The famous Haldon Street Festival, held on Saturday, 15 August, lit up Sydney’s southwest for the 10th year in a row, providing a diverse and electrifying mix of cultures, performances and flavours that make up the local Canterbury community.
The Canterbury City Council, with the sponsorship of UBI World TV and other media, business and community organisations, put together a Street Festival unlike no other, making it a sell-out success.
The Festival successfully showcased the diversity and rich cultural heritage of Canterbury City.
The Mayor of the City of Canterbury, Cr Robert Furolo MP, reported that this year’s Haldon Street Festival was a massive success with record crowds enjoying all that the Festival has to offer.
“More than 25,000 people joined in to celebrate the Festival’s 10th Anniversary, enjoying over 90 stalls, free rides, cultural performances, entertainment and our famous street parade.
“We had people from hundreds of different cultural backgrounds and religions celebrating side by side - demonstrating the festival’s theme of Respect, Unity and Peace.
“The crowds went wild as the street parade made its way down Haldon Street - from the roar of the Harley Davidsons and vintage cars, bellydancers and camels to our local school choirs and dance groups, there was something on show for everyone.
“Our entertainment program could barely fit on two stages with performances for young and old”, Furolo said.
UBI’s booth at the Festival was one of the crowd favourites. An exclusive Haldon Street Festival offer was given to those who subscribed to UBI on the day.
UBI also covered the event and will be airing a TV special on Haldon Street Festival 2009 on its Arabic TV channel, ANA, the Arabic Network of Australia and New Zealand, on Sunday, 23 August at 7pm AEST so don’t miss it!
