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MEFF 2023 Press Release – Experience a Day of Diversity and Celebration at the Multicultural Eid Festival & Fair with Free Entry and Free Parking Sydney, Australia – The Multicultural Eid Festival & Fair (MEFF) returns on Sunday 30 April with FREE Entry and FREE Parking at Fairfield Showground, Smithfield Rd, Prairiewood. MEFF is the first, largest and longest-running Eid festival in Australia, being one of the most anticipated events on Sydney’s multicultural calendar. Welcoming tens of thousands of people from over 35 communities, it is a family fun day for all. The Multicultural Eid Festival and Fair was started in 1985 by late Dr Qazi Ashfaq Ahmad OAM, a Muslim community leader when he noticed that Eid was only celebrated in people’s private homes. Back in his home country of India, Eid was celebrated in large gatherings and festivals, and he wanted to have the same feelings of celebration with ...