Sparrows of Kabul with Fred Smith and his Band
Saturday 23 August 2025
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see one of Australia’s most compelling singer-songwriters live on stage.
Place: Senior Citizens Hall, 12 Douglas Street, Rutherglen
Time: 7pm – 10pm AEST
Cost: $55.00
Fred Smith and band present this extraordinary song cycle on Australia’s involvement in Afghanistan. Fred was there at the beginning in Uruzgan Province and returned at the end working on the chaotic evacuation from Kabul International Airport.
His epitaph for the mission is “it was what it was”, and we are left with an understanding of the experience of Australia’s soldiers and diplomats in our longest war, and of the courage and tenacity of thousands of Afghans who braved the human logjams outside the Airport gates in a last ditch dash for freedom.
This concert has received rave reviews:
“A beautiful retelling of Australia’s Afghanistan experience” Adrienne Francis, ABC 666, Saturday Breakfast
“Fred Smith is an Australian national treasure. Diplomat, philosopher, poet and raconteur his songs reverberate with the prophetic voice of humanity…an extraordinary, wonderful and heart-uplifting concert.” Peter Wilkins, Canberra Critics Circle
