Akarua Arrowtown Autumn Festival | April 2021 | Central Otago | South Island, New Zealand

In February 1985 the Queenstown Promotion Bureau planned an Arrowtown Autumn Festival to help promote Arrowtown. The Bureau chief, David Bradford said it would become an annual festival that would have a number of low key events that would be in keeping with the historical image of the town. The first festival opened on April 20 and was a huge success with all the events getting capacity audiences. This set the scene for the following 30 festivals. I don’t think anyone ever expected it would go for this long, but it continues to be enjoyed by a new generation.

Now running for 35 years the festival attracts large numbers of locals and visitors.

Each year people come in droves to take in the stunning scenery and see festival attractions such as the street parade, the Arrow Miners Band play on the Old Red truck and the Buckingham Belles Can Can at the lunchtime entertainment.

Many long held festival traditions like the Art Exhibition at the Lakes District Museum, the parade and market day, and the Quiz remain very popular today and each year new events are added to the programme mix to keep it fresh and interesting.

While the festival has grown a lot over the past few years and now has around 30 events over 5 days, it still remains very much a community festival with many locals either performing, volunteering or taking part in some way every year.

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