Australian Vietnamese Arts & Culture Red Pocket Press Tibetan Community Group Mito Elias
Enjoy longstanding dance routines from Vietnamese and Tibetan groups, learn from Asian-queer and Creole langauge practices.
12:00PM-1:00PM
Jollity Bollywood The Talking Drums with Albi, Kofi and Ray Vicki Couzens Karaoke Storytime
Dance group Jollity Bollywood will light up the stage with various Indian dance forms. West African master musicians perform ‘talking drums.’ Hear from Vicki Couzens’ work revitalising her Gundijtmara language.
1:00PM-2:00PM
Amharic Saturday School Cherry Crescent Preschool Tess Do Multilingual Storytellers
Children from Cherry Crescent Prescent and Amharic Saturday School sing familiar songs. Tess Do gets everyone singing to explore the history of one of these songs, Frère Jacques. Multilingual Storytellers Modyiyer will captivate everyone with an interactive storytime.
2:00PM-3:00PM
Julie Choi Daniele Poidomani Karaoke Storytime
We launch Julie Choi’s book, Kim Chi is for Everyone, and hear from Daniele Poidomani’s project of untranslatable words. The popular Karaoke Storytime will be back and all are welcome to join!
Community Stalls
ViệtSpeak Red Pocket Press Hazel Lekkas & Amal Abou-Eid MACHID (Hazara) Deaf Children Australia
Workshop 1
Create & Explore: An Interactive Adventure with Crocodile và Unicorn Dive into the magical world of the Crocodile và Unicorn storybook characters with a two-part workshop! Join us for a creative and immersive session, led by artist, Viet-My Bui, and language teacher, Thea Ho. Come and explore beautiful languages from our local community. Hands-on fun for everyone!
Workshop 2
Flag Making: The Language of Place What’s special and important about where you live? Tell us in your language. Using upcycled materials, artist, Sonia Zymantas, will guide you to design and cut stencils to paint a word in your language. This workshop uses craft knives. Children aged under 12 must be accompanied by a parent/carer.