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Whanganui s Hops and Vines festival good to go after Covid-19 postponement
8 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Around 300 people have already bought tickets to Hops and Vines. Photo / Supplied
Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
The inaugural Hops and Vines festival will host hundreds of beer and wine connoisseurs at Whanganui s Majestic Square next week. Originally scheduled for March 6, recent Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions forced the organisers to postpone until Saturday, April 17.
Organiser Gioia Damosso said despite the change of date, very few of the 300 people who had already bought tickets wanted a refund.
Sound Valley organisers says festival will return in 2022
17 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
The dust has barely settled on the weekend s inaugural Sound Valley music festival but organiser Gioia Damosso says she s already getting stuck into plans for next year s edition. There s not really any rest for the wicked, Damosso said. I ve got a weeks worth of admin to catch up on, then it s cracking on to announcing the dates for next year, and getting a line up on board. We want to keep that momentum going while it s still fresh in everyone s minds.