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  • Festivals
    • Midsumma Westside 2026
    • East Meets West Lunar New Year Festival 2026
    • Past Festivals
      • TILDE – Melbourne Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival 2025
      • Fringe Westside 2025
      • Jazz Westside 2025: Footscray Sunday Sessions
      • Diwali Festival of Lights 2025
      • Ethiopian New Year Festival
      • Flower Festival Bathukamma
      • Open House Melbourne 2025
      • Setting Sun International Film Festival
      • Sleepless Footscray Festival
      • Blacksmiths Festival
      • Comedy Out West: The Final Showdown
      • Footscray West Writers Fest
      • Yarraville Festival 2025
      • West Footscray Festival of Colours
      • Vietnamese TET Festival
  • Activations
    • Little Africa Night Market
    • Christmas 2025
      • Kingsville Carols
      • Merry Christmas busking in the hoods
      • Santa Story Times at the Libraries
      • Friday Festive Fun at the Hub
      • Christmas ASRC Charity Donations
    • Blacksmiths Festival - Official Opening- The Contemplative Seat
    • SloFo WeFo Farmers Market
    • Slow Food Edgewater Farmers' Market
    • Yarraville Farmers Market
    • Chef Out West - Now available on SBS on Demand!
    • Augmented Reality App - MARIality
    • Live Music Action Plan 2026- 2028
    • Past Activations
      • Bonsai Exhibition & Sale
      • Gamelans Square
      • Friday Night Roller Disco
      • Mic'd & Mighty
      • The Door in Question
      • The Mouth Live Album Preview with Drum Nation
      • Sewing Solstice
      • Say Cheese Presents - TROCADERO
      • Sunrise Sessions
      • Skullies Cinema
      • Out on the Deck
      • Art in the Garden
      • Park Builders Lab
      • Eid @ Maribyrnong
      • Finding Figaro's Footscray Residency
      • Misfits Block Party #3
      • Footscray Records Presents: Weird Out West II
      • Simpatico: Nightshift
  • Grants
    • About Festival and Activation Grants
    • Signature Festivals (Biennial)
      • Signature Festivals Grant Recipients 2025/26
      • Signature Festivals Grant Recipients 2023/24 and 2024/25
    • Place-Based Initiatives (Annual) Grants
      • Place-Based Initiatives (Annual) Grant Recipients 2025/26
      • Place-Based Initiatives (Annual) Grant Recipients 2024/25
      • Place-Based Initiatives (Annual) Grant Recipients 2023/24
    • Place-Based Initiatives (Quick Response)
      • Place-Based Initiatives (Quick Response) Grant Recipients 2025/26
      • Place-Based Initiatives (Quick Response) Grant Recipients 2024/25
      • Place-Based Initiatives (Quick Response) Grant Recipients 2023/24
    • Night Time Diversification (Quick Response)
      • Night Time Diversification Grant Recipients 2025/26
      • Night Time Diversification Grant Recipients 2024/25
      • Night Time Diversification Grant Recipients 2023/24
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New Year's Eve in Footscray Park

Find information about this year's New Year's Eve Fireworks in Footscray Park.

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18 Jan 2026

Midsumma Westside 2026

18 January 2026

Find out what's happening in the west this Midsumma Festival!

25 Jan 2026

East Meets West Lunar New Year Festival 2026

25 January 2026

Head to Byron Plaza Footscray on Sunday 16 January to celebrate the coming Lunar New Year - The Year of the Horse.

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PO Box 58, West Footscray 3012
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