2026: We will post our call-out for 2026 performers in mid-February. You can sign up to our updates here.

Developed from our initial appearance at Moomba Festival Parade in 2017, SPIRIT OF PASEFIKA has become our key Community Outreach and Engagement project. An annual performance, SPIRIT OF PASEFIKA is designed to bring together a large cohort of Pasefika performers, rehearse a set that showcases a variety of Pasefika cultures, then perform this set to large audiences. Our main performance events are Moomba Festival Parade (City of Melbourne) and Pasifix (Gaba Musik, Arts Centre Melbourne).

SPIRIT OF PASEFIKA performers come from the island nations of Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Aotearoa (New Zealand), Niue, Tuvalu, Tokelau, PNG, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Kuki Airani (Cook Islands), and Hawai’i. Every year we announce a call-out to community then spend 5-6 weeks preparing for our big performances.

In 2021 and 2023 we also included performances at the PASIFIX shows held at Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

List of Spirit of Pasefika performances:

Event and Year	Performance
Moomba Festival Parade 2017	Spirit of Polynesia (with Nuholani, Tama Tatau, Nesian Pearl, and Sounds of Polynesia)
Moomba Festival Parade 2018	Spirit of Pasefika
Moomba Festival Parade 2019	Spirit of Pasefika
Moomba Festival Parade 2020	Spirit of Pasefika
Pasifix 2021	Spirit of Pasefika
Moomba Festival Parade 2022	Spirit of Pasefika
Moomba Festival Parade 2023 and Pasifix 2023	Spirit of Pasefika
Moomba Festival Parade 2024	Event cancelled due to extreme weather

Moomba Festival Parade 2026	Rehearsals start in mid-February

Cover Photo: ‘Spirit of Pasefika’ performers at Moomba Festival Parade 2023 (Photo copyright: PICAA Inc.)