This year's Akitu festival will be held on Sunday 27th of March at the Fairfield Showground. It will start at 10:00 AM and concludes at 10:00 PM. More than fifteen thousand patrons are expected to attend. Representatives from Federal, state and local governments will be attending. Many Assyrian entertainers and singers will entertain the crowd with Assyrian music and songs. There will be plenty of stalls spread along the showground providing Assyrian food, books, art materials and representatives of many Assyrian organisations in Australia. The festival will conclude with fireworks at 9:00 PM that will light the skys of the showground.