Perth Festival - The BhuMeJha Project

Escape into nature for an immersive evening of ceremony and culture, song and dance, storytelling, ritual and reflection. A connection across lands. A symposium of cultures. 

Saturday 21 February 2026 5 pm to 8:30 pm
Sunday 22 February 2026 5 pm to 8:30 pm

Art Sanctuary Foundation, 1 Cockram Rd, Kelmscott, Australia

A couple embraces lovingly on a wooden dock.
A couple embraces lovingly on a wooden dock.
A couple embraces lovingly on a wooden dock.

What you will see & experience

5pm Arrive and Align (preshow experience)

6.30pm Into the Silence (performance experience)

7.30pm Reflect and Rejoice (celebration of culture)
A couple in formal wedding attire embraces intimately in a vast.
A couple in formal wedding attire embraces intimately in a vast.
A couple in formal wedding attire embraces intimately in a vast.
A couple stands closely in an intimate embrace.
A couple stands closely in an intimate embrace.
A couple stands closely in an intimate embrace.
The BhuMeJha Project is an ongoing pursuit for connection between the ancient cultures of Gondwanaland. More than just a performance, it’s an experience, an expression that reflects upon a bond that transcends time and goes beyond land
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Join us at The Art Sanctuary in the Perth Hills, a space of healing, peace and harmony. A place where creativity arrives, art thrives and ideas flourish. Share a meal, a conversation as we embark on an agelong journey hoping to encounter something new. 
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A person with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a black newsboy cap and a black sweater.
A person with shoulder-length blonde hair wearing a black newsboy cap and a black sweater.
This special evening will see celebrated Wagilak Yolŋu songman and ceremonial leader Daniel Wilfred from Ngukurr (Arnhem Land) interact with dancers, musicians and elders from Noongar Boodjar, India and Malaysia in a performance experience that invokes the stories of rivers and the land, across generations.  

STAY connected

A better future is possible. Contact us to learn more about our mission and work, or to become involved yourself.

1 Cockram Rd, Kelmscott WA 6111, Australia

Phone

+61 434 292 977

E-mail

info@artsanctuary.com.au

The Art Sanctuary Foundation acknowledges the Whadjuk Noongar - the custodians of the boodjar - country on which we meet, as well as all other cultural custodians throughout Australia. We pay our humble respects to them and their cultures; and to elders both past and present. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the Art Sanctuary Foundation’s website contains images of deceased persons.

© The Art Sanctuary Foundation

STAY connected

A better future is possible. Contact us to learn more about our mission and work, or to become involved yourself.

1 Cockram Rd, Kelmscott

WA 6111, Australia

Phone

+61 434 292 977

E-mail

info@artsanctuary.com.au

The Art Sanctuary Foundation acknowledges the Whadjuk Noongar - the custodians of the boodjar - country on which we meet, as well as all other cultural custodians throughout Australia. We pay our humble respects to them and their cultures; and to elders both past and present. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the Art Sanctuary Foundation’s website contains images of deceased persons.

© The Art Sanctuary Foundation

stay connected

A better future is possible. Contact us to learn more about our mission and work, or to become involved yourself.

1 Cockram Rd, Kelmscott WA 6111, Australia

Phone

+61 434 292 977

E-mail

info@artsanctuary.com.au

The Art Sanctuary Foundation acknowledges the Whadjuk Noongar - the custodians of the boodjar - country on which we meet, as well as all other cultural custodians throughout Australia. We pay our humble respects to them and their cultures; and to elders both past and present. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the Art Sanctuary Foundation’s website contains images of deceased persons.

© The Art Sanctuary Foundation