Oceania Festival was launched in 2007 and celebrates cultural diversity within our great city. Our stages come alive with a vibrant colourful array of international talent providing a positive cultural exchange, whilst breaking down any walls of cultural indifference.

Whilst Oceania Festival is a competition, it was designed first and foremost to be a ‘FUN” competition where all groups can showcase their performances and receive recognition for their hard work. This event is designed to meet the needs of where your group are at, as we are more interested in the groups having a go and encouraging them, than the pressure of hard core competition.

Every year over 400 performers showcase their creative talents in both traditional and contemporary cultural performances.

• Best Costume
• Best Performance
• Best Crowd Movers
• Most Ethusiastic
• Best Stage Performance
• Best of the Beats

Groups can enter one item, all items or a mixture of comp items with non-comp items. For an example, your group may want to perform 6 items, but only enter two of the 6 items into the competition.

Every school group entered receives a trophy and a certificate, so there are no losers!

10am – 10.15am – Powhiri
10.15am to 12pm – Oceania Comps
12pm – 3pm – Family Stages (mixed performances)
1pm – 2.30pm – Best of the Beats and Prize Giving
3pm – 6pm – Youth Stages

We would like to acknowledge and thank all our sponsors over the years who have continued to support us and believe in the vision of “Building Stronger Communities”.  Without your help, events like ours would not happen!  From the hundreds of performers, the thousands of youth and families who have attended Flava Out West, THANK YOU!