Busking Competition
When: May 30, 2019 from Noon to June 1, 2019 at 4pm
Where: Gore CBD, finals on Medway Street
Cost: Entry fees from $5 to $30. Watch for FREE
To enter: Visit gorenz.com/ events to enter online (from Monday 25 March)
Event Details
Entries to the Freeze Ya Bits Off Busking competition held in Gore at Queen’s Birthday weekend open on Monday 25 March.
Literally, ‘New Zealand’s coolest busking competition’, the event is part of a week-long festival of country music in Gore, including the NZ Gold Guitar Awards and the NZ Country Music Awards.
The Council events and promotion coordinator Emma Carle said with two prizes of $1000 each and a total prize pool of more than $3000, it was an event well worth freezing your bits off for.
‘‘The big prizes are for musicians, but there will be a prize for a non-musical performance this year too.’’
It’s an event that anyone of any ability can enter, musical or otherwise, Ms Carle said.
The competition starts with the fiercely contested schools competition on Thursday 30 May, then continues over lunchtime on Friday 31 May and Saturday 1 June. The top competitors are chosen to perform at the finals on Medway Street on the Saturday afternoon.
‘‘The finals are like a street
party with a relaxed atmosphere, a BBQ, mulled wine and outdoor heating.
‘‘It’s a fun mid-Winter event.’’
Busking Auditions Where: Main Street and Irk Street, Gore
When: Schools competition, Thursday, May 30, Noon to 1pm. All other categories, Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1, 11am to 1pm
Finals
Where: Medway Street, between the Thomas Green and Howl at the Moon Restaurants
When: Saturday, June 1, 2.30pm (following the truck parade) BBQ, mulled wine.