Five things to do in Whanganui this weekend
15 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Saddle up, it s time for the Marton Country Music Festival again. Photo / file
Whanganui Chronicle
Live music
Saddle up, it s time for the Marton Country Music Festival again. It began on Friday and runs to Sunday, with Saturday s headline act Jaydin Shingleton, and open mic sessions on Saturday and Sunday mornings. Saturday ticket $30, Sunday $10. Sir James Wilson Memorial Park, Rira St, Marton.
Opera
Experience pure operatic pleasure. Photo / File
Experience pure operatic pleasure in an evening of arias at Great Opera Moments at the Royal Wanganui Opera House. Adults $35, seniors/students $30. 7.30pm.
All-Kiwi line-up for Marton Country Music Festival
8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron
Like most summer festivals affected by Covid-19 border restrictions, next week s Marton Country Music Festival will have an all-Kiwi line-up. It takes a whole year to organise, so Covid slowed things down a bit, organiser John de Burgh said. As soon as we could operate again it was just a mad rush, but things are very much on track. We ve had more online bookings than we normally have, so that s a good sign.
He said the 2020 edition had purposely been a New Zealand showcase , and because of international travel restrictions, the same idea would apply to the 2021 event, which starts on Thursday.