part of their promotional campaign. In ...

Marlene joined the Koori Radio OB crew for this year’s annual Yabun Festival. This gathering in recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures in Australia, is held annually on 26th of January upon the traditional lands of the Gadigal people in Sydney at

The inaugural First Nations Media Awards will be presented on Friday 23 November in conjunction with the official launch of indigiTUBE. This event also closes CONVERGE, the First Nations Media National Conference. Marlene is proud to be part of this exciting event. ...

If you live in Redfern, Sydney you should know Mary. Mary is someone Marlene admires as an amazing woman of strength and resilience. Mary frequents the cafe/gallery 107 Redfern for her daily coffee. 107 recently purchased the portrait painted by Marlene and ‘Mary From ...

Ladies Sing The Blues features some of the best female blues singers on the scene. Five incredible women performing their own take on the blues with a very talented band of musicians. Indigenous icon and blues diva Marlene Cummins headlines this deadly night of Ladies Sing ...

Join Marlene and other great A&TSI performers as we celebrate NAIDOC at Blacktown Showgrounds in the July school holidays! NAIDOC is a special event in Blacktown, which is home to the largest urban Aboriginal population in Australia. It is a day of music, and ...

Marlene Cummins presents a biographical journey through her music with songs and lyrics inspired by a myriad of political, social and personal experiences. With a mixture of original and traditional blues numbers, the centrepiece is the stirring epic blues anthem Koori ...

Boomalli Gallery’s Women’s exhibition “Born into Existence” is about Aboriginal Women in the Arts and from our communities. Born into Existence pays tribute to the strength and resistance of Aboriginal Women in Australia. Marlene is exhibiting portraits of women who ...

In January 1972, an Australian Black Panther Party was formed in the police state of Brisbane, Australia. This is a story told in the words of Marlene Cummins, a woman who experienced the best and worst of the short lived and controversial Black Panther movement. Inspired by