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Saturday, 28th February 2015

Diversitat Pako Festa is the largest free celebration of cultural diversity in Australia! Every year since 1983 it has gathered together hundreds of people from Geelong’s local and cultural communities, professional performers, community groups, schools, businesses, street traders and artists from all walks of life into one huge and amazing celebration.

Coming together in harmony, up to 100,000 people join together to enjoy a smorgasbord of fabulous cultural food, traditional dancing, the enormous and famous Pako Parade, great workshops, art exhibitions, craft displays, free activities for children and an exciting day of non-stop entertainment.

Diversitat Pako Festa prides itself as being a free event, accessible to all who want to share the enriching experience of Australian multiculturalism. All you need to bring for a great day out is a happy heart, an open mind and our Pako App on your phone for all the details.

Pako Festa Community Art Project

Our theme for 2015 is DIFFERENT THEREFORE EQUAL allowing us to catch attention and then reinforce our core idea that difference is something to be celebrated and by doing so we emphasise equality and need for respect as human beings.

In support of this theme we have partnered with The National Wool Museum (NWM) to utilise 30 sculptural structures no longer required at the NWM to be creatively re-purposed by our communities to be a showcase for their culture. Look out for them in the great Pako Festa Street Parade, and featured for the rest of the festival in a setting that encourages community pride.

Pako Festa Community Art Project is proudly supported by the Australian Government Department of Social Services.