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entertainment to match wildfoods
A top entertainment line up will
help wildfood gourmets work off steamed fish eyes,
duck tongues and other wildfoods at this year's
Hokitika Wildfoods Festival.
The 17th annual South Island
festival will be held on 11 March 2006. Around
18,000 people are expected to descend on the small
West Coast town to sample wildfood and beverages
from 72 stalls.
The entertainment at the
festival has grown to a wide-ranging mix of music
from country to rock to sophisticated
jazz.
'The entertainment could almost
rival the wildfood as an attraction,' says festival
organiser Mike Keenan.
'But the food providers have
struck back with even more fantastic and previously
unheard of delicacies than ever before.'
In the open spaces, patrons will
be shaking their booty to the Sambada Brazilian
Dancing Group, Nairobi Trio and New Zealand's
iconic country stars, the Topp Twins to name just
three of the 24 entertainers booked for the
day.
It's not all huhu grubs,
whitebait fritters and magpie pies. New foods this
year include Posh Meets Bush - game salamis made
from thar, venison, pork and chamois. Also new to
the menu are deep fried eel spine, cicada and
pistachio ice cream, ostrich swamp patties and
meaty vegan gonads. Wash it down with some
conservative beverages such as Monteith's summer
ales, goat's milk, or freshly squeezed juices of
berry, feijoa, orange, mango and
spirulina.
Other features of the Hokitika
Wildfoods Festival are:
• Free entertainment on
Friday night 10 March in Weld Street including
woodchopping performances
• The 'dance of two
halves' on Saturday night - a rock 'n' roll marquee
and a jazz marquee
• Wildfoods Festival
craft markets along the river bank
To keep all that wild spirit
under control, drinking is banned in public places
except for the festival site. However downtown
publicans will have their doors open to cater for
patrons' drinking needs on their
premises.
Further information:
Contact: Mike Keenan
Phone: +64 03 756 9049
Email:
mike.keenan@westlanddc.govt.nz
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