Australian group Junkyard Beats spotlights reuse, sustainability

A high-energy performance titled “Junklandia” by the Australian percussion group Junkyard Beats transported young schoolchildren into a magical world of music and dance at the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival (SCRF 2025), which got under way at Expo Center Sharjah on April 23.

- Jamil Khan

The three performers from Junkyard Beats introduced themselves as siblings from the faraway planet Junklandia who were out on a mission to Earth to teach its inhabitants the Junklandian ways of music and creative recycling.

For this, they transformed ordinary household items into musical instruments to create a toe-tapping, electric atmosphere that soon had the primary schoolchildren dancing away under the stage.