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NZ Cider Festival

November 4

Tōmoana Showgrounds

Taste over 100 varieties of cider, from NZ's best cider makers. The 2023 Cider Award's winning ciders will be announced and ready to sample, along with all-day live music, local artisan food trucks and a dedicated kids’ zone. It's an event for everyone!

Regional cuisine and a traffic-free venue create the perfect ambience for this family-friendly fun day out.

More info at https://www.nzciderfestival.com/

Taste Hastings

November 10, 5.30pm-8.30pm

Heretaunga St East

A night of food, wine and live music, it’s a street party of epic proportions and a great warm-up for Mission Concert goers! The party includes 25+ pop-up wineries showcasing a wide array of Hawke’s Bay wines, live music, food-trucks, live DJ and the Flock Events Street Lounge to chill-out in. We’re taking over Heretaunga Street 'East Block' so you can kerb-hop without the traffic to taste your way down the street. Entry is free with wine sold by the taste and glass. Last year was huge so make sure you’re there for 2023!

Rose Sunday

November 12, gates open 11am

Frimley Park

Nothing says summer is coming to Hawke’s Bay like the annual Rose Sunday event at Frimley Park. The Frimley rose garden has more than 5500 different rose varieties to admire as you ramble, with live music, coffee cart, ice-creams and kids’ activities. This is a family-friendly event that can be enjoyed at all ages and stages – free entry.

Urban BBQ Festival

November 18, 11am-6.15pm

Tōmoana Showgrounds

After a baptism of fire in 2020, and Covid chaos in 2021, Urban BBQ Festival is finally back for a second round of meat, music and BBQ mayhem.

More food vendors, more BBQ supplies, demos, tastings and a rocking line up of music and entertainment that will keep you by the pits all day long. 

Taking place in the Waikoko Gardens, it's the perfect spot to spread out and enjoy an epic day of BBQ and good times.

More info at https://www.urbanbbqfestival.co.nz/

1 November 2023

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