Presented and produced by Multicultural Arts Victoria

Emerge Festival 2010

From Africa to the Far East, from the traditional to the contemporary, from the emerging to the established, music, dance, visual arts, exotic foods, ancient crafts and ceremonies.

Emerge Festival is a dynamic celebration of Victoria's many rich and undiscovered refugee and emerging cultures.

Emerge Festival commemorates the United Nations World Refugee Day and celebrates Refugee Week in Australia with a series of amazing performances and unique cultural experiences around Melbourne from 20 June to 3 August.

Emerge Festival Program

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In the Press

Sweet sounds of Somaliberg (Feature) Liza Power, The Age & Sydney Morning Herald, 19 June 2010

Helping refugees dance to a new rythm of life (Feature) Andra Jackson, The Age, 17 June 2010

Media Release

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Event Dates & Links

Sunday 20 June	12-5pm	Emerge Festival Main Event
	2pm	Talanoa; Walk the Talk Performance
Tuesday 22 June	3-6pm	Talanoa Forum; Art, Community & Social Function
Sunday 27 June	7.30-11pm	Blak Roots Debut Album Launch
Saturday 3 July	2-6pm	Burundian Drum Festival - Burundian Independence Day Celebrations
Saturday 17 July	12-4pm	Emerge at The Drum - launching Emerge Cultural Hubs in Dandenong
	7.45pm	Step by Step Documentary Screening
Saturdays 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 July	12-5pm	Don't Be Left Out in the CALD - Music Business Skills Workshops Series for World Music Artists
Tuesday 27 July - 3 August		Music is Family - Photographic Exhibition by Damian Vincenzi

Further media information

Multicultural Arts Victoria, 9417 6777

Produced and presented by

Multicultural Arts Victoria www.multiculturalarts.com.au

Principal Sponsors

Australia Council For The Arts, City Of Melbourne, City Of Yarra, Arts Victoria, Victorian Multicultural Commission, Festivals Australia, Perpetual Funded by the Diana Browne Trust , managed by Perpetual, Victoria Rocks, Community Support Fund.

Partners and supporters

Drum Theatre, City of Greater Dandenong, Sidney Myer Fund, National Gallery of Victoria, University of Melbourne, The Substation, Hobson's Bay City Council, AAAPS, Merethan Vision, New-Zealand Maori Polynesian Welfare Support Group Inc, PBS 106.7FM, Metro Printing, keke Design

Exodus (Sudan) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Superstar (Sudan) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Exodus (Sudan) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Superstar (Sudan) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Sudan Azza (Sudan) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Angelique Nzabanita (Rwanda) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Aminata Doumbia - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Anbessa (Ethiopia) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Abdi Mohamed Abdi (Somalia)

Angelique Nzabanita (Rwanda) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Blak Roots - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Superstar (Sudan) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Fula Band (Sudan) - picture by Damian Vincenzi

Jerusalema (Congo) - picture by Damian Vincenzi