Byron Harmony Festival

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This year we are again welcoming international visitors to perform at Byron Harmony Festival. Solomon Islands custodian Natty Dolaiasi will make a return tour to Australia to coincide with Byron Harmony Festival 2020 on Sat 21 March at Mullumbimby Civic Hall!

The festival is held every year in the iconic Mullumbimby Civic Hall and represents the largest festival of its kind in the NSW North Coast.  With over 250 performers onstage for a 10-hour concert representing all world cultures – Natty Dolaiasi will be the special international guest of the Festival!

Many thanks to all our sponsors including Solomon Airlines for sponsoring our Solomon Islands Cultural Exchange Project as well as : Regional Arts NSW, Multicultural NSW and Byron Shire Council.

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Festival Program :

 

Byron Harmony Festival Program

 

MAIN STAGE: 1pm-6pm

$5 Donation at the Door

 

1pm                 Mana Aloha Hula

 

1.20pm           Phillip Anastassiou

 

1.30pm           Romani Gypsy

 

1.50pm           Mehreen Faruqi

 

2pm                 The Atmospherics

 

2.30pm           Mark Isaacs (Refugee Activist/Author)

 

2.45pm           Thai Dance Group

 

2.50pm           Northern Rivers Thai Dancers

 

3pm                 Kobya Panguana

 

3.30pm           Bollywood Sisters

 

4pm                Veil of Dreams Belly Dancers

 

4.30pm           JT Rasta Samurai

 

5.00pm           Gipsy Spark Flamenco

 

5.10pm           Northern Rivers Folk Choir – Peter Lehner

 

5.40pm           Go Happy Africa

 

MAIN STAGE : RFS BENEFIT CONCERT 7pm-10pm

$20/$12 Donation for RFS

 

7pm                 Spirit Belly Dance

 

7.15                 Yoyo Tuki Band

 

7.45pm           Natty Dolaiasi Band

 

8.15pm----      Raffle Draw

 

8.20pm           Lucy Gallant

 

8.50pm           Flying Sorcerer (Indigenoise)

 

9.30pm           Ben Janz

 

YOUTH STAGE:

 

12 Noon          WELCOMING CEREMONY

 

             Welcome to Country – Nickolla Clark

 

      Uncle Magpie

 

    Gudji - Malu Dancers

 

                         Tamara Smith MP

 

             Senator Mehreen Faruqi

 

1pm               Indonesian Kids Gamelan

 

1.30pm           Indonesian Gamelan Workshop

 

2pm                Aloha Hula Group

 

2.30pm           Solomon Islands Cultural Group

 

3pm                 Kai Fi

 

3.30pm           African Kids Drumming Circle

 

4pm                 African Drumming workshop

 

5pm                 Nakula

 

YOUTH WORKSHOP SPACE – CWA Hall

 

1pm Mundu Training – Mind, Body Spirit Sculpting (Aboriginal Culture)

 

By Coedie McCarthy from Indigenoise

 

2.30 pm Hawaiian Hula Workshop for Young People

 

With Anna from Aloha Hula NSW

 

3.20pm Hoko Dance workshop for Young People (Easter Islands)

 

With Yoyo Tuki

 

4pm Let’s Flamenco with Azahara

 

TALKING CIRCLE/ BayFm Media Tent:

 

MC: Kera

 

Interviewers : Malikeh, Raffa, Mico, Darren

 

Sound: Wompie

 

1.30pm       Erfan Daliri

 

2.10pm           Mehreen Faruqi

 

2.40 pm          Coedie McCarthy - Indigenous

 

3pm                 Mark Isaacs

 

3.30pm           Lucy Gallant

 

4pm                 Ben Jansz

 

4.20pm           Pat McCabe

 

5pm                 Manish Jain

 

5.40pm         Yoyo Tuki

 

GARDEN STAGE

 

Art Womb – Music and Art

Judith Shelley
Mob: 0476197922

National Coordinator AIAA
http://www.aiaa.org.au

Main Presenter, Multicultural Nation
Tuesdays 1-2pm on Bay FM 99.9
http://programs.bayfm.org/multicultural-nation/2019-07-30

Festival Coordinator
http://www.byronharmony.com

 

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