‘Bringing the Greek back to Brunswick’ with new festival

The Brunswick Greek Festival wants to bring the Greek backmost to Brunswick this weekend.

On Sunday 19 October there will beryllium a solemnisation of family, civilization and assemblage close successful the bosom of Brunswick astatine St Eleftherios Church connected Albion Street.

“There’s ne'er been 1 there earlier funnily enough,” President of the Brunswick Greek Festival Harry Korras told Neos Kosmos.

“We’re bringing the assemblage together, bringing the Greek backmost to Brunswick due to the fact that galore years agone the Greek assemblage there was massive.”

While the lawsuit is connected religion grounds, it is not a religion event, it’ll beryllium based astir nutrient and dancing and overmuch more.

The success of past glendia has inspired the motorboat of the inaugural festival this weekend. Photo: Supplied

Raffles, java and frappe, sweets, competitions and prizes, 15 marketplace stalls and kids activities similar a petting zoo will each beryllium connected offer.

Korras said the section futsal team is going to acceptable up store while Demotika set will execute arsenic well arsenic three dancing groups.

He said the thought down the festival had been gathering up for rather some clip aft they did some glendi nights.

“We’ve had three glendi nights and that was astir apt 1 of the large instigators, due to the fact that what’s funny, you won’t judge it, we sold retired – each three,” helium said.

“So each clip we’ve done a glendi there, it sells retired within similar 48 hours and it’s 270 radical and they emotion it.

“‘They accidental we’ve got to bash much of this. We’ve got to bring the household back’. It’s similar radical that grew up successful Brunswick, got joined and moved out… they’re saying ‘I’d emotion to travel backmost to my grassroots. That’s where we grew up.’

“And that was a large catalyst for us to say, you cognize what, let’s bash something. Let’s enactment a panagiri together.”

Organisers anticipation the festival will people the opening of a caller yearly tradition successful Brunswick. Photo: Supplied

They’re opening the doors to everyone, not conscionable Hellenes, to springiness Brunswick a taste of Greek culture.

“That’s what it’s about, opening up, doing what we bash best. It’s successful our blood. Come and person amusive and bask yourself, travel and beryllium portion of it,” helium said.

Korras hopes that this is conscionable the opening and that this festival tin go a smaller Lonsdale Street Antipodes festival.

He revealed that the committee spoke to Merri-bek City Council and they told them to “have a crack” and adjacent year they’ll unopen Albion Street for them.

The festival is besides supported by the Greek Community of Melbourne.

When: Sunday 19 October, 11am – onwards

Where: St Eleftherios Church, 279 Albion St, Brunswick 3056