From hula to Bollywood and visual art of many cultures the Multikulcha Festival and Art Exhibition will open on Friday, 23 January from 5.30pm with all the richness that multicultural arts can bring.
The three-day mini-festival celebrates unity and diversity which has become a national priority in light of recent events. Byron Shire has been fortunate to have a team of local volunteers dedicated to multicultural celebrations for the last 20 years with annual festivals, radio shows, and other events.
‘The Multikulcha Art Exhibition opening night will feature Latin dance band Las Comadres, First Nations music and Art by Nigel Stewart, and will be opened by our own amazing MP, Tamara Smith to celebrate the first ever Multikulcha Art Exhibition in Byron,’ said organiser Judith Shelley.
‘This will be followed by two days of art viewing and cultural activities on Saturday, 24 and Sunday 25 January from 10am to 4pm. It will include artist demonstrations and drawing circle plus music jam featuring African musician Kobya Panguana!
‘A very special feast of activities are planned for Sunday afternoon with artist talks, workshops, performances, Brazilian dance, the Bollywood Shiva Shimmer Squad, and the Byron Bay Hula/Mana Aloha Hula which is great for kids!’
Refreshments are by the Red Heart Project for African Women plus BayFM will live broadcast on BayFm 99.9 from 2-4pm and live stream on www.bayfm.org.’
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