Multicultural Festivals and Events 2016-17 Multicultural Festivals and Events 2016-17 - Small Grants Organisation Event Amount per year Number of years 56th Australian Latvian Arts Festival 56th Australian Latvian Arts Festival Massed Choir Concert $ 900 1 Year ABRISA Samba Cine Club Festival $ 2,900 1 Year Eid Edha, Afghanistan Independence Day, Australian Day and Afghan Australian Association of Victoria Inc. $ 2,700 1 Year Afghan New Year Afghan Women's Organisation Victoria Afghan Women's Eid Celebration $ 1,200 1 Year Africalink - Africa Australia Association Inc AAA Multicultural Dinner $ 3,500 1 Year African Union Albury-Wodonga Celebrate African- A night of Culture $ 1,900 1 Year Al Ehsan Centre Eid Reunion $ 2,000 1 Year Alay Kapwa (We Care) Inc. Sinulog Festival $ 2,000 1 Year Albanian Australian Islamic Society AAIS Picnic Event $ 1,300 1 Year Alevi Community Council of Australia 2016 Anatolian Alevi Festival $ 3,500 4 Years AMAFHH Federation Iftar Dinner -#IWillIftarWithYou : Endorse Multiculturalism! $ 3,000 1 Year AMAFHH Federation International Women's Day: #PledgeForParity! $ 2,500 1 Year WE - Empower Nation: 'Empowering women will strengthen AMAFHH Federation $ 650 1 Year our society' Multicultural Family Day as part of Harmony Day - Celebrating ART Studio Kaleidoscope $ 2,000 1 Year Diversity, March 2 Multicultural, Multilingual Yolka (Christmas Tree) Slavic Festive ART Studio Kaleidoscope $ 2,000 1 Year Celebrations ART Studio Kaleidoscope Russian Children and Youth Festival of Performing Arts $ 1,800 1 Year ASEAN Association Australia Inc. South East Asia Festival - ASEAN Day Celebrations $ 3,000 1 Year Asociacion Rociera Andaluza Victoria Inc El Rocio Spanish Festival $ 1,200 1 Year Association Of Erayra Incorporated Annual Carnivale Cultural Day $ 2,000 1 Year Association of International Children's Festival Inc. 16th International Children's Festival $ 1,300 4 Years Association of Ukrainians in Victoria Shepparton Branch Ukrainian Community Celebration $ 800 1 Year Association of Young Indian Talent of Australia AYINA Annual Talent Show $ 900 1 Year Australia Hui An Association Inc. Celebration of 5th Anniversary of Australia Hui An Association $ 2,300 1 Year Australia Lebanon Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Vic) Bringing Australian Lebanese Youth Together $ 5,000 1 Year Australia Light Foundation Inc - Senior Citizens Group Multicultural Harmony Day in the West $ 3,300 1 Year Australia Telangana Association Inc ATAI Bathukamma Festival - 2016 (Floral Festival of Telangana) $ 3,100 1 Year Australia Telangana Association Inc Telangana Formation Day Celebrations 2017 - Cultural Night $ 1,500 1 Year Multicultural Festivals and Events 2016-17 Australian Burundian Community in Victoria Inc. Burundian Independence Day Celebrations $ 3,500 1 Year Australian Chaldean Family Welfare Chaldean Babylonian Festival $ 1,300 1 Year Australian Federation of Hellenic Gymnastics and Athletics Multicultural Events BBQ and Sports Award Presentation $ 1,100 1 Year Association Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Association Greek National Day Flag Raising Ceremony and Celebrations $ 1,000 1 Year Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Association Celebration of 28 October 1940 'OHI' Day $ 800 1 Year Australian Greek Ex-Servicemen's Elderly Seniors Club 25 March Greek National Day Dinner Dance $ 750 1 Year Northcote Australian Indian Innovations Incorporated Diwali Fair 2016 $ 6,000 1 Year Australian Indian Multicultural Club for Love And Peace Festival of Colors 2017 $ 3,500 1 Year (AIMCLAP) INC Australian Iranian Society of Victoria Nowruz Festival / Persian New Year $ 1,950 1 Year Australian Multicultural Community Services Inc. Festival for Unity $ 3,000 1 Year Australian Romanian Community Welfare, Health & Services The National Day of Romania $ 600 1 Year Association of Victoria Australian Vietnamese Women's Association Inc. Multicultural Festivals for Disadvantaged Women & Seniors $ 2,000 1 Year Australian Vietnamese Women's Association Inc. Double Fifth Festival (Tet Doan Ngo) $ 1,300 1 Year Avondale Heights Greek Pensioners and Elderly Citizens Social Anniversary of the Club $ 600 1 Year Club Inc Azerbaijani Cultural Association of Victoria Inc. Novruz Bajram $ 4,000 1 Year Bangla Sahitya Sansad (Bengali Literary Society) Inc. Celebration of Cultural Diversity Through Literary Events $ 2,200 1 Year Baptist Union of Victoria IGNITE - Multicultural Youth and Young Adults Conference $ 2,000 1 Year Singing for the residents in the Dutch specific Retirement Bea Cantare Choir inc. $ 700 1 Year Villages and Nursing Bendigo Australia Indonesia Klub (BAIK) Indonesian Independence Day Celebrations $ 750 1 Year Benevolence Australia Eid Community Celebrations $ 3,500 1 Year Christmas Day Celebration and Traditional Chinese Spring Bentleigh Chinese Community Association $ 