Bright Nights Bazaar and Tasting Trail to celebrate Refugee Week in Newcastle(City of Newcastle)
Newy 87.8 FM – Novocastrians are invited to celebrate Refugee Week at the Bright Nights Bazaar and Tasting Trail, where a tasting passport will guide visitors through seven global cuisines and the stories behind them.
Delivered by City of Newcastle in partnership with the Village in the City Working Group, the event will showcase craft makers, stallholders, musicians and dancers from newly arrived and refugee communities.
The tasting trail will offer $5 sample dishes from Sri Lankan, Egyptian, South Indian, Arabic and various Afghan cuisines, with visitors receiving a stamp at each stall and learning about the origins of the dishes.
Live music will feature refugee artists including local singer Regikay, Earthern Rhythms drumming, an African dance group from Jesmond Public School and an emerging young DJ mentored by the Multicultural Neighbourhood Centre. A community dessert competition will also be judged, with entries compiled into a community cookbook in partnership with BaptistCare Jesmond.
Chair of City of Newcastle's Access Inclusion Standing Committee, Councillor Elizabeth Adamczyk, said the event forms part of the Neighbourly Newy program launched last year to mark 10 years since Newcastle reaffirmed the city as a Refugee Welcome Zone.
The Bazaar is one of three free events being delivered across May, June and July to support communities in Jesmond experiencing social and geographic isolation. The series will wrap up at Heaton Park on 17 July with the Lantern Night Picnic & Community Showcase.
Refugee Week runs from 14 to 20 June with the theme "A Million Stories".
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