Tjuntjuntjara’s Desert Stars head to Esperance for live show, documentary screening and school visit

One of Australia’s most remote bands will head to Esperance this weekend for a live show and free screening of their documentary.

Hailing from Tjuntjuntjara, The Desert Stars will take to the stage at Lucky Bay Brewery on Saturday after a free screening of their Gravel Road documentary at Fenwick Cinemas.

Co-ordinated by Kyza Presents, the visit will also include the band members heading to Wongutha Christian Aboriginal Parent-directed School to meet Esperance students.

With two of the band members having attended the school themselves, Kyza’s Kyron Smithson said he hoped the trip could inspire other youth to pick up an instrument.

Smithson said he was stoked not only to have The Desert Stars visit the region but also to be able to maximise their time in the town to provide multiple opportunities for engagement with the community.

“We have wanted to do a First Nations-focused event out there (at the brewery) for a while and these guys are an exceptionally good band, so it presented as a really good opportunity,” he said.

“And then we sort of worked on building the weekend around that.

“We wanted to get them to engage with the community in every way possible for their exposure of their band and their journey, but also to inspire the local community.”

Smithson himself will open the live performance alongside Wudjari Nyungar local musician Henry Dabb, performing a set of covers and original songs.

For more information about the upcoming events, visit kyzapresents.com.