Schedule
2023 AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL (AMCF)
Date & Time: Fri 17 Nov 2023 12pm - 10pm Venue: Federation Square, Melbourne
Day 1 (Fri 17 Nov)
Day 2 (Sat 18 Nov)
Day 3 (Sun 19 Nov)
Day 1 (Fri 17 Nov)
| Start | Finish | Duration (mins) | Description | Heritage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 PM | 2:30 PM | 2:30 | Pre-event music by DJ Wise King | Nigeria |
| 2:30 PM | 3:00 PM | 0:30 | Interactive Drumming and Dancing | Ghana |
| 3:00 PM | 3:10 PM | 0:10 | Welcome and Introduction of MCs Poni Tongun & Stephen Tongun by AMCF Vice Chair Uche Njoku | South Sudan | Nigeria |
| 3:10 PM | 3:25 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 3:25 PM | 3:40 PM | 0:15 | Aboriginal Welcome to Country by Mark Thomson | Australia |
| 3:40 PM | 3:50 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 3:50 PM | 4:05 PM | 0:15 | Youth Performance | Africa Day Australia (ADA) Africa’s Got Talent Winner – Wanwue Tarpeh | Liberia |
| 4:05 PM | 4:15 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 4:15 PM | 4:30 PM | 0:15 | Various Short Videos | |
| 4:30 PM | 4:40 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 4:40 PM | 4:55 PM | 0:15 | Poetry | Misky Nur Abdullahi | Somalia | Kenya |
| 4:55 PM | 5:10 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 5:10 PM | 5:55 PM | 0:45 | Band Performance | Afrovival and the Oil Can Project | Botswana |
| 5:55 PM | 6:15 PM | 0:20 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 6:15 PM | 6:45 PM | 0:30 | Authors & Podcasters & Creatives Fire Side Chat facilitated by Florence Mauwa (AMCF Treasurer) 1) Agile Product/Project Manager, Author of Mu Chalo, Women in Tech Advocate – Mayase Jere 2) President of Incubate Foundation, Creative Director of Safe Space Media, Host of the Can We Talk About It?! Podcast – Charmaine Hunzwi 3) Public Figure, Youth Advocate, Poet & Author of RESET – Misky Nur Abdullahi | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
| 6:45 PM | 7:15 PM | 0:30 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 7:15 PM | 7:30 PM | 0:15 | Short Film | Blackwood | Nigeria |
| 7:30 PM | 7:50 PM | 0:20 | DJ Wise King & Raffle Ticket Draw | |
| 7:50 PM | 8:35 PM | 0:45 | Band Performance | Sam Manzanza & Afrobeat Band | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) |
| 8:35 PM | 8:45 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 8:45 PM | 8:50 PM | 0:05 | Closing Remarks led by AMCF Production Director Amanda Green and Community Engagement Director Maureen Oluigbo | Zimbabwe | Nigeria |
| 8:50 PM | 9:00 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 9:00 PM | 10:00 PM | 1:00 | Closing Band Performance | Yusupha Ngum and the Affia Band | Gambia |
Day 2 (Sat 18 Nov)
| Start | Finish | Duration (mins) | Description | Heritage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:45 AM | 10:10 AM | 0:25 | Pre-event music by Resident DJ Wise King | Nigeria |
| 10:10 AM | 10:20 AM | 0:10 | Welcome and Introduction of MCs Poni Tongun & Stephen Tongun by AMCF Vice Chair Uche Njoku | South Sudan | Nigeria |
| 10:20 AM | 10:30 AM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 10:30 AM | 10:45 AM | 0:15 | Aboriginal Welcome to Country by Mark Thomson | Australia |
| 10:45 AM | 10:55 AM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 10:55 AM | 11:10 AM | 0:15 | Traditional Performance | Victoria – Rwanda Community Abroad | Rwanda |
| 11:10 AM | 11:20 AM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 11:20 AM | 11:40 AM | 0:20 | Traditional Dance Performance | Dhaanto & Saylie | Somalia |
| 11:40 AM | 11:50 AM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 11:50 AM | 12:00 PM | 0:10 | AMCF Steering Committee Certificate and Community Awards Presentations by: 1) Chair Victorian African Communities Committee – Pauline Richards MP 2) Deputy Secretary Department of Education – Andrea Del Monaco 3) Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner – Luke Cornelius APM 4) Chairperson Victoria Multicultural Commission – Vivienne Nguyen AM 5) City of Melbourne Councillor, Creative Melbourne Portfolio Lead – Cr Jamal Hakim 6) Ethiopian Airlines Regional Manager – Telila Deressa Gutema | |
