Sydney Road Street Party
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The Sydney Road Street Party is one of a number of large street-based festival
s in Melbourne
, Australia. While many other festivals of this type in Melbourne celebrate a particular occasion or cultural group, the Sydney Road
Street Party celebrates the cultural diversity
of one of Melbourne's most multicultural suburbs - the inner-northern suburb of Brunswick
. The street party is usually held on a Sunday at the end of February, and runs from midday to 7pm. Sydney Road is closed to traffic from Union Street to Victoria Street in Brunswick, a length of about 1.5 km.
At the intersection of Sydney Road with each side street within the festival area, stages are erected for a variety of ethnic, folk and rock music to be performed live. Hundreds of community groups and local businesses set up stalls on the road between the stages. Additionally, street theatre and children's shows, and a wide variety of tasty food from many cuisines is there to be sampled. Attendance at the festival has steadily grown in recent years and in 2008, about 60,000 people enjoyed the festivities.
The Street Party launches the annual Brunswick Music Festival.
, since incorporated into the City of Moreland
. It was a held in a park on Victoria Street, west of Sydney Road, in 1989. The following year, the event was relocated to Dawson Street, between Sydney Road and the Upfield Railway Line. As this was so successful, it was moved to Sydney Road, between Union and Albert Streets, and extended in subsequent years to Victoria Street. The street party is organised and managed by a locally-based community arts organisation under contract to the Moreland City Council, who are its major source of funding.
Festival
A festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
s in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Australia. While many other festivals of this type in Melbourne celebrate a particular occasion or cultural group, the Sydney Road
Sydney Road, Melbourne
Sydney Road is a major urban arterial in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.-Geography:...
Street Party celebrates the cultural diversity
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...
of one of Melbourne's most multicultural suburbs - the inner-northern suburb of Brunswick
Brunswick, Victoria
Brunswick is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Moreland...
. The street party is usually held on a Sunday at the end of February, and runs from midday to 7pm. Sydney Road is closed to traffic from Union Street to Victoria Street in Brunswick, a length of about 1.5 km.
At the intersection of Sydney Road with each side street within the festival area, stages are erected for a variety of ethnic, folk and rock music to be performed live. Hundreds of community groups and local businesses set up stalls on the road between the stages. Additionally, street theatre and children's shows, and a wide variety of tasty food from many cuisines is there to be sampled. Attendance at the festival has steadily grown in recent years and in 2008, about 60,000 people enjoyed the festivities.
The Street Party launches the annual Brunswick Music Festival.
History
The event that became The Sydney Road Street Party was originally an initiative of the Brunswick Ethnic Communities Council sponsored by the City of BrunswickCity of Brunswick
The City of Brunswick is the name of a former Local Government Area in the inner-northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprised the suburbs of Brunswick, Brunswick East and West Brunswick...
, since incorporated into the City of Moreland
City of Moreland
The City of Moreland is a Local Government Area located within the metropolitan area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It comprises the inner northern suburbs between 4 and 10 kilometres from the Melbourne city centre....
. It was a held in a park on Victoria Street, west of Sydney Road, in 1989. The following year, the event was relocated to Dawson Street, between Sydney Road and the Upfield Railway Line. As this was so successful, it was moved to Sydney Road, between Union and Albert Streets, and extended in subsequent years to Victoria Street. The street party is organised and managed by a locally-based community arts organisation under contract to the Moreland City Council, who are its major source of funding.