8CCC Big Brekky had a sneak peak at the soon to be released album Terrain from global noise-rocking Border Band, with band member Liam, who also offered music business tips.

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Original Frenzal Rhomb band member, Jason 'Jay' Whalley spoke to 8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson about their current tour which will include an appearance at this year's Blacken Open Air at Ross River Resort this weekend. The tour continues into October, plus some Froth and Fury Festival gigs in January 2026.

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Mparntwe Alice Springs community is set to experience a groundbreaking event with the launch of the first-ever EmpowerHer Expo, taking place on Sunday, 28th September, from 1pm at the Alice Springs Convention Centre.

Roseanne Rye spoke on the Big Brekky Program about their vision of empowering women, families, and the Alice Springs community, the Expo will feature an exciting mix of local businesses, cultural performances, live entertainment, wellbeing services, authors, coaches, handcrafted goods, and family-friendly activities.

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Last week on the Big Brekky Program, we caught up with visual artist Jameson Casson and Barkly Regional Arts CEO Harriet Gaffney of their trip to Melbourne for the closing of Jameson’s debut solo exhibition, God’s Paintings. Currently on show at Ordinance Gallery in the Melbourne CBD, the exhibition opened on 5 September and will close on 27 September with a celebration attended by Jameson. Take a listen to dive into Jameson’s artistic journey, the inspiration behind his work, and what this milestone exhibition and trip to Melbourne means for him.

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Beth Sometimes, co-writer director and puppetmaker on the short film Animating Principles: The Movie, dropped into the Brekky Show to tell listeners about her short film on at Alice Springs Cinema next Tuesday 16 September. Absolutely book now!

Sometimes, even the agenda has an agenda. 

Set in an experimental art space in the desert, this boardroom melodrama tracks infestations of the bureaucratic within the tenuous infrastructure of the poetic. With reverence for thirty years of collective organising at Watch This Space, we witness a meeting of wonky proportions.

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8CCC Big Brekky's Kate Lyons-Dawson spoke with the NT Electoral Commissioner, Kirsten Kelly, after hearing reports about a record low voter turnout. Robyn Lambley MLA media release cited one of the factors being the closure of the NTEC shopfront, which the Commissioner addresses here, as well as some remote communities having very limited voting windows and what can be achieved to support equal democratic opportunity under the current resourcing in the Northern Territory.

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The penultimate Corrugations for 2025 - no 26! - lands in Mparntwe Alice Springs this Saturday 6.30pm. Join Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor, presenting international musicians, Jim Denley on saxophonist/flute and Clayton Thomas on double bass, in their environmental wonderland. RSVP to [email protected]

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Dr Shellie Morris spoke with 8CCC's Kate Lyons-Dawson about the project to save the Warumungu language one child at a time. UNESCO’s endangered language lists Warumungu as “severely endangered” meaning it is generally spoken by grandparents and older generations; a fear that has prompted Warumungu language advocates and co-writers Rosemary Plummer from Tennant Creek, her sister Marlene Plummer and fellow grandmother Miriam Frank to work for decades towards creating these resources. Singing For Our Little Ones will be released on 19 September as an album and supporting materials, offering a meaningful tool for educators, families and communities to start the day with song, language, and strong hearts. Shellie's work has recently been acknowledged with the 2025 Red Ochre Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cultural Advocacy and Leadership. 

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Josefina Olmedo and Heidi Blacker from MHACA, dropped into 8CCC Big Brekky to tell listeners about tomorrow morning's World Suicide Prevention Day Community Walk. Starting at Sturt Park in East Side opp Casa Nostra, join in a gentle walk before gathering for a smoking ceremony, free breakfast and chance to converse and pick up information resources to support people through depression and losing people to suicide. Together, let's Change the Narrative!

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QVLN and Sunny Z are back in Mparntwe and joined 8CCC's Kate Lyons- Dawson to tell us more about what they've put together out at Ormiston Gorge and Taarna Valley for Kwarta Tuma Festival 2025. Morphing from the legendary Desert Song Festival, Kwarta Tuma offers a unique chance to immerse yourself for the whole weekend on Country. A special satellite event is on tonight at Witchetty's to start the celebration and get your bodies moving in ecstatic dance from 6pm!

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