Inner-City East Multicultural Festival

• Saturday 16 February
• 11am – 3pm
• Linwood Community Arts Centre and Doris Lusk Reserve, corner Stanmore Road and Worcester Street
• FREE

Celebrate diversity with a multicultural feast of food, activities, song, dance, arts and crafts and displays from around the globe. Bring the family to enjoy this colourful, cultural neighbourhood event.

Phone 981 2881 for more information.

Global Football Festival

• Preliminary games:
  • Saturday 23 February
  • 9am - 5pm
  • Linfield Park, Kearney's Road
• Semis and Final:
  • Sunday 24 February
  • 9am - 5pm
  • Linfield Park, Kearney's Road
• FREE

Experience the passion of the global game with countries where football rules. Along with top class football there will be ethnic food stalls and a variety of children's entertainment. Two days of full-on football action! Bring the family along, adopt a team and cheer them on!

I Love New Brighton

• Saturday 23 February
• 11am - 3pm
• Thomson Park, Marine Parade
• If wet Saturday 2 March
• FREE

I Love New Brighton is a home-grown event to celebrate everything wonderful about New Brighton. Local bands will perform soulful sounds with an array of music and entertainment to suit all tastes.

The popular sports zone will offer a huge array of 'have-a-go' activities, so come prepared for action!

Bring your own picnic lunch or choose from a variety of food stalls. Check out the range of arts and craft stalls from the local New Brighton market.

For more information visit bethere.co.nz.

Culture Galore

• Saturday 9 March
• 12noon - 4pm
• Ray Blank Park, Maidstone Road
• Cancelled if wet
• FREE

Experience the world and celebrate cultural diversity! Be entertained by more than 50 cultural performances and demonstrations, a huge variety of ethnic foods, art and crafts for sale and fun activities for the whole family. Children's activities including A-MAC Bungy, bouncy castles, stone carving, soap carving, origami, face painting, Plains FM recording booth and more. BYO rug or chairs and make a day of it. Limited parking is available. Listen to Plains FM and Newstalk ZB for cancellation notice.

L.Y.F.E (Linwood Youth Festival Experience)

• Saturday 16 March, 12noon - 5pm
• Linwood Park, Linwood Avenue
• Opposite Eastgate Mall
• Cancelled if wet
• FREE

Join the young people of Linwood in celebrating the local community.

Experience a variety of music, dance and sports. A range of other fun activities, community groups and food vendors will be there on the day too!

Please leave pets at home.

Go to lyfe.co.nz for more information.