THE WHITSUNDAYS Songwriter Festival is welcoming sensational talent ZIPPORAH to the lineup for the 2025 event (June 10 – 15).
Previously, the festival announced Golden Guitar winner and Central Queensland songwriter Brad Butcher, and The Voice winner Chris Sebastian, would be joining the lineup.
Zipporah Corser-Anu has performance running through her veins, hailing from true entertainment royalty (she is the daughter of Christine Anu).
A proud Samu and Suy woman from Saibai Island, Zipporah seamlessly blends dance and vocals and maintains a deep connection to her cultural roots in her performances.
In 2025, Zipporah delivered a showstopping performance at the Queensland Music Awards, heralding her arrival in front of her peers.
With a devotion to the arts, Zipporah was a 2019 NRL Youth Ambassador and, since 2015, has performed as a dancer in the NSW Public Schools Aboriginal Dance Company Schools Spectacular, including as a featured artist, in 2019.
Zipporah has been in multiple theatre productions including Harvest Rain’s Hairspray Big Fat Arena Spectacular in QLD, NSW and SA, Insite Arts’ Saltbush Tours, children’s show Corka Bubs and Adelaide Festival/Stephen Page’s ‘Baleen Moondjan’.
Her versatility has seen Zipporah also work as a choreographer and radio host on Triple J.
Her desire to promote her strong cultural background and educate others is always part of her performance.
Locals will delight in hearing Zipporah take to the stage in Airlie Beach for the ‘Concert and Conversation ‘held at the Whitsunday Sailing Club, on Saturday, June 7, as part of the festival’s program.
Previous festival ‘Concert and Conversation’ events have sold out fast, with audience members coming from all over Australia to see this unique, world-class performance in a local setting.
Tickets are now on sale to see Brad Butcher, Chris Sebastian and Zipporah in ‘Concert and Conversation’, together with APRA award winner Mark Sholtez, Los Angeles Music award winner Francesca de Valence, and AIR and QMA nominated Whitsundays local Karen Jacobsen.
Zipporah will also take part as songwriting mentor, joining the festival’s Professional Faculty as part of the one-day songwriting workshop, open to the public, on Saturday, June 7, led by groundbreaking I Heart Songwriting Club founder Francesca de Valence.
Tickets are selling fast for both public events. Final artist announcements are coming soon.
For further information, and to book tickets, visit the Whitsundays Arts Festival website. www.whitsundaysartsfestival.org.
The 2025 Whitsundays Songwriter Festivalis presented in partnership with I Heart Songwriting Club, Sea Star Apartments, Whitsunday Sailing Club, Airlie Beach Music Centre, Aussie Mackay, Think Real Estate Mackay, Amanda Camm MP, Whitsunday Regional Council and the Whitsundays Arts Festival, which is proud to be auspicing arts events, including the Songwriter Festival in the region, in 2025.
This project was made possible by the Australian Government Regional Arts Development Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia.
Founded in 2019, the Whitsundays Arts Festival is a multi-faceted festival that strives to foster and celebrate the arts in the community.
Taking place in the heart of Airlie Beach and surrounds, the festival explores all genres of the arts including performance, music, visual arts, film, writing, and interactive creativity.
