Category: Fundraising Events

Cultured 2025: Family Fun Day and Evening Concert

Organised by Nathan’s Circle

Cultured 2025 consists of a free family fun day and paid evening concert. The event includes:

  • Live music
  • Workshops with artist Rehana Usman from Studio Rags
  • Persian cooking demonstrations and cooking classes
  • Making Chinese lanterns and Japanese paper craft
  • Musical instrument workshops
  • First Nations activity with David Booth about bush tucker and artefacts
  • Multicultural food stalls

Cultured Evening Concert will feature Tribal Sound Journey with Handpan, Ozwietie Live Band, Morgan Taubert – cultural instruments and Colombo Quartet.

When: Saturday 13 December from 11am. Evening Concert from 6pm.

Where: Four Oaks Farm, 23 Downing Road, Littlehampton.

Cost:  Family fun day free, Cultured. Evening Concert, $30.00 pp U18 free.

Tickets: Book Tickets for Cultured Evening Concert via TryBooking 

Fundraising Concert: Different Voices – Italian Christmas Songs and Dinner

Circle of Hope in conjunction with Different Voices presents Il Girovaghi (the vagabonds) singing traditional Italian songs of Christmas. The repertoire ranges from sweet to startling salacious to those used to the English carol tradition although a few English favourites will be included.

Where: Hope’s Cafe, 243 The Parade, Beulah Park
Cost: $30

The venue, Hope’s Cafe has been a focus for refugees,migrants and homeless people and anyone who wants to work with them for a fairer Australia for over a decade.

As part of that ethos a small number of Pay it Forward Tickets are available for purchase. These will be allocated to people on low incomes who otherwise would never attend events like this.

Different Voices also operates as a Social Enterprise, providing occasional casual employment to one or two people for each event.

The evening will include dinner and there will also be a bar. All profits will go to Circle of Friends.

An Iranian Food Journey Fundraiser

An Iranian Food Journey is a special experience of shared, entrees, mains and desserts celebrating the rich culinary heritage of Iran. Enjoy an experience of authentic dishes and cultural connection with all recipes coming from Iranian authors and their cookbooks, each dish with its own story to tell. All in support of refugee communities, with every plate served helping build a more welcoming and inclusive future.

Two locations to choose from:

  1. The Olive Branch Cafe, Balhannah, featuring high quality food offerings, you can BYO wine or buy on the night. We can also cater for special diets as part of any booking. Will include a raffle on the night of the event.
    Friday 24 and Saturday 25 October 2025 from 6.30pm. 
  2. Four Oaks Farm Littlehampton – Part of Cultured. Festival 2025 an Adelaide Hills celebration of culture and different cultures. Will include live music and an array of other activities during the day.
    Saturday 13th December 2025 from 11am. Littlehampton.

Cost: $66.50

 Tickets: Book via TryBooking

Organised by Nathan’s Circle

Movie Fundraiser: The Travellers

Hosted by the Effective Living Centre Circle. Funds raised will go to supporting refugee families living in Adelaide.

When:  Sunday 12 October 2025, 5pm start for 6pm screening

Where:  Regal Theatre, 275 Kensington Rd, Kensington

Cost:  $30

Book via Humanitix

Event includes welcome drink and nibbles.

The Travellers is a poignant, funny and heartwarming family story from acclaimed filmmaker Bruce Beresford. Stephen Seary, a charismatic and successful stage designer, returns to his small hometown in Australia to say goodbye to his dying mother. What was to be a quick trip descends into chaos, drama, and at times downright funny moments as Stephen navigates family responsibilities, a difficult relationship with his father, old friends & past lovers, all while trying to return to Europe for a major opera contract.

Afghan Life Featuring Muzafar Ali – SALA 2025

Be consumed in this immersive Afghan cultural experience taking in projected on screen works of photographer Muzafar Ali, alongside live sounds, traditional Afghan foods and refreshments. Muzafar Ali, has won international recognition for his dramatic photographs and images of the beauty of his homeland, Afghanistan. His striking images of people and landscapes of some of the remotest parts of Afghanistan …