| 12:00 PM | 12:05 PM | 0:05 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 12:05 PM | 12:30 PM | 0:25 | Band Performance |Victoria Police Pipe Band | Australia |
| 12:30 PM | 12:40 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 12:40 PM | 1:20 PM | 0:40 | Official Proceedings (Part 1): 1) Welcome remarks by AMCF Chair – Fred Alale AM and MapCo CEO and Director – Katrina Sedgwick 2) Prime Minister of Australia – The Hon Anthony Albanese MP represented by the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and Cabinet Secretary – The Hon. Mark Dreyfus KC MP 3) Premier of Victoria – The Hon Jacinta Allan MP represented by Minister for Multicultural Affairs – The Hon Ingrid Stitt MP 4) Lord Mayor of Melbourne – The Right Hon Sally Capp AO 5) Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party – David Southwick MP 6) Leader of the Victorian Greens – Dr Samantha Ratnam 7) Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs – The Hon Tim Watts MP 8) Leader of the Australian Greens and Federal Member for Melbourne – Adam Bandt MP | |
| 1:20 PM | 1:30 PM | 0:10 | Dance Performance | Kouler Kreol | Seychellois |
| 1:30 PM | 1:40 PM | 0:10 | 10th Anniversary Cake Cutting & Harmony Dance | |
| 1:40 PM | 2:20 PM | 0:40 | Official Proceedings (Part 2): 9) Victoria Police Commissioner – Shane Patton APM 10) Fire Rescue Victoria Commissioner – Gavin Freeman AFSM prepresnted by Acting Deputy Commissioner Eddie Lacko 11) Former Premier of Victoria – The Hon Ted Baillieu AO 12) Slater & Gordon CEO – John Somerville 13) Deputy Secretary, Department of Education – Andrea Del Monaco 14) Ethiopian Airlines Regional Manager – Telila Deressa Gutema 15) Youth Activating Youth Executive Director and Young Australian of the Year – Ahmed Hassan | |
| 2:20 PM | 2:30 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 2:30 PM | 2:45 PM | 0:15 | Traditional Performance | Urumuri Drumming Group | Burundi |
| 2:45 PM | 2:55 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Zuzu | Kenya |
| 2:55 PM | 3:15 PM | 0:20 | Jollof Rice Wars Competition hosted by AMCF Steering Committee Member Esther Kwali Judges: 1) Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs – The Hon Tim Watts MP 2) Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner – Luke Cornelius APM 3) Manze Modern Mauritian Restaurant, North Melbourne – Nagesh Seethiah Neda 4) Owner of Bombay Spices – Melbourne based and Australian hand crafted Indian spices (The Spice Queen) – Neda Khan | |
| 3:15 PM | 3:25 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Zuzu | |
| 3:25 PM | 3:40 PM | 0:15 | Fashion Show | Savannah Fashions | Zimbabwe |
| 3:40 PM | 3:50 PM | 0:10 | DJ Zuzu & Social Media Prize Draw | |
| 3:50 PM | 4:15 PM | 0:25 | Traditional Performance | Kenya Community Victoria | Kenya |
| 4:15 PM | 4:25 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Zuzu | |
| 4:25 PM | 4:45 PM | 0:20 | Dance Performance | Kwabo Events & Friends | Togo|Benin|France |
| 4:30 PM | 4:40 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Zuzu | |
| 4:40 PM | 5:05 PM | 0:25 | Music Performance | D.Matthews | Nigeria |
| 5:05 PM | 5:15 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Zuzu | |
| 5:15 PM | 5:45 PM | 0:30 | Egyptian Belly Dance Performance | Desert Rose | Egypt |
| 5:45 PM | 6:00 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by DJ Zuzu | |
| 6:00 PM | 6:45 PM | 0:45 | Band Performance | Chikchika | Ethiopia |
| 6:45 PM | 7:00 PM | 0:15 | DJ Wise King & Raffle Ticket Draw | |
| 7:00 PM | 7:45 PM | 0:45 | Band Performance | King Bell & Soukous Ba Congo | Democratic Republic of Congo | Mozambique | Australia |
