Queenscliff festival schedule to have edge on diversity

ISSUES ranging from Aboriginal disadtantage to the treatment of refugees and “the LGBTI community” will be on the agenda at a Queenscliff festival.
Organisers officially launched the Sacrededge Festival this week, promising the event would also explore “themes around mental well-being, contemporary spirituality and sustainability”.
The town’s Uniting Church will host the event over the first three days in May.
The diverse festival schedule covers everything from singers to speakers and “random weaving.
The organisers said musical performers would vary from Indigenous artist Archie Roach to ’70s pop star and former Australian Idol judge Mark Holden.
Speakers include Geelong homophobia campaigner Daniel Witthaus and Shanaka Fernando, founder of café chain Lentil as Anything where “customers give what they feel the food is worth”.
Other events on the schedule include a Bosnian dinner and “meditative opportunities”.
The organisers said more information was available at unitingqueenscliff.org.au and the festival’s Facebook page.