Hi guys,

It being a particularly beautiful sun filled winter’s day today, it seems natural to want to spread the word about the glories of Picton.

In case you were wondering what’s happening for Spring Fest here’s a few items for your diary, gleaned from the Love Marlborough website.

Picton Spring Fest is a free, two-day 17/18 September 2011 event featuring Marlborough wine and seafood, hospitality and family activities with entertainment planned to appeal to a wide variety of tastes.

The event will have a main stage with performances from several bands each day, multi cultural entertainment, dancing and other performances and a finale jazz soiree complete with an ice bar. There will also be children’s activities and competitions, along with stall holders offering food/refreshments, arts and crafts, cooking demos, and a strong involvement from the Waikawa Marae. A hive of activity on the foreshore!

It will all get a little groovy on Sunday 18th when the Jazz Soiree begins, headlined by LA Mitchell who with her powerful voice has opened for the likes of Stevie Wonder, Dave Dobbyn and Guy Sebastien. The event will be undercover with a main stage profiling some fantastic Kiwi Bands, multi cultural entertainment, dancing, cooking demos with Celebrity Chefs and a finale Jazz Soiree on the Sunday evening. National performers announced so far are Special Guest Artist Dukes and LA Mitchell .

hese fantastic bands will be supported by some great local acts including Clara Vanwel – the winner of this year’s Marlborough Smoke Free Rockquest who is going through to the National Finals to represent Marlborough.

These bands – along with the other great entertainment planned for the Festival will provide something for everyone!

There will also be children’s activities and competitions, along with The Sample Marlborough Marquees – including wine, seafood, strawberries, honey, oil and other local delights along with other events and activities available in the region. A real sample of Marlborough! There will also be a Festival Bar operated by locals for part of the festival.

All in all a hive of activity on the foreshore.

Event organisers Marlborough 4 Fun have a long and well known track record for providing professional, enjoyable events for the region and we are looking forward to showcasing the region with this fantastic two-day event.

PICTON SPRINGFEST

Saturday 17^th September

10.00am Kapa Haka Welcome

10.15am Schools performance (including Russian Anthem)

11.00am Chris Fortune Cooking Demo

12.00pm Clara Vanwel

Running of the Fish Competition

1.00pm Cooking Demo – TBC

2.00pm Rio Hemopo

3.00pm Cornerstone Roots

5.00pm Finish

PICTON SPRINGFEST

Sunday 18^th September

10.00am Café Cortado Cooking Demo

11.00am Highland Pipe Band

11.30pm Fish Filleting Demo – TBC

12.15pm Local Band

1.30pm Le Cafe Cooking Demo

2.00pm Dukes

3.00pm Figaro’s Cooking Demo

3.30pm Local Band TBC

4.00pm Chris Fortune Cooking Demo

JAZZ SOIREE

6.00pm MGC Jazz Band

6.30pm LA Mitchell

7.10pm MGC Jazz Band

8.00pm LA Mitchell

For further details please contact: Contact Email: katrina@marlborough4fun.co.nz Contact Phone: +64 3 577 8935

For other Cruise into Picton events, please check website

9 September to 24 October 2011

If you know of other events to promote, please let me know so we can help promote Picton and the beautiful Marlborough Sounds.