Bunjil Place is preparing to host its biggest free outdoor event, Open Space, running across three Saturday nights from 7 February to 21 March.

Located in Narre Warren, Victoria, Bunjil Place is a cultural hub serving as the creative and community heart of the City of Casey.

The venue brings together a theatre, gallery, library, studio, outdoor plaza and event spaces - all within an architectural design shaped by the image of Bunjil, the Creator Spirit from a number of South-Eastern Indigenous communities.

Among the headline acts for Open Space is Mutti Mutti, Yorta Yorta and Nari Nari songman Uncle Kutcha Edwards, who will bring his deeply personal storytelling to the Bunjil Place Plaza alongside Cash Savage and the Last Drinks.

The six-week series promises an open-air festival of live music, cultural performance and cinema, featuring artists including Pseudo Echo, Andrew Swift, Cookin' on 3 Burners, and Hari Sivanesan.

Each night is set to offer audiences the chance to dance, reflect and connect under the stars.

Uncle Kutcha said the location itself carries special meaning and Cash Savage and the Last Drinks will play a key role in shaping the performance.

"They've been respectful in calling it Bunjil Place and if you had a drone over the top of Bunjil Place, it looks like an eagle, which is the creator down here," he said.

"Cash Savage and The Last Drinks is an amazing band, they're doing a lot of the heavy lifting for this one."

Uncle Kutcha's set will draw from his decades-long catalogue of music, rooted in memory and lived experience.

"A lot of my lyrics and my songs are about my lived experience so when I perform these songs, they're heavy and deep in emotional ties to the lived experiences I've had," he said.

"There's a song called Mrs Edwards and in that moment I see myself as a six-year-old kid who met my mum for the first time.

"When I sing it, I'm standing there on stage as a sixty year-old man, but my spirit goes back to that six-year-old kid."

The Open Space performance will offer a chance for those unfamiliar to engage with his work.

"Saturday night will be a great opportunity for people who have not seen me perform," he said.

For Uncle Kutcha, the event is about creating emotional impact, especially for those unfamiliar with his story.

"The way that I explain it - I'm dropping an imaginary pebble or a rock into an imaginary pond and what that does is creates a ripple," he said.

"And the ripple is people either listening to what I have to say or feeling what it is that I have to do.

"The ripple of hope for us, Mob so rather than pointing the finger at us, come and have the conversation."

The Open Space series is unticketed and free to attend.

Audiences are encouraged to bring a picnic rug, enjoy the food trucks, and experience the evening from 6.00pm each Saturday.

Uncle Kutcha's appearance at Open Space comes ahead of his 60 Cycles Around the Sun celebration at Melbourne Recital Centre on 17 April 2026.