As Melbourne endured its first long lockdowns in 2020, the idea of a new, one-off festival celebrating community and connection in Melbourne’s western suburbs was conceived and developed by Footscray Community Arts and The Substation, working in partnership.
‘We knew that the lockdowns were going to end at some point – though I don’t think in 2020 we quite expected them to go on for as long as they did – but we imagined a moment where we could draw on the collective strengths of the artists and audiences and the arts organisations in Melbourne’s west through a one-off festival,’ says Daniel Santangeli, Artistic Director and co-CEO of Footscray Community Arts (FCA).
