The McKay Gardens Community Festival is back this Sunday.
After being cancelled early last year due to COVID-19 and then postponed later in the year due to weather, the festival is on and will have something for all ages.
Friends of McKay Gardens’ Speroulla Christodoulou said they were excited to have the festival back up and running.
“We are trying to focus on getting as many kids and families there,” she said.
“The original idea of the festival was to introduce people to the gardens and let them know where it is and to use the gardens during the year.
“We wanted to tell people about the history of the gardens and why they are there and then morphed into a festival with lots of kids events.”
The theme this year is wizards, with a wizard to be among the star attractions on the day. Children are encouraged to dress up.
The wizard will take the children through the gardens, with plenty of magical stories to be told.
There will be face painting and storytelling, along with an arts and crafts corner and drawing competitions, and plenty of prizes.
There is also a fitness corner, with local sporting clubs attending and being able to promote their clubs.
There will be seven back-to-back performances on the day, all by local artists.
Ms Christodoulou said the festival was put together by a group of locals passionate about the garden.
The event runs from 12pm-5pm at the McKay Gardens in Sunshine.
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