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Drifting Clouds @ The Underground, SXSW Sydney, 14th Oct

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 14 October 2025

“Drifting Clouds open the official SXSW Sydney opening party, a celebration of language and culture as well as a set of banger 80s-tinged crackers. Big, big fun.”

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I would like to acknowledge that the gigs that are pictured here, the stages they’re played on, the bars and venues they’re held in, and the good times they represent, are all held on lands that were never ceded by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I acknowledge these First Australians as the traditional custodians of the continent, whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. I pay respect to the Elders of the community and extend my recognition to their descendants.

Please also see my personal Music Industry Collaboration Commitment