Newcastle Diversity Festival

Come and join in the celebrations for National Refugee Week at Gregson Park, Hamilton with an abundance of multicultural food and performance from 11am–3pm on Saturday June 22nd at the Newcastle Diversity Festival. To begin the festival, meet at 11am for a welcome walk to Beaumont Street and return, or join the refugee and multicultural community afterwards for over 20 live performances and various free family and kids activities. There will be lots to see and do including dance workshops, hula hoop skills, the world language and craft lounge, origami, calligraphy, Afghan Henna, a kids playdough corner, hair braiding plus lots more. International cuisines such as Syrian, African and Afghan will be offered, plus coffee and Ethiopian coffee. This free community event is supported by Newcastle City Council along with local refugee/multicultural and community organisations.