Sarau Festival

An exciting new event is being planned to celebrate all our region has to offer. The inaugural Sarau Festival, on Sunday, 3rd of February in Upper Moutere, promises to be an afternoon and evening of fun. Plans for the event to be held at Moutere Hills Community Centre, are underway and we have already been encouraged by the support of sponsors. This celebration of the diversity and quality of produce from the Moutere region will include:

• A vibrant Farmers Market of local produce, wares and curios.
• The first “Blackcurrant Festival” set in the heart of the New Zealand blackcurrant industry.
• The inaugural “Moutere Valley Mountain Bike Race” – take this special opportunity to traverse the Moutere olive groves, orchards, hop gardens, fields of boysenberries & blackcurrants, vineyards, and our local cheese factory.

Want to learn more? Or be involved?

• Do you grow, produce or make a product that you would like to sell at Sarau Festival?
• Are you part of a group who would like to fundraise or display their activities, or perform?
• Do you have a special blackcurrant recipe that could be a winner in one of several competitions on the day?
• Do you want to help with the organisation and running of this event?
• Do you live locally and have a business you would like to promote?

If any of these sound like you, then we want to hear from you!

Sign up on our website, http://www.saraufestival.co.nz , email: infowww.saraufestival.co.nz or phone Jenny on 03 543 2715 – be sure to leave full contact details, and we will get back to you.

Get in touch with us urgently, especially if you want to be part of the event. Demand has been high, for what will be a well publicised festival. (62 registrations as at 12.12.07). Make a note in your diaries, and stay up-to-date with news and
details by signing up at http://www.saraufestival.co.nz.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Sarau Festival – 3rd Februrary, 2008 at Moutere Hills Community Centre.

Our thanks to early sponsors:
ENZA Foods NZ Ltd, NZ Blackcurrant Cooperative, Ribena, Cold Storage
Nelson, and Primor Produce Ltd.