Summer Daze has arrived!
On this week……
New Zealand’s kite lady, Julie Adam of Skylines and Bylines is in town this week for two fun days of workshops to make a kite and then fly it at the Summerdaze Grand Kite Display on Saturday in Wanaka. Come along to the Queenstown Events Centre on Thursday (5 January) at 12.30pm or 3pm to take part or the Lake Wanaka Centre on Friday (6 January) at 10am, 12.30pm or 3pm. Email your booking to events@summerdaze.co.nz
Relax during your lunch break in Queenstown this week and enjoy free musical performances from local talent at the Village Green from 12 – 2pm.
Wanaka’s legendary outdoor and drive-in movies return this weekend screening Mamma Mia from 9.30pm onwards. Bring a blanket, bean bag or couch and enjoy an evening under the stars.
Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, come January, everybone’s a local in the Queenstown Lakes District!
Thanks to the Summerdaze festival, local businesses and groups work together with the council to make this one of the most vibrant districts in New Zealand, helping everyone know how it feels to be part of our community.
Whether you like your summer chock full of arts, sport, cultural or plain recreational memories, the diverse programme means nobody’s left out when it comes to fun in the sun.
And in this, the 150th anniversary of the discovery of gold in the district the fabulous blend of traditional features and brand new events all over the district is brighter than ever.
It’s a great time to share with the people and places of Queenstown Lakes at their vibrant best, so come and be a local for a month with us at Summerdaze but be warned… it’s so much fun you might want to stay here permanently!
Vanessa van Uden
Mayor of Queenstown Lakes District
