The 2007 Australian Festival will be held in Greater Fort Lauderdale - Broward County, Florida on November 1-4, 2007. The Australian Festival promotes Australian arts & culture, tourism & travel, education & immigration and business & trade within our 4 premier events - Business Down Under, Gum Trees Gala, G'Day Mates Schools Program - and our flagship event - The Australian Festival.

Fort Lauderdale is known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system and is the capital city of Broward County, Florida, United States. The city is known for its beaches, many bars, nightclubs, and overall party atmosphere. Broward County has approximately 1,750,000 residence and is made up of 31 city municipalities governed by nine Broward County Commissioners. Fort Lauderdale is the county seat of Broward County, and forms a part of the South Florida metropolitan area. Broward County is connected to two other counties that make up South Florida - Miami-Dade (approximately 2,000,000 residents) and Palm Beach County (approximately 1,250,000 residents). 

The Australian Festival has officially launched all participant applications. There has never been a better opportunity to promote Australia within the diverse areas of the Australian Festival. Festival Applications close July 31, 2007 which will allow the Australian Festival 3 months of direct general public marketing and public relations in South Florida. The Festival has approximately 50 hours of music, entertainment & presentations with 20 hours of sports action scheduled for this years event. Chairman & CEO Brigitte von Bulow has estimated an attendance of over 25,000 at this years event. 

With over 5,000,000 residents in this dense populated area the Australian Festival is set to present the largest Australian showcase every staged in South Florida. And with over 5,000 Aussie living and working along the South Florida coastline it will truly be a unique cultural celebration of the land down under. 

For more details about participating in the 2007 Australian Festival - please visit the Participant Festival e-NEWS...