2,100 1 Year Festival Berwick Ayalkoottam Incorporated Onam2016 $ 1,100 1 Year bestchance Child Family Care bestchance Living and Learning Events $ 750 1 Year Bhutanese Community in Australia Inc Dashain-Diwali Multicultural Festival $ 1,700 1 Year Board of Imams Victoria Ramadan Iftar $ 3,400 1 Year Bodhi Buddhist Temple Inc Vu-Lan Festival $ 1,000 1 Year Bodhi Buddhist Temple Inc Tet Festival $ 750 4 Years Botswana Australia Victoria Association Botswana Independence Golden Jubilee Celebration $ 3,100 1 Year Box Hill South Neighbourhood House Neighbourhood Multicultural Day $ 1,200 1 Year Multicultural Festivals and Events 2016-17 Brentwood Park Neighbourhood House Inc "Iftar Dinner IV" Youth from Around Our Neighbourhood $ 1,600 1 Year Bruh Tesfa Ethiopian Youth and Parents Association Cultural Bruh Tesfa Ethiopian Youth/Parents Association $ 1,500 1 Year Events Brunswick Russian School "Yolka" Christmas Celebration $ 2,000 1 Year Brunswick Russian School Easter Concert $ 2,000 1 Year Brunswick Russian School Knowledge Day $ 2,000 1 Year Buddhist Community Geelong Inc Loi Krathong Festival $ 1,900 1 Year Cardinia Shire Council Harmony Day Cardinia 2017 $ 850 1 Year Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre Carlton Harmony Celebration $ 4,000 1 Year Caroline Springs Seniors Fishing Club Inc Macedonian Cultural Events $ 1,500 1 Year The Thaipongal Celebration - The Tamil New Year and the Casey Tamil Manran Inc $ 2,500 1 Year Festival of Thanksgiving Centenary Commemorations for the Centenary of the 1916 Central Victorian Irish Association Inc. $ 700 1 Year Rising in Dublin - Ireland Centre of Greek Ex-Servicemen's Elderly Citizens Club of St George's Feast Day - Patron Saint of Soldiers $ 650 1 Year Darebin and Districts Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc. End of Year Luncheon to be held on 4th December 2016 $ 800 4 Years Ceylonese Welfare Organisation Inc. Mid-year Luncheon to be held on 21st May 2017 $ 700 4 Years Chabad of Melbourne CBD Hanukah in the City $ 3,200 1 Year Chabad on Carlisle-Jewish Russian Centre Purim Party $ 900 1 Year Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) Inc Chand Raat Eid Festival (CREF) $ 3,500 1 Year Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra Incorporated 34th Anniversary Concert of Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra $ 1,800 1 Year Chilean Club of Victoria Inc. Chilean National Day Celebrations 2016 $ 3,500 1 Year Chin Community Victoria Inc. Chin New Year 2016 $ 750 4 Years Chinese Arts Association of Melbourne Chinese Dragon Boat Festival $ 400 1 Year Chinese Arts Association of Melbourne Mid Moon Festival $ 300 1 Year Chinese Arts Association of Melbourne Chinese New Year Festival 2017 $ 300 1 Year Mid-Autumn (Mooncake) Festival Celebration at Chinese Chinese Association of Victoria Incorporated $ 1,100 4 Years Association of Victoria Chinese New Year Celebration at Chinese Association of Chinese Association of Victoria Incorporated $ 1,100 4 Years Victoria (CAV) Chinese Nurse Association Australia Chinese Senior Citizen's Day - Double Ninth Festival 2016 $ 1,600 1 Year Chinese Performing Arts Development Inc China National Day Celebration Concert-From South to North $ 3,000 1 Year Chinese Performing Arts Development Inc 2017 Chinese New Year Celebration Community Events $ 2,000 1 Year Chinese Tenants Association Inc Atherton Gardens Dragon Boat Festival Celebration $ 1,100 1 Year Multicultural Festivals and Events 2016-17 Chinese Tenants Association Inc Atherton Gardens Moon Festival Celebration $ 1,100 4 Years Chinese Women's Association of Victoria 2017 International Women's Day $ 950 4 Years Chinese Women's Association of Victoria 2016 Mid-Autumn Festival $ 750 4 Years City Language Learning Centre Inc Mid-Autumn Festival Student Writing Showcase $ 800 1 Year Clan Donald Victoria Skye Social 2017 $ 800 1 Year Clan MacDonald Yarraville Inc Clan MacDonald AGM CEILIDH $ 800 1 Year cohealth Ramdan, Eid Al-Fitri, Eid Al-Adaha Community Celebration $ 3,000 1 Year Colac Afghan Community Eid, Ashura and Naurouz $ 3,500 1 Year Colac Kana Festival Inc Colac Kana Festival $ 900 1 Year Collingwood Neighbourhood House Collingwood Harvest Festival 2017 $ 2,000 1 Year Community of Cypriots of the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne Cypriot Community New Years Celebration $ 1,200 1 Year Senior Citizens Club Community of Cypriots of the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne Cypriot Community Carnivale $ 1,000 1 Year Women's Group Community of NIKI NIKI Village Spring Harvest Festival $ 950 1 Year Cook Islands Community Services Inc Mire Ura $ 2,200 1 Year Craigieburn Nepalese Community Teej Festival $ 800 1 Year Damayan Victoria Incorporated Filipino Fiesta 2016 $ 750 1 Year Darebin Greek Women Senior Citizens Group 25th of March Greek National Independence Day Lunch $ 700 1 Year Darebin Greek