A Celebration of Nanaimo’s multiculturalism and diversity. Interactive booths, free entertainment, speakers, food, sidewalk sales and children’s activities.
Headliner – ALICE FRANCIS!
“If there was one age in the past century when social rise and fall not only sounded good but looked fantastic, that time was the Roaring Twenties. A time when women asserted themselves and finally claimed their rightful place in society. No wonder Alice Francis identifies with them and sees Josephine Baker as one of her artistic role models. Her sure-footed nonconformity and charming rebellion against stereotypes, which her groundbreaking soul sisters from Anais Nin to Dorothy Parker have championed, keep giving Alice Francis new inspiration.”
Schedule main stage – Emcee – DJ Allgood
10:25 – 11:00 Indy Quin, Immigrant Settlement Worker
11:00 – 11:30 Laura Wu (Chinese)
11:30 – 11:45 Bill Helin ( First Nations)
11:45 – 12:20 YannisChil (Greek)
12:30 – 1:15 The Clanns (Celtic)
1:30 – 2:15 La Familia (Mexican)
2:00 – 2:15 Mexican dancers
2:15 – 3:00 Susana Abreau (latin jazz)
3:00 – 3:15 Vesna dancers – (Ukranian)
3:30 – 4:30 Alice Francis (Germany) electro swing
4:30 – 5:00 Multicultural fashion show (Panache Productions)
La Catina – Licensed area
Wine & beer from Longwood Brewery
Fundraiser for the Nanaimo Blues Society
Anti-Racism Play – Delicado’s Stage
2 showings 12:30-1:00 & 2:30-3:00
For details, visit:
http://www.dnbia.ca/2016/04/21/multicultural-festival-old-city-quarter/