EMERGE FESTIVAL 2006

16 June - 1 July 2006

Showcasing the culture of our newly arrived artists and refugee and asylum seeker communities.

This stunning two week festival is a joyous celebration of the richness of culture and talent from Africa, Afghanistan and Kurdistan that has recently come alive in Melbourne.

Jali Buba Kuyateh (pic by Bill Poon)

New School Rulez Dance Party - All ages Hip Hop and Dance event (read flyer)

Emerge Festival in the Press (reviews)

Lost Boys of Sudan review; The Age, 21 June 2006
Emerge review, Metro & online (The Age, 20 June 2006)
The Age, Epicure (20 June 2006)

Three non stop stages of unique world music and dance performances, a vibrant cultural marketplace, the aromas of an Ethiopian coffee ceremony, an intimate evening of story and song from all over Africa, a fun packed soccer carnivale, a hip hop dance battle and slam dunk competition, and a mentorship music project VISIBLE featuring artists such as Nicky Bomba, Kavisha Mazzella, Diafrix & Valanga Khoza, are just some of the highlights of this year’s Emerge Festival.

Attracting full house audiences in past years, the Emerge Festival commemorates United Nations World Refugee Day.

Festival dates:

Fri 16 June	8 - 10pm Festival launch with Story and Song, Fitzroy Town Hall FREE
Sat 17 June	12 - 4pm Emerge Soccer Carnivale. Maribyrnong FREE
Sun 18 June	12-5pm Emerge Festival Main Event, Fitzroy Town Hall (read festival review, The Age Metro; epicure review, The Age Epicure) FREE
Fri 23 June	7.00 -10.30pm Lost Boys of Sudan Fundraiser Screening (read film review, The Age) Tix $20/15
Sat 24 June	2-6pm Emerge Women’s Gathering, Brunswick Town Hall FREE
Sat 1 July	6-11.30pm New School Rulez Dance Party, Maribyrnong Secondary College FREE (read flyer)

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The festival will be launched with an evening of Story and Song at the magnificent Fitzroy Town Hall Reading Room on Friday June 16th 7.30pm. Tales of life in Africa and new lives in Australia will be told by South African born singer/stoyteller Valanga Khoza, Somali poet Yusuf Sheikh Omar, Sudanese singer Ajak Kwai and the recently arrived Synodos, ten young men from Sudan who tell stories through theatre and hip hop.

Sunday 18th June Emerge Festival Main Event Performance Program:

African Stage, Main Hall

12.00pm	Horn of Africa Communities Network
12.20pm	Ormas Band
1.05pm	Dambai Dance Group
1.15pm	Sudanese Catholic Choir
1.40pm	Sudan Azza
2.10pm	South Sudan Musica
2.40pm	Lion of Judah with Ethiopian Circus
3.20pm	Diafrix
3.55pm	Jali Buba Kuyateh
4.10pm	King Marong & Afro Mandinke

Silk Road Stage, Reading Room

1.00pm	Dursan Acar
1.40pm	Sultan Miazoi
2.30pm	Baran
3.10pm	Afghan Dance Group
3.20pm	Khalil Gudaz

SBS Stage outside in Napier St

SBS Stage outside in Napier St will be featuring interviews, live performances & much more!

More information:
Download Brochure
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www.multiculturalarts.com.au or phone (03) 9417 6777.

Presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria with the support of the Victorian Multicultural Commission and other valued partners.