{"id":4308,"date":"2019-11-21T04:43:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T04:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=4308"},"modified":"2019-11-21T04:43:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T04:43:31","slug":"city-to-launch-flagship-cultural-event-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/city-to-launch-flagship-cultural-event-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"City to launch flagship cultural event in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle\u00a0has its\u00a0sights on establishing a\u00a0cultural festival\u00a0with nation-wide appeal in\u00a02020 and\u00a0is\u00a0looking to the community to help\u00a0make it\u00a0uniquely Novocastrian.<br \/>\nThe\u00a0flagship event\u00a0is planned to\u00a0launch in late\u00a02020 and\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0shaped by engagement with\u00a0residents across the local government area along with\u00a0visual artists,\u00a0musicians and\u00a0performers.<br \/>\nLord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said\u00a0the\u00a0festival would\u00a0mark\u00a0another milestone in Newcastle\u2019s\u00a0transformation and demonstrate the City\u2019s commitments to\u00a0the arts.<br \/>\n\u201cThrough culture and the creative arts, we tell our city\u2019s story, share our histories and understand our identity,\u201d the Lord Mayor said.<br \/>\n\u201cA\u00a0key\u00a0part of the\u00a0process is listening to our community to ensure Novocastrians shape how this event looks and feels.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want a festival that will foster and support our\u00a0existing grassroots arts and cultural scene while having broad appeal and the ability to\u00a0attract\u00a0new audiences.<br \/>\n\u201cThe community\u2019s\u00a0feedback will play a vital part in launching this new cultural initiative in 2020.\u201d<br \/>\nEarly consultation with the arts sector has identified that access to free events hosted at independent spaces as well as our City\u2019s cultural institutions are important elements to consider, as is the need for a diversity of options.<br \/>\nThe desire to host events in unique and iconic locations in Newcastle not usually associated with cultural events has also emerged as an exciting concept.<br \/>\nThe festival will cater for all ages and have a mix of events that will be both free of charge and ticketed.<br \/>\nPeople are invited to have their say now to help shape art and culture in our city.<br \/>\nStep 1:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.mysocialpinpoint.com\/artandculture#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complete the survey<\/a><br \/>\nStep 2:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newcastle.mysocialpinpoint.com\/artandculture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vote on the cultural experience wall<\/a><br \/>\nConsultation closes 5pm Wednesday 15\u00a0January,\u00a02020.<br \/>\nFor more information visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/Have-Your-Say\/Projects\/Cultural-project-conversation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Have Your Say page.<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Australia\u2019s flagship cultural events<\/strong><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Dark\u00a0Mofo\u00a0\u2013 Launceston Tasmania<br \/>\nSydney Festival \u2013 NSW<br \/>\nAdelaide Festival \u2013 South Australia<br \/>\nVivid Festival\u00a0Sydney\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0NSW<br \/>\nAdelaide Fringe Festival \u2013 South Australia<\/td>\n<td>Melbourne International Comedy Festival \u2013 Victoria<br \/>\nPerth Festival \u2013 Western Australia<br \/>\nBrisbane Festival \u2013 Queensland<br \/>\nGarma\u00a0Festival\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Northern Territory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City of Newcastle\u00a0has its\u00a0sights on establishing a\u00a0cultural festival\u00a0with nation-wide appeal in\u00a02020 and\u00a0is\u00a0looking to the community to help\u00a0make it\u00a0uniquely Novocastrian. The\u00a0flagship event\u00a0is planned to\u00a0launch in late\u00a02020 and\u00a0will\u00a0be\u00a0shaped by engagement with\u00a0residents across the local government area along with\u00a0visual artists,\u00a0musicians and\u00a0performers. Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes said\u00a0the\u00a0festival would\u00a0mark\u00a0another milestone in Newcastle\u2019s\u00a0transformation and demonstrate the City\u2019s commitments to\u00a0the arts. \u201cThrough &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/11\/21\/city-to-launch-flagship-cultural-event-in-2020\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;City to launch flagship cultural event in 2020&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4308\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}