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Mt Victoria Inner City Festival - It's on TOMORROW


Mt Victoria Inner City Festival - It's on TOMORROW!


Saturday 27 February: 10am – 3pm


This year with our eco-focused theme, we have an amazing line-up of numerous stalls featuring environmentally sustainable products, continuous live entertainment, great coffee, great workshops, great food, great products, great chill out areas & great conversation….

Pop on down and check it out!

Schedule for the day – the cool things that are happening

Entertainment Schedule

10.00am:       Mayor to open festival

10.10am:       Linda Joy

11.00am:       Ben Parsons

12.00pm:       Tessa Rain

1:00pm:        Jonny on the Spot

1:45pm:        Tribal Style Bellydance (in front of stage)

2.00pm:        Funky Junk

 

Activity / Workshop Schedule:

 

10.00am:       Raising hens in the city; worm farming

10.45am:       Guided walk - Friendly dogs on leads welcome!

11.00am:       Gardening for lizards

rain water catchment

                   Art Deco walk around Mount Victoria

12.00pm:       Sustainable waste management for the home

Reducing waste at work

12.30pm:       Bread making

1:00pm:        Flax Weaving; Beekeeping

                   Northern Mount Victoria History walk

2.00pm:        Gardening with kids

Funky Junk drumming

Backyard ecological restoration

 

Eco – Documentaries

 

10.00am:       Innovative inner city community housing & green roof gardens

11.00am:       Rainbow Valley Farm NZ- Composting/Bokashi System/Worm farms

12.00pm:       Permaculture - A quiet revolution

1:00pm:        The Organic Opportunity - local organic food as economic development

2.00pm:        Permaculture in Practice

Art exhibitions are also happening inside Crossways & a speaker’s corner outside Crossways where people can have their say, including local city councilors and MPs as well as speakers covering a wide range of topics such as workers’ rights, animal rights, global warming, conservation and marijuana legalization – visit www.mtvictoria.org.nz for a schedule of speakers.

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