The National Multicultural Festival enjoyed its biggest attendance in one day at yesterday's Food and Dance Spectacular, with festival organisers estimating 110,000 people attending throughout the day.
ACT Minister for Multicultural Affairs Joy Burch said she was delighted with the support for this year's festival, with yesterday's crowd alone surpassing the total attendance over the three days of last year's event, and the crowd was well behaved.
"I am very proud with this year's Multicultural Festival - we have packed even more into the program and Canberrans have responded by turning out in record numbers to celebrate our city's cultural diversity," Ms Burch said.
"We have another blockbuster line-up today and many of the delicious food stalls that were so popular yesterday will again be at the festival today, so I urge everyone to come today and continue the celebration."
The National Multicultural Festival continues today with 18 hours of non-stop entertainment across various stages, food and a huge community expo.
Festival Sunday has four signature events involving hundreds of performers:
ActewAGL Contact Canberra (11.00 - 5.00pm City Walk)
The Greek Glendi (11.00am - 5.00pm Garema Place)
ACTTAB Chinese New Year Celebrations (10.00am - 4.00pm Petrie Plaza)
Indigenous Showcase (11.00am - 5.00pm Civic Square)
Keynote performers at today's Indigenous Showcase include: the Wiradjuri Echoes (11.45am), celebrity chef Mark Olive's bush tucker cooking (1.00pm), country star Troy Cassar Daley (2.00pm) and Dale Huddleston and the Riverbank Band (3.45pm). There's undercover seating for 400 people in Civic Square.