UMSU Activities’ Bands, Bevs and BBQ’s returns for Semester 2, 2019 with a special UMSU WinterFest 2019 performance from Thelma Plum!
Fresh off of releasing monster single “Better in Blak”, scoring the Triple J feature album for the album “Better in Blak” and only days removed from performing at Splendour in The Grass, Thelma Plum will bring her unique Indie-Pop sound to the North Court stage, treating us all to the live show that was the talk of Laneway, WOMADelaide and Groovin’ the Moo! Come dance off the winter chills as you sing at the top of your lungs to “Clumsy Love” (#79 in this years Hottest 100), “Not Angry Anymore”, “Better in Blak” and more.
As always your mates UMSU Activities will be there serving up delicious lunch options including BBQ and veggie burgers.
Sound and lights by AVMelbourne
Pre-game by spinning “Better in Blak” here: and check out the video for “Clumsy Love” below.
*Licensed event | +18 ID required to acquire any alcoholic beverages
UMSU is committed to promoting safe and responsible use and service of alcohol.
UMSU Activities acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional owners of the land on which our event takes place, and that the land was stolen and sovereignty was never ceded and that no apology can give the land back.
![UMSU will be closed today, but we won't be celebrating anything.
Statement from @umsuindigenous:
TW/CW: mentions of Indigenous Death, Stolen Generations, Racism and Australia Day
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"Leading up to January 26, we see the stores start to fill with all sorts of unnecessarily branded Australian merchandise. Thongs, bikinis, plastic flags, cups, BBQ accessories are all things we frantically try to avert our eyes from, while in our local shopping centres.
It’s a cruel reminder that the day is almost here.
Invasion Day marks a pain that will never really leave us, it is a reminder of the slaughters that have been deliberately left out of the pages of history books. It is a reminder to the people that will never know where they came from because their grandparents and ancestors were stolen from the arms of their parents. It is a reminder that the nation that we are now citizens of refuses to acknowledge or repent for the racialised actions of its past and present.
In a nation that insists it is built upon ideals of mateship and diversity, it becomes increasingly clear that those notions are only bestowed upon the ‘good Australian’. The one that believes in the stories of the underdog and plight of the convict. Those that celebrate their ancestors coming to a strange new land in search of wealth and opportunity.
I am not a ‘good Australian’, nor do I strive to be one. In order to fulfil this stereotype, you must turn a blind eye to violence and injustice and hold an unquestionable belief in the goodwill of the government. You are an active participant in ‘fun-loving Aussie racism’..."
Read the full statement on our Facebook page.
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