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Wyndham Festival

for Healthy Living

Wyndham Festival for Healthy Living is a celebration highlighting local talents
and cultural heritage, while offering a positive experience of community.

The festival is a blend of Music, Art and Food and focuses on passing down
cultural knowledge, strengthening community bonds, fostering partnerships,
instilling local pride while presenting seriously good art.

The Festival featured a fantastic selection of multicultural acts including headline
acts: One Spirit Africa, Motley, Charlie Needs Braces, Nga Matai Purua and many
more amazing local performers.

Our Community performance space hosted diverse cultural groups, while a
bustling market supported local microbusinesses showcasing food, arts, crafts,
and cultural experiences.

The Village World Kitchen hub highlighted local cooks and their cultural food
stories and techniques.

This event was created to highlight the involvement of the local community and
local schools presented projects they worked on with the guidance of
professional artists over a six week period.

There was Face Painting by Kids stall called Colour Express and The Reeflings
roving puppets presented by students from Wyndham Vale Primary School, plus
circus, drumming and the world premier of a number of songs written by young
people.