| 7:45 PM | 8:00 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 8:00 PM | 9:00 PM | 1:00 | Closing Band Performance | Appiah & Asanti Beats | Ghana |
| 9:00 PM | 9:15 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 9:15 PM | 9:25 PM | 0:10 | Closing Remarks led by AMCF Production Director Amanda Green and Treasurer Florence Mauwa | Zimbabwe |
| 9:25 PM | 10:00 PM | 0:35 | Closing DJ Performance | Special Guest – International Artist DJ Neptune | Nigeria |
Day 3 (Sun 19 Nov)
| Start | Finish | Duration (mins) | Description | Heritage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:45 AM | 10:00 AM | 0:15 | Pre-event music by Resident DJ Wise King | Nigeria |
| 10:00 AM | 10:10 AM | 0:10 | Welcome and Introduction of MCs Poni Tongun & Stephen Tongun by AMCF Executive and Award Winning Public Liability Lawyer Ike Nwokolo | South Sudan | Nigeria |
| 10:10 AM | 10:15 AM | 0:05 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 10:15 AM | 10:30 AM | 0:15 | Aboriginal Welcome to Country by Mark Thomson | Australia |
| 10:30 AM | 10:35 AM | 0:05 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 10:35 AM | 10:55 AM | 0:20 | Youth Performance | Mzuri Dance Young People | South Sudan, Sudan, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Australia, Somalia |
| 10:55 AM | 11:05 AM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 11:05 AM | 11:35 AM | 0:30 | Performance | KG + Passion & Purpose Dancers | South Africa | Congo | Sierra Leone | Kenya| Ghana |
| 11:35 AM | 11:42 AM | 0:07 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 11:42 AM | 11:45 AM | 0:03 | Remarks by Leader of the Opposition and Victorian Liberal Leader, John Pesutto MP | |
| 11:45 AM | 12:25 PM | 0:40 | Sports and Community Fire Side Chat facilitated by Florence Mauwa (AMCF Treasurer) 1) Leader of the Opposition and Victorian Liberal Leader, John Pesutto MP 2) Western Bulldogs Inspiration Player – Buku Khamis 3) CEO & Founder Afri-Aus Care Inc. Grassroots Community Ambassador, Mental Health Clinician – Selba-Gondoza Luka | |
| 12:25 PM | 12:35 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 12:35 PM | 12:45 PM | 0:10 | Dance Performance | Melbourne Afro Dance – MAD Crew | Congo |
| 12:45 PM | 12:55 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Glow | Kenya |
| 12:55 PM | 1:15 PM | 0:20 | Dance Performance | Rumba By Githinji | Kenya |
| 1:15 PM | 1:25 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Glow | |
| 1:25 PM | 1:40 PM | 0:15 | Music Performance | Jelly Brown | Burundi |
| 1:40 PM | 1:50 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Glow | |
| 1:50 PM | 2:05 PM | 0:15 | Fashion Show | African Accessories Runway By Chaya Accessories | Angola |
| 2:05 PM | 2:15 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Glow | |
| 2:15 PM | 2:35 PM | 0:20 | Music Performance | Teyo Turner | Kenya |
| 2:35 PM | 2:50 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by DJ Glow | |
| 2:50 PM | 3:35 PM | 0:45 | Band Performance | The Culture Keepers | Senegal | Gambia |
| 3:35 PM | 3:50 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by DJ Glow | |
| 3:50 PM | 4:05 PM | 0:15 | Fashion Show | Kwacha Fashions | Malawi |
| 4:05 PM | 4:15 PM | 0:10 | Interlude – Music by DJ Glow | |
| 4:15 PM | 4:40 PM | 0:25 | Music Performance | Mazbou Q | Nigeria |
| 4:40 PM | 4:55 PM | 0:15 | DJ Wise King & Raffle Ticket Draw | |
| 4:55 PM | 5:40 PM | 0:45 | Band Performance | Sonikwaves | Mauritius |
| 5:40 PM | 5:55 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 5:55 PM | 6:40 PM | 0:45 | Band Performance | The Seben Brothers | Congo |
| 6:40 PM | 6:55 PM | 0:15 | Interlude – Music by Resident DJ Wise King | |
| 6:55 PM | 7:00 PM | 0:05 | Closing Remarks by AMCF Production Director Amanda Green & Operations Director Moustapha Barry | Zimbabwe | Senegal |
| 7:00 PM | 8:00 PM | 1:00 | Closing Band Performance | Ras Jahknow | Cape Verde |
