Toowoomba NAIDOC week 2024
Enduring strength, unapologetic celebration of Indigenous identity and empowerment in heritage is what the NAIDOC 2024 theme ‘Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud’ is all about. Find out how Toowoomba is celebrating the week:
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Family fun days, workshops, creative exhibitions and First Nations arts and culture collective are set to fill up Toowoomba in the coming week as the city celebrates 2024 NAIDOC week between July 7 -14.
This year’s theme is ‘Keep the fire burning! Blak, loud and proud’ with the fire representing the enduring strength of Indigenous culture passed on from generation to generation.
The second part: ‘Blak, loud and proud’ is an unapologetic celebration of Indigenous identity which empowers and asserts Indigenous heritage in the modern world.
Open up your calendars to save the dates:
Carbal Family Fun Day
9am – 12pm, Thursday, July 4
Groom Park
Movie session
1pm, Thursday, July 4
St Pat’s Cathedral
Igniting Creativity Exhibition
July 5 – 15
Grand Central Level 1
NAIDOC Awards
5.30pm Saturday, 6 July
St Pat’s Cathedral
Search eventbrite for tickets
Warriors Bowls Classic
July 6
Toowoomba North Bowls Club
Contact Trish 0407593062
Kulila Kindergarten Cent Sale
10am, Sunday July 7
Kulila Cnr. Taylor and Mort St
Mayors flag raising and Breakfast and Community Expo –
From 8am, July 8
9.30am NAIDOC March
10am – 3pm NAIDOC EXPO
The Goods Shed, Victoria St
Trivia Night
5pm, July 9
St Pats Cathedral Centre
Workshop and activities
10am – 3pm, July 10
Wilsonton Heights Neighbourhood Centre
QLD Police Flag Raising & Morning Tea
10am, July 10
Toowoomba Police Station
Bingo Night
7pm, July 12
St Pats Cathedral Centre
First Nations Arts and Culture Collective
12pm-4pm, Sunday, July 14
Empire Theatre Lawn
Contact Empire Theatre for tickets
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