SUNDAY 24 MARCH 11AM – 4PM EDWARDES LAKE PARK, RESERVOIRDAREBINARTS.COM.AU/KITEFESTIVAL

ROVINGRhythm of Life Experience the rich and vibrant culture of West Africa

through drumming! Rhythm of Life present energetic and fun African Drumming workshops, led by Guinean master drummer Mohamed Camara.

1pm

PROGRAM

KITE MAKING

Kite Making Workshop

EscriVento (Writings on the Wind) is a creative constructive project that builds flying gifts for the skies. These kite gifts will resemble mini parachutes and symbolically carry a personal message of love, inclusiveness and respect from each participant.

11am - 4pm

Gaia Meera is a 21 year old singer-songwriter from Bombay, India. She chose music as a medium to tell stories and plays all her tunes on her ukulele.

The Meeseeks are a local four-piece. Their songs burst with influence from their diverse backgrounds such as punk and blues.

Teenage Dads are a quad-psych-pop band with blasting synths, catchy melodies and a unique collection of music.

Sta is a rapidly emerging young artist with soulful vocals over smooth RnB beats. Accompanying her is Keeran, a talented guitarist.

It is difficult to define the sound of Lady Blue into one or many mixtures of genres, rather, Lady Blue’s music is reflective of their honest and brave expression.

Gaia

The Meeseeks

Teenage Dads

Keeran & Sta

Lady Blue

DAREBIN YOUTH SERVICES FREEZA STAGE

11.15am

12.15pm

1.15pm

2.15pm

3.15pm

FlIP & FlY Kite Flying

Westside Circus

Bring, buy or build a kite, then practice your skills on the kite flying field.

All-day drop-in workshops. Come and learn some sweet circus tricks, or catch one of the troupe’s demos.

11am - 4pm

11am - 4pm

VISUAl STORIES

Sounds Exquisite

Comic Strip Construction Site

Face Paint by Children

Visit Playable Streets’ installation that allows the public to use the drawings of children to create new characters with real voices!

Help acclaimed artists Bernard Caleo and Michael Camilleri make up characters and draw them into the world’s largest comic strip.

Face painting where children get to be the artists. Back by popular demand (again!).

11am - 4pm

11am - 4pm

11am - 4pm

lOVE YOUR BIKE

Free security for your bike and Bike Decoration Station for kids.

Meet at the Valet Parking to join the parade and show off your fabulous bike bling!

Mechanics from WeCycle will run safety checks, lube chains and pump tyres.

Roll-up Bike Valet Parking

Bike Parade

FREE 10-min Bike Tune-Ups

11am - 4pm

3pm

11am - 4pm

Be sure to wander the site and visit the numerous stalls and activities on offer from the community and local businesses.

Darebin City Council also has a huge range of stalls to seek out. Join the mini paper people party with your own fun, colourful portrait paper dolls, find inspiration in the Play Maps, discover the wonders of Wetlands on a Waterwatch walk, strap yourself into a sumo suit and more!

AND THERE’S MORE.. .

lAKESIDE STAGE

MC Yana Alana

NEMCA and Drummers

Welcome to Country & Mayor’s Welcome

Allara

Polyxeni

Westside Circus

Sapphire Dance

11am

11.30am

12pm

1.15pm

2.30pm

3.30pm

The Queen of queer cabaret and determined to never be a national treasure, Yana Alana is your neo-punk, anti-glamour, cult icon host with the most!

Festival co-founders, the North-Eastern Melbourne Chinese Association open the program with a procession through the Festival site.

Join us for the official Festival Welcome.

Allara Briggs Pattison is a Yorta Yorta woman creating a sweet collision of hip hop, neo-soul, blues and reggae with electric bass, double bass and looped tones.

Polyxeni play a range of Greek roots music styles including Rebetika, Smyrnaika, Palia Laika and Entechna.

Watch Westside Circus’s Youth Troupe perform different stories through physical movement and circus trickery.

Learn Bollywood Dance in a fun open workshop suitable for all ages, led by Melbourne’s premier Bollywood dance group, Sapphire Dance.

MC Steph Tisdell

Abdi Aden

Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky’s Family Show

Storytime with Darebin Libraries

One Sixth

Your host for the day is Steph Tisdell, a proud Indigenous woman who is making a fast rise as one of Australia’s funniest comedians.

Abdi had no English, no family or friends, no money & no home when he arrived in Melbourne. Yet, against the odds, he not only survived, he thrived.

A free-wheeling show for all ages that bounces from music and dancing to storytelling, stick puppets and daggy theatrical sketches with kids joining Jan to play instruments and sing along.

Relax for a special storytime session from Darebin Libraries featuring books celebrating different cultures. Songs and rhymes included – perfect for 3-7 year olds.

Emcee, vocalist, producer and songwriter One Sixth facilitates songwriting workshop that will have children of all ages writing and sharing their own musical story.

11am

11.15am

12.15pm

1.30pm

3pm

STORYTEllING TENT

Free demonstrations of dog obedience exercises being conducted for 20 minutes every hour.

Be amazed as Ashley and his menagerie reveal a trick or two.

Presented by Brad Griggs from K9 Services International, learn the fundamentals of how to be responsible with your dog in public.

Learn what you should do to prepare your pet for a visit to the vets presented by the friendly team from the Reservoir Vet Clinic.

Bring your (doggie) friend and join the parade for your minute of fame! Hosted by Brad Griggs. (Registrations 11am – 1pm)

The ever-popular Wild Action team brings the zoo to you.

PET EXPOWiltja Dog Obedience Club

The Amazing Ashley

Being a Responsible Dog Owner

How to Prepare Your Pet for a Visit to Your Vet

The Annual Pooch Parade

Wild Action

11am - 4pm

12pm

12.45pm

1pm

1.20pm -2.20pm

2.30pm

Plus the opportunity to meet Council Animal Rangers and Rescue Groups

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PROUD SPONSORS & PARTNERS:

GOING GREENWe encourage Festival-goers to travel green and leave the car at home. Why not ride to the event and park your bike in style at our onsite bike valet service? Mechanics from WeCycle will also run free safety checks, lube chains and pump tyres, and there’s a bike decoration station and parade for kids!

In line with Council’s Single-use Plastic Free Events Policy, bottled water will not be sold at this year’s Darebin Community & Kite Festival. There will be plenty of free drinking water available at the Festival site – do your bit by bringing your own reusable water bottle and coffee cup to reduce waste on the day!

ACCESSAccess support options at the Festival include:• Hiring manual wheelchairs

• Recharge service for mobility devices

• Auslan interpreted events – look for the Auslan symbol in this guide

• A sensory friendly area

• Marveloo Mobile Accessible Restroom

Visit darebinarts.com.au/kitefestival for more information and to download our Festival Access Guide.

Darebin City Council acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation as the traditional landowners and custodians of the land on which this festival takes place, and pays respect to their Elders past, present and future.

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