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Leaders hail the 25th anniversary of the Children’s Festival – 21.08.23 Families from all over Sydney will converge on Gazzard Park, Yagoona on Sunday, 17 September 2023, for the final Children’s Festival of 2023 marking the 25th anniversary of the festival’s founding. Political leaders are amongst those who have stepped up to congratulate the Children’s Festival on its 25th anniversary. The Federal Minister for Education and Member for Blaxland, Jason Clare, who represents Yagoona in Federal Parliament, said: “The festival showcases the traditions and heritages of over 200 nationalities that make up our multicultural community. “The event promotes harmony and cross-cultural understanding while offering our local children an opportunity to perform and learn more about their own traditions”, he says. The Member for Watson in Western Sydney, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke, says children gather at the festival “to recognise the contribution their parents and ...

Aug 22, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , ,
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Multicultural Kids Festival goes west MEDIA RELEASE Kids to have fun in the west again 10.08.22 Children from all over western Sydney have been invited to participate in the return of the Canterbury-Bankstown Children’s Festival, planned for Revesby on September the 11th. The highly successful Childrens Festival, founded in Western Sydney 23 years ago, was reborn on 26th of June this year in Darling Harbour, after a three-year gap caused by the Covid Pandemic. The President of the Children’s Festival Organisation, Thuat Nguyen AM, said today he “warmly invited schools and youth groups in western Sydney to take part in this much-loved event”. “After the successful Sydney Children’s Festival on the 26th of June at Pyrmont Bay Park, Darling Harbour, we are now confident to go ahead and organise a festival for the children of western Sydney at Abel Reserve, Revesby 2212 (next to Revesby Train Station). “It has been ...

Aug 10, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Friday, 15 March 2019 $100,000 TO SUPPORT THE CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL The Children’s Festival will benefit from $100,000 over four years thanks to the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government. Minister for Multiculturalism Ray Williams said he was delighted to be supporting the event attended by more than 10,000 people each year. “The NSW Liberals & Nationals Government will continue to support the Children’s Festival, which brings together more than 35 youth groups from diverse backgrounds,” Mr Williams said.   “It has been a pleasure to attend the Children’s Festival, and I look forward to joining in on the celebrations with the community again in the future.” Liberal Candidate for East Hills Wendy Lindsay said the funding demonstrated the NSW Liberals & Nationals Government’s commitment to supporting multicultural communities. “It is a wonderful opportunity for our youth to share their talents and culture with the broader NSW community,” Ms Lindsay said. “This funding ...

Mar 15, 2019 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , Comments 0
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