Sydneysiders will be able to tuck into a crocodile wrap and bush coffee while enjoying live tunes at NAIDOC In The City on Monday July 8.
Hyde Park will come alive from 11am-3pm with song, dance, music, food and market stalls. Stallholders include Bush Secrets tea and coffee, Naked Flame wraps (makers of said crocodile wraps), and the Vegie Patch food truck, which will be experimenting with traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ingredients.
A marketplace will include clothing, arts, crafts and homewares by Blacka Wear, Brothaboy Clothing, Journeyman Leathergoods, Bakarindi Bush Foods, Boomali Aboriginal Arts Cooperative, Boxa Clothing Company, Double Bridge Farm and artist Aloma Sagigi.
The main stage will include performances by Deadly Award winning hip hop group Street Warriors, indie pop duo Bow And Arrow and songstress Leah Flanagan.
Kids can enjoy a dedicated Kidzone with performances by Move It Mob Style, comedian Kevin Kropinyeri, animals from Taronga Zoo and artefacts from the Australian Museum.
Lord Mayor Clover Moore says NAIDOC In The City is a great opportunity to experience the culture of Australia's first people; the oldest continuously living culture.
"Everyone is welcome to stop by," she says, "listen to live music, enjoy the free entertainment and try some fabulous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foods for lunch."
VIBE Australia organised the event for the City; executive producer Gavin Jones encourages the community to make the effort to check it out.
"It's a day where we can all share our culture, and be proud of who we are — amongst each other and share that with non-Indigenous people too," he said.
"The spirit of NAIDOC brings us together, and culture and inclusiveness is what NAIDOC In The City is all about. There will be something for everyone — families and those just wanting to enjoy our musicians, or even if you want to stop by and sample our tucker during your lunchtime break. Everyone is welcome."
For more info on this and other NAIDOC Week events hosted by the city (including an Aboriginal photography exhibition at Newtown Library and a Torres Strait Islander artist talk in Surry Hills), head to sydneynaidoc.com.au.
