Antipodes Festival Melbourne

The award winning Antipodes Festival Melbourne celebrates Melbourne’s Hellenic heritage through a series of events promoting Australian Greek arts and culture.

The Lonsdale Street Glendi is conducted in Melbourne’s Greek Precinct and attracts crowds of more than 150,000 people to its art and craft displays, food stalls, dancing, music, street theatre, children’s activities and international Greek artists.

Over the past 20 years the event has grown to what is now considered the world's largest celebration of Greek culture outside of Greece and the festival's success is such that it is used as a model by the Greek Foreign Ministry for Greek communities worldwide.

Recognised as the third largest Greek-speaking city in the world, Melbourne’s Greek community was established in 1897, and is one of the oldest and largest ethnic organisations in Australia.