Kaleidoscope: A Celebration of Culture and Community
Saturday, June 14, 2025 | 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Catholic Pastoral Center | 2800 McGavock Pike, Nashville
Free admission | Family-friendly | All are welcome
Kaleidoscope is a joyful, one-day event that brings together the diverse cultures, faiths, and communities of Middle Tennessee. Through music, food, art, and storytelling, we celebrate what makes us unique — and what brings us together.
From cultural booths and global cuisine to live performances and kids’ activities, Kaleidoscope offers something for everyone. Last year’s inaugural event welcomed hundreds of neighbors who came to experience the richness of our community and left with new friends, meaningful connections, and a shared sense of belonging.
What It’s About
Kaleidoscope is part of the Team Up Project, a national initiative led by Catholic Charities USA, in partnership with Interfaith America, Habitat for Humanity International, and the YMCA. Together, we aim to create space for bridgebuilding — helping communities overcome division through service, shared values, and human connection.
Our event is one of many Team Up Project events across the country working to foster inclusion and reduce polarization.
How It Began
In 2024, Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville, was awarded a national grant as one of just 10 agencies selected to launch a local initiative to build stronger communities and promote social cohesion. The result was Kaleidoscope — a multicultural celebration that welcomed people of all backgrounds for a day of joy, dialogue, and discovery.
We’re proud to make this event an annual tradition rooted in shared humanity and local pride.
Watch the 2024 Kaleidoscope video
Read Interfaith America’s event story
Why Kaleidoscope started in Nashville
Learn more about the Team Up Project
Want to Be Part of the Event?
Kaleidoscope is made possible by the incredible contributions of local cultural groups, faith communities, food vendors, performers, artisans, and sponsors.
If you or your organization would like to host a booth, share your culture through food or art, or help support the event as a sponsor, we’d love to have you involved.
Learn how to participate or support the event
Join Us on June 14, 2025
Whether you’re coming with family, friends, a faith group, or solo, we invite you to experience a day that will leave you inspired, uplifted, and connected.
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More than 13 percent of the U.S population (or 40 million people) is foreign born. The combined population share of foreign-born individuals and their U.S.-born children is approximately 26 percent.
Why Nashville?
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville was chartered in 1962 in order to help 43 Cuban children who were sent to Nashville and who were part of a total cohort of 14,000 evacuated to the U.S. as part of Operation Pedro Pan during the communist takeover of Cuba. Over its 61 years, Catholic Charities has partnered with the city of Nashville and its citizens to welcome the stranger. Our agency has professional employees of different nationalities and many religious backgrounds—not just Catholic—who want to help and give back for all the good they have received from the Nashville community. Many of those professionals are former immigration and refugee clients, now citizens of the United States.