Sarau Festival

Here is the recipe for Tasman Tart (Apple and blackcurrant shortcake) by Steve Richards of The Jester House: The pastry: Cream together 200g butter 125g castor sugar beat in 1 egg Add 350g flour 1teaspoon baking powder Mix until combined, knead lightly, wrap and refrigerate. Pastry will keep for several...

Our scarecrow competition prizes come out of the kiln today! You could win a fantastic original plate. Judge Owen Bartlett, our famous local potter is looking forward to choosing the best of the best on Sunday. It’s not too late to create your scarecrow for the contest. Judging will take place...

Geoff Langford is a renowned scientist from The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research, Lincoln. We are delighted to welcome Geoff to Sarau Festival for the first time, to learn from his extensive knowledge of growing small fruits in the home garden. Hear about Geoff’s hands-on experience...

There is so much in store at this year’s Sarau Festival. Tell everyone you know and come along for another fantastic day of Moutere Magic! Sarau Festival 2010 brings you all this and more: • The Mountain Bike race through paddocks, vineyard, hop groves, raspberry, blackcurrant and boysenberry...

Creative and skilled Jester House owner and chef Steve Richards has agreed to share some of his recipes using good local produce (including blackcurrants). Be in the audience in the function room at 5pm or 6pm to watch him cook and share his ideas.

Interest is hotting up in the Barkers of Geraldine Cooking Competitions! Bring along your Blackcurrant cakes, muffins, desserts, juices, wines, jams, sauces and preserves to Sarau Festival.  Special category for Children’s entries sponsored by Food  Management (NZ) Ltd.  No need to register,...

Making a scarecrow is a fun way to dress up the garden and it may even scare off those pesky bird buddies.  Blackcurrant growers always lose some of their crop to birds so they would like to see lots more scarecrows about the district. Download these handy hints to help make a great scarecrow! Click...

We need your help! If you can offer assistance with any of the following we would love to hear from you. This is where we need you: Helpers on Saturday 30 January at 9am to set up the grounds Helpers on Sunday 31 January to help with the running of the festival Helpers on Monday 1 February at 9am to...

Here they are, the results of the Stoked NRG MTB race. Thanks again to all the organisers, sponsors Stoked NRG, landowners, and of course all of the participants who made the event so much fun. We hope to see you all next year! SARAU FESTIVAL BIKE RACE 1st Feb 2009 – MEN 1 Jake Stow 56.01 2 Tim...

A huge thank you to local photographer Libby Bibby for a wonderful visual record of Sarau Festival 2009. Don’t worry if you missed this year’s event, as Libby has captured all the best moments! If you were there, then chances are you are here in the gallery! Enjoy! [Show as...