This Sunday 28 March there is an inter­na­tion­al cel­eb­ra­tion of the beau­ti­ful game going on at Mar­tin Luck­ie Park, Ber­ham­pore 9am – 5pm.

Cul­ture Kicks is a multi eth­nic foot­ball fest­iv­al with five-a-side teams from Wel­ling­ton rep­res­ent­ing coun­tries from around the world bat­tling it out on the pitch for a chance to take home the 2010 trophy.

There will be Columbi­an dan­cers, Afric­an drum­ming, music from Matiu Te Huki and Lion dan­cers from the Chinese Sports and Cul­tur­al Centre.

The day kicks off with Bella Kalolo singing the New Zea­l­and Nation­al anthem (the woman has some pipes!) and prize giv­ing will be at 3.45pm.

With around 40 teams rep­res­ent­ing over 20 coun­tries you don’t have to pick just one team to sup­port.  A few team names to give you the fla­vour of the day: Havana Hust­lers, Tartan Army, Unity Arabs, Somali Eagles, Los Dec­ad­entes, Korean White Angels, West Afric­an Kiwis. 

There will be healthy food­stuffs on offer from the Hari Krish­nas, so all you need are your chants and some sun­block (well let’s face it, you should prob­ably bring a rain­coat too, this is Wel­ling­ton after all).