Arrowtown Miners Band and Buckingham Belles
Come down to Historic Arrowtown for a lunchtime of music and dance from local favourites The Miners Band and The Buckingham Belles. Bring family and friends and a picnic or enjoy food and drink from local cafes and restaurants
Where: Arrowtown
When: 11.30am – 2.30pm, Sunday 24th January (weather permitting)
AWS Legal Queenstown Teddy Bears’ Picnic, in association with Q92-MORE FM
AWS Legal Teddy Bears’ Picnic in association with Q92-MORE FM
An event for the littlies: teddy bears, pushchairs, picnic baskets and sunhats! A fun afternoon with games, competitions, face painting, dress-ups, lolly scrambles, singing, a bouncy castle, merry-go-round and some story-telling for our younger residents. A fun day out for the whole family…including your teddies!
Where: Queenstown Gardens
When: 12noon - 2pm Saturday 30 January
Cost: Free, bring your picnic or bring some money to buy food/drink
Contact: www.summerdaze.co.nz or 03 443 2700
Prizes kindly donated by:
Skyline Gondola & Luge: www.skyline.co.nz
Kiwi Birdlife Park: www.kiwibird.co.nz
Real Journeys: www.realjourneys.co.nz
Mini Merino: www.minimerino.co.nz
Shotover Jet: www.shotoverjet.com
AWS Legal Wanaka Teddy Bears’ Picnic, in association with Q92-MORE FM
An entertaining event for the young ones. A fun afternoon of games, story-telling, a bouncy castle, merry-go-round, dress ups, face painting and much more. Don’t forget your teddies.
Where: Wanaka Dinosaur Park
When: 12noon – 2pm Sunday 31 January
Cost: Free, bring your picnic or bring some money to buy food/drink
Contact: www.summerdaze.co.nz or 03 443 2700
Prizes kindly donated by:
Lakeland Adventures: www.lakelandadventures.co.nz
New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum: www.nzfpm.co.nz
Puzzling World: www.puzzlingworld.co.nz
Wanaka Transport & Toy Museum: www.wanakatransportandtoymuseum.com
Mini Merino: www.minimerino.co.nz
Cavells Big Chill Out
Over looking the Shotover River in Arthurs Point, come and visit Cavells Cafe and Bar. Sit back and relax with a beer or wine and chill out to the sounds of live music.
When: 4pm to 10pm Saturday 30th January 2010
Cost: Free entry. Bring money for food & Beverages
Contact: Cavells@queenstownrafting.co.nz or 03 442 8692
Cinema Paradiso Outdoor Movies
Wanaka’s legendary movie theatre moves outdoors to present free outdoor movies for the whole family to enjoy. Bring your late night snacks and a rug (or couch) and enjoy an evening under the stars courtesy of Cinema Paradiso.
Where: Pembroke Park
When: on dark 09.50pm (ish) 2, 3, 8, 9, 22, 23 January
Cost: Free
Screenings are weather permitting.
PROGRAMME:
Sat 2nd: Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
Sun 3rd: Top Gun
Fri 8th: Madagascar – cancelled due to weather
Sat 9th: Whale Rider – cancelled due to weather
Fri 22nd: Whale Rider
Sat 23rd: Ice Age
Fernhill Fun Day
With the Fernhill/Sunshine Bay Community Association
Join us for a day of fun at the Fernhill playground. Meet your neighbours and enjoy a sausage sizzle. Kids will love the water slide and games.
When: 11am Saturday 30 January
Cost: Free
Contact: Lainie Roddis lainielondeen@yahoo.com or 441 2824
Homelands in the Gardens
The 2nd annual live music concert in the Queenstown Gardens. Featuring: Six60, Taos, Rythmonyx, Soulsystem, Dj Pops, Dj Fat Eddie
When: 2pm – 8pm Sunday 17th January
Where: Queenstown Gardens
Cost: FREE
Contact: Johnno Stapleton revolverqueenstown@yahoo.com.au
ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup
The top sixteen Under-19 cricket teams from around the globe will gather in New Zealand to contest the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Queenstown will be hosting a pool phase daily at the Events Centre.
When: daily from 15 to 20 January
Where: Queenstown Events Centre
Cost: FREE
Contact: www.lakesleisure.co.nz
Melodies on Mondays
Bring your sammies and enjoy the views and easy listening lunch time tunes on the Wanaka lake front.
Where: Wanaka Lakefront
When: 12pm-1pm Monday 11th and 18th January
Cost: Free
Contact: EveNZ 03 443 2700
Monday 11th: Craig Smith
Specialising in cruisy, easy listening,childrens and sometimes humorous acoustic music.
Monday 18th: Maggie Ruddenklau
A local singer playing acoustic country and folk tunes
New Year’s Eve Queenstown
Join us to celebrate the New Year with live music and a fantastic fireworks display. A great line-up of bands including the Oxo Cubans and the Medicine Men in Queenstown as well as a DJ stage.
Where: Earnslaw Park and Marine Parade, Queenstown CBD
When: 8.30 pm – 1.00 am Thursday 31 December,
Cost: Free
NB Connectabus will be providing New Year’s Eve transportation following the Celebrations. Buses will be depart from O’Connell’s Pavilion check www.connectabus.com for timetable details.
Connectabus services from Frankton – Queenstown – Fernhill will run to 11.15pm every 30 minutes.
Kelvin Heights pick-ups will be 9.00pm – 10.oopm starting at Oregon Drive to Queenstown.
Arrowtown – Queenstown departures are 9pm and 10pm.
After midnight departures from downtown Queenstown will be every 15 minutes covering Fernhill, Frankton, Kelvin Heights, Lake Hayes Estate and Arrowtown. These services will stop at approx 4.30am.
Road Closures and Liquor Bans:
Roads to be Closed: Rees Street from Shotover Street to Marine Parade. Marine Parade from Rees Street to Church Street. Beach Street from Camp Street to Shotover Street. All of Cow Lane
Period of Closure: 5.00 pm Thursday 31st December 2009 to 2.00 am Friday 1st January 2010
Extended Liquor Ban: From 6am on Sunday 27th of December 2009 to 6am Wednesday 6th January 2010 there will be a liquor ban enforced within the areas specified by the QLDC – see www.qldc.govt.nz for further information
