WALA - Is Life: 25th Anniversary Celebration
Asanti Beats, Backyard Utopia, Melbourne Djembe, Mamba Negra & One Spirit Africa
The Leadbeater Hotel (Richmond, VIC)
Saturday, 15 November 2025 6:30 pm
WALA - Is Life celebrating 25 years of performing in Australia, Africa, Europe and New Zealand. Shared their Ga-Dangme cultural history, stories, music and traditional dances gracing professional stages, festivals, venues, cultural institutions and schools.
WALA will bring to the stage a powerful performance of 10 Ghanaian drums, rarely seen or played in Australia. Their music, songs, and dances are a homage to their ancestors and cultural history, depicting the life and soul of their culture. Their music is a combination of traditional songs and rhythms fused with their own original arrangements, and highly energetic dancing. Their music repertoire will cover ancestral traditional music, Folk Palm Wine and Highlife songs.
In supporting the celebration of WALA´s achievements, the night will be an explosive night of fun, bringing together some of Melbourne´s high calibre African musicians, drummers and dancers coming together to celebrate our African culture and ´Life´.