Eat Your Heart Out to light up Norfolk Serviceway

15 August 2019

This year’s Eat Your Heart Out Liverpool will light up Norfolk Serviceway on Saturday 31 August, from 1-9pm, with live music, arts and culture and, of course, amazing food.

Liverpool Mayor Wendy Waller said this year’s food truck line-up includes returning favourites like Dirty Bird, Lambda and a pop-up bar from Macquarie Bistro alongside stalls from Indian Taste Liverpool, Al Israa Lebanese Sweets and other local restaurants and food outlets.

“I’m so pleased to see so many of the businesses around our festival site taking part,” Mayor Waller said.

“It’s no secret that Liverpool is home to an array of tantalising international flavours and I’m excited to see this reflected in the food offerings at Eat Your Heart Out.”

Aria-nominated hip-hop artist L-FRESH The LION headlines an awesome list of performers brought together by Settlement Services International (SSI) – an organisation dedicated to helping newly arrived migrants settle in to life in Australia.

Dance crew Shaun Parker & Co return to the festival with a brand new performance. Bindi Bosses present the Desi Dance Experience in what promises to be an action-packed 45-minute stage show featuring a collection of South Asian artists.

Milan Ring, the Australian Arabic Band, Dereb The Ambassador, DJ Fly Waves and Flower Boy will take the stage to complete a line-up that SSI Arts and Culture Producer Raphael Brasil brought together to reflect the diversity of everyday life in western Sydney.

“We’ve invited a wide range of performers that we believe the community will love to see on the stage,” Brasil said.

“Sounds, movements, lyrics, colours and rhythms which we identify with, as migrants, young people, bilingual, bi-cultural, multicultural, inter-cultural and intergenerational families.”

Sydney artist Melissa Carey’s giant heart sculpture Open Heart is the centrepiece of the festival. Last year it was a favourite backdrop for selfies.

Ox King is creating a brand new mural on the site, providing lasting colour to the city long after the event is over. The mural is inspired by the multicultural aspects of Liverpool, particularly the Arabic influence of that part of the city centre.

Festival goers can take part in the immersive performance It’s Not About The Cars. Three audience members can sit in the back seat of a parked car at a time. With the doors locked and sound on, they will be taken on a journey exploring memory and storytelling. The performance has been created by Claudia Chidiac, Lama Zakharia and Sandra May.

“Set your taste buds tingling with food from around the globe, including a range of Sydney’s best food trucks alongside pop-up-shops from local favourites,” Mayor Waller said.

“I look forward to celebrating with Liverpool and beyond.”

Sponsoring this year’s event are Time Out (Lifestyle Publisher Partner) and 2DayFM (Exclusive Radio Sponsor).