International Indigenous Music Summit 2025 Announces Rhoda Roberts as Keynote Speaker and Unveils Full Daytime Program – That Eric Alper

May 15, 2025

International Indigenous Music Summit 2025 details the daytime programming for this year’s gathering in Tkaronto, June 2-6, and welcomes Rhoda Roberts as the 2025 Keynote Speaker. A member of the Bundjalung nation, Widjabul clan, Roberts is an Officer of the Order of Australia, the Creative Director for Parrtjima Festival (NT), Boomerang Dreaming (NSW), and Shine on Gimuy (Cairns), as well as the First Nations Advisor for Vivid Sydney. Previous roles include the former Head of First Nations Programming at the Sydney Opera House and founder of the Dreaming Festivals (1995-2009).

Beyond her many roles and achievements, Roberts has a special connection to the Summit’s origin. In 2018, Digging Roots played Woodford Festival and met Roberts, along with a number of other Indigenous performers and producers. “The conversation we had that day was full of life and inspiration, shared experience and wisdom,” says Summit co-founder ShoShona Kish. “It was during that conversation that I first imagined the Summit. I wanted my colleagues at home and around the world to have that same experience of camaraderie and inspiration. A year later, we hosted our first gathering in Montreal.”

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