Melbourne Harmony Festival

Melbourne Harmony Festival celebrates the shared music, culture and arts of the Eastern Mediterranean People. These cultures existed for thousands of years in Ancient Greece, Hittite, Mesopotamia and Egypt. Their music is unique and exotic with unusual scales and time signatures. Their instruments inherited from ancient times include ouds, saz, tar, kemence, laouto, lyra, ney and many more.

Experience:

• Iranian, Turkish, Assyrian, and Bulgari traditional dances
• Lebanese drums
• Performances and shows
• Concerts throughout the day by Demotika, Toranj and Doga Melbourne
• Cultural marquees from ATCA (Association of Turkish Cypriots Abroad), CCM (Greek Community of Melbourne), House of Persia and Victorian Arabic Social Services.

Schedule:

• 3.00 pm – Traditional Dancing – Folk Group Bulgari
• 3.30pm – Traditional Dancing – Assyrian Community
• 4.00pm – Traditional Dancing & Music – Pakravan (Iranian)
• 4.30pm – Traditional Dancing – Ekol (Turkish)
• 5.00 pm – Lebanese Drums Show
• 5.30 pm – Welcome Speeches
• 6.00 pm – Concert – Demotika (Greek)
• 6.45pm – Belly Dancing Show
• 7.00pm – Concert – Toranj (Iranian)
• 8.00pm – Concert – Doja Melbourne (Turkish, Kurdish, Albanian & Gypsy

For more information, visit the Facebook event for Melbourne Harmony Festival.