Tauranga's Historic Village will come alive with a festival of cultures, colours and culinary treats from around the world on Saturday, March 15, 2014.

Spanish Flamenco – one of the ethnic performances on stage every year. Visitors can expect infectious music, thrilling performances and a wide variety to suit all tastes at this year's festival. Photo by Bill Hodges.

That's the date of the 15th Tauranga Multicultural Festival, which is now a firmly established family fun event organised by the Tauranga Regional Multicultural Council.

The organisation's flagship event is held every year in March near Race Relations Day, which falls on March 21. The festival's aim is to celebrate the diversity of cultures in Tauranga, where there are more than 70 different migrant communities.

This year the festival will showcase Tauranga's wonderful diversity of ethnic food, crafts, and entertainment. The day will include a parade of ethnic costumes throughout the village, and visitors will have lots of opportunities to watch ethnic dances from all corners of the world, listen to many music genres, and try a wide variety of authentic ethnic foods.

The programme caters to all ages. Most performances will take place on the main stage on the Village Green, but there will also be other exciting events going on throughout the village all day. One lucky visitor will not only enjoy the event but also take home a great mystery spot prize, funded by ANZ Bank.

The festival starts 10am and finishes 4.30pm. Admission is $6 for adults, children under 12 enter for free. Tickets can be purchased at the gate of the Historic Village, 17th Avenue West, Tauranga.