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Surrey Fusion Festival 2019

7-23-2019

SURREY Fusion Festival was held on July 20-21 at Holland Park. The festival now in its Twelfth year was presented by Coast Capital Savings, which saw participation from over 50 cultural pavilions and seven stages of live entertainment including headliners K’NAAN, Mankirt Aulakh, Busty and the Bass, Random Recipe and Alex Cuba.

“Surrey Fusion Festival highlights the best food, music and culture our diverse and inclusive city has to offer,” said Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum. “Fusion has become a summer tradition where the community comes together to celebrate the cultures of the world. On behalf of Council, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to our presenting sponsor, Coast Capital Savings, as well as the numerous cultural and community groups for their continued support in helping make this great event possible.”

Surrey Fusion Festival also has market vendors and community organization information booths as well as lots of live entertainment with over more than three dozen cultural pavilions showcasing different countries from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America, Europe and North America. The Surrey Fusion Festival also includes an Indigenous Village, a Kids World & Sports Zone and numerous exotic ethnic food vendors.

A number of muslim countries also particiapted in the festival, namely Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Albania, Algeria, Pakistan, Indonesia,  Somalia and Palestine.

 

 

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