Festival patrons can soak up the grooves in Town Park with some of Melbourne's finest performers.  The main stage comes alive with a big band, swing, jazz, African dance and Brazilian groove.  A great range of music will get you moving and grooving - or enjoy the ample seating and a range of food stalls around the main stage.

 

 

Main Stage

Time	Performance
10.30am	Maroondah Secondary College Concert Band
11.20am	Croydon Brass Band
12.05pm	Red Earth Ghawazee Tribal Belly Dance
12.30pm	Mayoral Speech
12.35pm	Mark Phillips
1.10pm	Muhanamwe
2.10pm	Cookin’ On Three Burners
3 .00pm	Sol Nation
4.05pm	Boomla

Muhanamwé

Muhanamwé, meaning culture, has emerged from Melbourne’s dense and vibrant world music scene as one of Australia's freshest and most exciting West African percussion and dance ensembles. With compelling rhythms, raw vocal harmonies, rippling balafon melodies, stunning costumes and superhuman dance moves, Muhanamwé not only draws from its deep roots in West Africa but also brings new life to the ancient musical and cultural tradition with original arrangements and drum solos.

Cookin on Three Burners

Cookin' On 3 Burners are Australia's hardest hitting Hammond Organ Trio - joining the dots between deep funk, raw soul, organ jazz & boogaloo. Since forming in 2000 the three-piece have forged a well-earned reputation on the international deep funk & soul scene with a series of acclaimed releases aimed squarely at the dance floor and the Sunday afternoon barbeque.

Boomla

10-piece soul, funk, performance art with hints of trip-hop, roots and eccentricity.
Boomla is the brainchild of Ben Brazil and Syrene — who as well as writing amazing lyrics, delivers them in tremendous voice

Sol Nation

Sol Nation is more than a band, it’s a meeting of nations and cultures - East Timorese, Indigenous and Australian. Drawing some of its members from top world and reggae bands, Sol Nation embodies Melbourne's multiculturalism and is a living testament to what can be achieved through music - bridging cultures, languages and borders.