Gladstone Multicultural Festival 2018

The Gladstone Multicultural Association Inc has been heavily involved in the promotion and development of multiculturalism in the Gladstone Region since 1998 with the main event for the year being now the Gladstone Region Multicultural Week and Festival Day.

The Gladstone Region Multicultural Week and Festival Day is one of Gladstone’s Premier Events embracing the ideas of peace, education and enjoyment to achieve unity through diversity.

The Gladstone Region Multicultural Week is nine days of activities and events throughout the Gladstone Region finishing with the Gladstone Multicultural Festival Day.

This annual event is held during the last week of August through to the first Sunday of September with information and displays of international food and craft stalls from many different companies, businesses, organisations and cultural community groups from throughout the Gladstone region.

Recycled Weaving

Creative Recycling Centre were thrilled to be part of this great event and our recycled community weaving activity proved that weaving circles bring people together for connection and conversation.

The recycled circles used for this project included : fan covers, microwave stackers, bike tyres and car rims.

All the weaving materials were purchased from opp shops...dump shop or were donated. Old Fabric was stripped and used along with lace, wool, raffia and ribbon wrapping to twist, tie, wrap or weave....whatever people felt like doing.

Families and individuals all joined in to create and as each circle was finished they came together to make a community sculpture.