Editing Suva (section)

==Entertainment and culture==
[[File:Suva, Fiji 91.jpg|thumb|Canal and shopping area]]
Suva is the cultural and entertainment capital of Oceania and is host to many regional, national, and local events. The city has a very developed and advanced entertainment and event infrastructure and hosts a busy calendar of events every year.

===Venues===
Suva has many multipurpose venues, the main ones being the [[Vodafone Arena (Fiji)|Vodafone Arena]], which can seat up to 5,000 people, the [[HFC Bank Stadium]], which can seat up to 30,000 people, the FMF National Gymnasium Suva, which can seat up to 2,000 people, and the Civic Auditorium, which can seat up to 1,000 people.

===Parks and gardens===
[[File:USP Bure MatthiasSuessen-8729.jpg|thumb|[[Albert Park (Suva)|Albert Park]]]]
[[File:Suva, Fiji 49.jpg|thumb|Canal in the city centre]]
Suva has a number of parks and a few gardens. [[Albert Park (Suva)|Albert Park]], in the City centre, is famous as the stage for many national-historical events such as the Independence of Fiji, the landing by [[Charles Kingsford Smith|Kingsford Smith]] on the Southern Cross and many parades and carnivals. Sukuna Park, also in the CBD is a popular recreational park and has many performances and events on a weekly basis. [[Thurston Gardens]] (named for [[Governor of Fiji]] [[John Bates Thurston]]) is the city's main botanical garden and the location of the Fiji Museum. Queen Elizabeth Drive is popular as a scenic walk along Suva's foreshore. Many city residents go to the [[Colo-i-Suva Forest Reserve]], a short drive from the city centre, to swim under the [[waterfall]]s.

===Music===
Many concerts are held in Suva, some coming from other countries to enjoy world-class performances. Concerts and shows are usually staged at one of the above-mentioned venues on a monthly basis. Some of the famous music artists to hold shows in Suva include [[UB40]], [[Lucky Dube]], [[O'Yaba]], [[Sean Kingston]] and many others. Due to a favoured interest in [[Bollywood]] by all, some prominent singers and actors have held shows in the capital which include singers like [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Sonu Nigam]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]] and movie artists like [[Shah Rukh Khan]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.seasonsindia.com/cinemascope/specInterviewSea.jsp |title=Interviews with Bollywood Actors & Actresses |publisher=Seasons India |date=24 March 2004 |access-date=10 October 2012 |archive-date=30 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630114612/http://www.seasonsindia.com/cinemascope/specInterviewSea.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Priyanka Chopra]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liveindia.com/priyanka/newsj.html |title=Priyanka Chopra's Fiji Tour |publisher=Liveindia.com |access-date=10 October 2012 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305061917/http://www.liveindia.com/priyanka/newsj.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Johnny Lever]], [[Dino Morea]], [[Rajpal Yadav]], [[Sunny Leone]] and the like.

===Food===
Suva offers a varied and interesting culinary experience where almost every if not all major cuisines are represented. Particularly popular cuisines are [[Fijian food|Fijian]], [[Indian cuisine|Indian]], [[Chinese cuisine|Chinese]], American and foods from other cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Fijians of Indian descent have influenced Fiji's cuisine, in the process creating the uniquely Fiji Indian curry. Indentured labourers brought with them spices, chilies, and other herbs and vegetables which now are part of the Fijian culinary experience.

===Festivals===
During the course of the year, arts, music and trade festivals are held in Suva, albeit on a small scale. There are a few large and notable festivals that occur annually and these include the [[List of festivals in Fiji|Hibiscus Festival]] (largest [[carnival]] in the South Pacific islands), the [[List of festivals in Fiji|New Years Street Party]], and the Fiji Show Case [[tradeshow]] that includes carnival rides, food as well as magic and circus performances.

===Sports===
[[fILE:ANZ Stadium Fiji.jpg|thumb|[[HFC Bank Stadium]]]]
Suva plays host to many regional and national sporting events, most notably at the [[HFC Bank Stadium]]. A special highlight is the Coca-Cola Games, the largest secondary school athletics meet in the world. The [[Capital (city)|Capital City]] is represented in major sporting events by its respective [[rugby football|rugby]], [[netball]] and football teams.

Suva was the host of the first [[Pacific Games]], in 1963. Forty years later in [[2003 South Pacific Games|2003]] the Games returned to Fiji's capital, with a full program of 32 sports introduced for the first time. Suva held the games for the second time in 1979. Having hosted the event three times, Suva has held the Pacific Games more often than any other city.

===Mass media===
[[File:FBC Suva MatthiasSuessen-8431.jpg|thumb|[[FBC TV]] building]]
[[File:Fiji Times Suva MatthiasSuessen-8438.jpg|thumb|left|''[[Fiji Times]]'' building]]
Headquartered in Suva are the three main national television stations, [[Fiji TV|Fiji One]], [[FBC TV]] and [[MAI TV]] along with the Fiji Ministry of Information, which produces government programs as well as national news and current affairs bulletins. Fiji One produces and airs its evening 'National News' bulletin from its studios in Gladstone Road in Central; FBC TV airs its 'FBC News' bulletin from its studios, also on Gladstone Road. [[Sky Pacific]] and [[Pacific Broadcasting Services Fiji]] are the two pay satellite television company headquartered here.

Suva is home to the national radio broadcasters [[Fiji Broadcasting Corporation]] (FBC) and Communications Fiji Limited (CFL), between them providing 12 national radio stations.

The two dailies, ''[[Fiji Times|The Fiji Times]]'' and ''[[The Fiji Sun]]'' are printed here (and, formerly, the ''Fiji Post''). Many other weekly newspapers are headquartered and published in Suva, including ''Inside Fiji'', ''Nai Lalakai'' (iTaukei language weekly), ''Shanti Dut'' (Fiji Hindi weekly), national magazines such as ''Repúblika'' and ''Mai Life'' as well as regional magazines such as ''Islands Business''.

===Shopping and fashion===
[[File:Tappoo Suva MatthiasSuessen-8178.jpg|thumb|Tappoo City shopping centre]]
Suva is one of the most shopper-friendly cities in the Pacific. The city offers its shops in a cluster that is referred to as Suva Central. Areas like Cumming Street and Marks Street are for clothing, jewellery, food, electronics, pharmaceuticals and more. Terry Walk and the Flea Market offer handicrafts and local ware. Close by, huge, new shopping complexes dominate the canal area, such as MHCC (Morris Hedstrom City Center), Tappoo City and Suva Central. There are telecommunication and electronic stores, as well as sporting gear stores in the outer areas of this radius. 

Suva also hosts the headquarters of the Fashion Council of Fiji, the region's most significant fashion organisation. The Fijian Fashion Festival, the region's largest trade and consumer fashion platform, occurs annually at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Suva.