Coffs Community to Reconnect with All One Under the Sun Festival

Published on 15 June 2022

Sunshine. Lush site. Good times... Boogie!

The spirit of the much-missed Harmony Day lives on through the upcoming All One Under the Sun Festival coming up this Sunday 19 June in the beautiful surrounds of the Coffs Botanic Gardens.

The Festival is a whole-of-community, cross-cultural event celebrating everyone's journey to calling Coffs home, as well as our beautiful natural environment and our connection to it and each other.

It is a big, fun, FREE family-friendly day where everyone is welcome, presented by Coffs Harbour City Council in collaboration with a diverse array of valued community partners.

Due to preceding rainy weather, the event had to be postponed to the new date of Sunday 19 June which also marks the start of Refugee Week.

"Having the Festival at the start of Refugee Week just adds to the sense of occasion of the whole community coming together to celebrate our amazing diversity and this beautiful place we all call home," said Andrew Davis, Sustainable Living & Community Programs Coordinator at Coffs Council.

"With a promising return of blue skies above, it will definitely be the opportunity we have all longed for - a mass community reconnection event where we are all one under the sun!"

The action-packed program includes:

• Live cultural music and dance acts
• Premiere of some exciting cross-cultural fusions between local live musicians, including a 10 piece supergroup hailing from Africa, the Middle East and Gumbaynggirr nation
• The Common Ground space featuring Ethiopian coffee ceremony, Gumbaynggirr damper making, henna and hair braiding
• Short films showcasing the stories of cross-cultural Coffs
• A tantalising array of food vendors with flavours from around the world
• Free inflatable fun zone for kids
• Massive hands-on creative play and craft space
• Yard games & roving circus activities
• Guided nature tours
• A huge community parade and colour run finale
• Much more!

Event details:

All One Under the Sun Festival
Sunday 19 June
9:30am to 2:30pm
Coffs Botanic Gardens (North Coast Regional Botanic Gardens)
Cnr Hardacre and Coffs Streets, Coffs Harbour

Make sure to BRING SOME CASH to enjoy all the yummy food. NO EFTPOS OR ATMs ON SITE. 

A COVIDSafe event. If you are feeling ill, please stay home and help keep our whole community safe.

Made possible by funding from Coffs Harbour City Council and Multicultural NSW with generous contributions from local community organisations and project partners.

For more information please visit our Facebook event page.

Free event! All welcome.