Global Sounds at Landspeed Records

Overview

Get your groove on ahead of the National Multicultural Festival with Global Sounds at Landspeed, a vibrant musical warm-up in Garema Place. Canberra's finest selectors and DJs will play outside Landspeed Records, weaving global rhythms on vinyl and digital, soundtracking the precinct ahead of the festival weekend.

Spanning continents and decades, the showcase features afrobeat, Afro-Latin connections, percussion-heavy cumbia and afrofunk, global edits, and vinyl-driven selections rooted in Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin traditions. A relaxed but vibrant pre-festival gathering, Global Sounds at Landspeed celebrates global music culture, community, and the city's local DJ selectors in the lead-up to Canberra's biggest multicultural celebration.

Set against the backdrop of Canberra's own Landspeed — recently voted Australia's best record store, this free, afternoon-into-evening gathering highlights the city's passion for music, vinyl culture, and world sounds