KAIAPOI TO ARTHUR's PASS events 2019

Ohoka Farmers’ Market, Ohoka Domain, Friday 9am-12.30pm. This is a full-monty farmers' market offering a range of wares. A seating area creates a friendly hub for coffee and chat. ohokafarmersmarket.co.nz Kaiapoi Farmers’ Market, Morgan Williams Reserve, Saturday 9.30am-12.30pm. From European pastries, produce and plants to arts and crafts galore. kaiapoimarket.co.nz Oxford Farmers’ Market, Main Street, Sunday 9am-12pm. Enjoy coffee and a hot scone while you shop for locally grown produce and baked goods against a backdrop of the Southern Alps.

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Muscle Car Madness, Rangiora, 24-27 January 2019. Hot-rod heaven including classics, rods, bikes, trikes, stalls and live rock and country music all weekend. Designed for car nuts, retro fanatics and the general public.

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Kaiapoi Art Expo, July 2019. The district's largest visual art show features works by more than 100 Waimakariri painters, potters, weavers, jewellers and sculptors. A much-anticipated annual celebration of local artistic rigour. kaiapoiartexpo.co.nz Fire & Ice Night Market, Kaiapoi, July 2019. Held outside Blackwell's Department Store on the same weekend as the Kaiapoi Art Expo, there's ice sculpting in the afternoon and a night-time festival to follow – the ice sculptures are lit up, there's hot food, fire poi performers, mulled wine, crafts and bargains. On Facebook. Waimakariri Winter Festival, Rangiora, July 2019. A day of wintry celebrations North Canterbury style. From ice sculptures, ice skating, drive-in movies and polar dips to food trucks, bumper boards, bouncy castles, climbing walls, photo booths and a winter beer garden. rangiorawinterfestival.co.nz Oxford Country Garden Fete, October 2019. An old-fashioned boutique-style garden fete with high-quality wares, food and live music set in the grounds of renowned Ribblesdale Gardens. ribblesdalegardens.co.nz