Presented by Multicultural Arts Victoria, Emerge Festival commemorates United Nations World Refugee Day and celebrates Refugee Week in Victoria.
Emerge Festival Main Event
Sunday June 19th 12-5pm
@ Fitzroy Town Hall & Napier St. Fitzroy FREE
Jerusalem Gospel Rumba - Nestor Omari (pic by Damian Vincenzi)
Be part of this massive cultural celebration as the magnificent Fitzroy Town Hall opens its doors for a feelgood street party guaranteed to get your hips shaking.
Napier Street will be closed off to create an exuberant block party with three stages of nonstop world music and a vibrant cultural marketplace.
Dance to rhythms from Sudan to Burma whilst inhaling the aromas of an Ethiopian coffee ceremony and tasty authentic foods from all corners of the globe.
Take a break from dancing to join in some free cultural workshops, a cultural story telling circle, henna tattoos, hair braiding, kids activities and much more.
Main Event Program
The gloriously diverse, crowd-pleasing lineup brings you infectious rhythms, lush vocals and harmonies from around the globe, featuring Somali dance grooves, African pop, Sudanese reggae, Ethiopian jazz, Congolese gospel, traditional Burundian drums, multicultural hip hop straight from the streets of Melbourne and very special guests, Dereb the Ambassador performing 70s Ethiopian vintage soul masterpieces!
Emerge Main Event Program
Emerge Media Release
Emerge Booklet
Media Enquiries:
Jess Fairfax, Project Officer, Multicultural Arts Victoria, Phone (03) 9417 6777 Email:
projects@multiculturalarts.com.au.
Dereb The Ambassador
In the Press
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In 2006, a relatively unknown Ethiopian singer, Dereb Desalegn, performed as part of Multicultural Arts Victoria's annual Emerge Festival. Five years later, performing '70s-style Ethiopian soul under the moniker Dereb the Ambassador, Desalegn is now a major drawcard in his own right and a heartening example of the success that can follow when artists from emerging ethnic communities are offered exposure and support...more.
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Peter Vadiveloo believes it's not what is in your hand, but what is in your heart that makes a good musician, he will teach audiences at Emerge the power and enjoyment of 'body percussion'...more.
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The Burundian Drummers are ready to set hearts pumping to the beat of East Africa
at Emerge Festival this weekend...more.
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Why Emerge Festival Gets Such a Great Rap, Melbourne Times Cover Story...more.
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The Emerge Festival showcases the vibrant culture of Melbourne's newest communities...more.
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Footscray-based artist Singer Bitsat Seyoum will combine traditional Ethiopian musical stylings with contemporary pop music as part of the Emerge Festival....
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MASH-2, Melbourne's one and only female Rwandan hip hop artist (pic by Damian Vincenzi)
Massive Collective (pic by Damian Vincenzi)
Emerge Festival
The Emerge Festival Main Event is part of Emerge Festival 2011.
Produced and presented by
Multicultural Arts Victoria www.multiculturalarts.com.au
Supporters
Supported by City Of Yarra, Australia Council for The Arts, Victorian Multicultural Commission.
Napier Street Food Stalls - Main Event 2010 (pic by Damian Vincenzi)
Sassy's Jamaican Kitchen - Main Event 2010 (pic by Damian Vincenzi
Children's Marquee at Main Event 2010 (pic by Damian Vincenzi)
