	{"id":127785,"date":"2026-03-05T12:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=127785"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T02:16:15","slug":"massive-crowd-celebrates-diversity-at-pako-festa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/massive-crowd-celebrates-diversity-at-pako-festa\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive crowd celebrates diversity at Pako Festa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Organisers of <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/pako-festa-celebrates-43-years-in-style\/\">Pako Festa<\/a> have hailed this year&#8217;s edition as one of the best yet, as at least 100,000 people joined in the multicultural fun on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Cultura-managed event is Victoria&#8217;s largest free multicultural street festival, with this year&#8217;s theme being &#8220;Many Cultures, One Street: Celebrating Identity with Pride&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>New features this year included the livestreaming of the popular street parade on Facebook; a \u2018Shop Local, Support Local\u2019 competition, in which the Pako Festa visitors had the chance to win a $1,000 cash prize; the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/raw-stage-showcases-young-talent\/\">Geelong Arts Centre RAW Stage<\/a> for young emerging artists; and the Media Wall, where attendees could have their photo taken with community members in traditional costume.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127787\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127787\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/pako-greek.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/pako-greek.jpg 600w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/pako-greek-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><br \/>A member of Geelong\u2019s Greek community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pako Festa event director Luisa LaFornara said the 44th staging of the event had gone very well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had over 100,000 people \u2013 I&#8217;ve been the event director for 22 years, and it&#8217;s one of the biggest [crowds] I&#8217;ve seen,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were very lucky with the weather.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127788\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127788\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127788 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/pako-parade-sign.jpg?_t=1772674174\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/pako-parade-sign.jpg 600w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/03\/pako-parade-sign-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127788\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pako Festa celebrated its 44th year in 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It was great to see the community to come together in a safe way, and for Geelong to celebrate the incredible diversity we have.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LaFornara thanked Pako Festa&#8217;s major sponsors The Gordon, TAC, GravIT, Barwon Water, WorkSafe, Adroit Insurance and Risk, Unified Technology, Beyond Bank, Geelong Arts Centre and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/container-deposit-scheme-launches-in-victoria\/\">Victoria\u2019s Container Deposit Scheme<\/a>, as well as the 100 volunteers that helped put the event on.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And a huge thanks to the local community for supporting us,&#8221; LaFornara said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisers of Pako Festa have hailed this year&#8217;s edition as one of the best yet, as at least 100,000 people joined in the multicultural fun on Saturday. 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