Brunswick County Intercultural Festival

The 10th Annual Brunswick County Intercultural Festival (BCIF) will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2013 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM at Odell Williamson Auditorium on the campus of Brunswick Community College. This free event is sponsored by Brunswick Community College, Brunswick Arts Council, Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce, The State Pilot, North Brunswick Chamber of Commerce, The Brunswick Beacon and the North Carolina Arts Council.

BCIF celebrates Brunswick County’s cultural diversity and provides education and exhibition of arts in the community. This fun, cross cultural, education event brings and presents a vast culturally enriching and entertaining experience for people of all ages.

Festival-goers will have the opportunity to learn more about the different cultures that live side by side within our county. The festival is packed with numerous performing artist, children’s activities, cultural displays and ethnic food sampling.

BCIF’s slogan is “Bringing the World to Brunswick County” and its mission is to create and coordinate a comprehensive global learning environment which provides a place for cultural education, artistic enhancement and shares the music, dance, food of diverse cultures of the community.

The International Pavilion highlights exciting countries, displaying information from the African Continent, South America, Asia, and Europe. Here, you can learn about the Argentine Tango, the Czech Republic and its One Hundred Towers City, Mexico and Central America with its Aztec and Mayan heritage, Russian crafts and stories, the Philippine culture, books and costumes from Thailand, the Caribbean and more. Over twenty countries and cultures will be represented. There will also be a new feature for kids of all ages to participate and “travel” around the world.

The Entertainment Stage will feature a lineup of high energy musicians, dancers and performers, dressed in authentic traditional costumes. The entertainment, which includes traditional and contemporary performances, will showcase some of the best ethnic performers of the region.

If you are interested in sampling multicultural cuisine, you can purchase an $8 ticket to the International Food Tasting Tent. Cultures such as European, African, Asian, Mexican, and American will be represented and can be sampled in the tasting tent.

Volunteers and sponsors are greatly needed and appreciated. Please contact Lisa Schultz at (910) 755-8083 if you are interested.

For more information on the festival visit www.bcifestival.org