Summer in Nelson booklets are delivered to city

Summer in Nelson booklets are delivered to city and Richmond houses next week (Dec 10), with a new look to some events and a focus on even more community participation.
 
Festival producer Sophie Kelly says all the usual events are there, but the fresh approach starts with the Canterbury Community Trust Lantern Celebration on Saturday December 19.
 
“We are thrilled to welcome Solar Peak as a new sponsor for this event - it fits perfectly as we are taking the Lantern Celebration into the age of sustainability, with no generators and more emphasis on people making their own music and their own lanterns,” Sophie says. “Another  change is the Buskers’ Series – it’s now called Buskerburgoo (after the porridge served on Lord Nelson’s ships) and it’ll be an amazing mix of acts from around the word – all at the top of Trafalgar Street with an aerial trapeze and two nights of an R18 cabaret, as well as our usual family and street performances.”  
Buskerburgoo runs from Thurs 4 Feb to Sun 7 Feb.  
 
The community participation event extends to Nelson Opera in the Park, presented by BioPaints with the support of the Nelson City Council on Saturday 13 February.
 
“It is fantastic this year to be able to offer such a quality event totally free, Sophie said. “We have a great line up with contemporary elements and the opera stars,  tenor Simon O’Neill and soprano Anna Leese.”
 
And while the opera is free, you need a ticket to enter the secure area. Pick up at Biopaints (70 Vanguard St), Council offices, libraries and Everyman Records.
 
Other programme highlights include the New Year’s Eve Countdown at the Church Steps with Tommy and the Fallen Horses and Minuit, again this is a free event offering a safe option for New Year’s Eve.
 
The Summer Movies Al Fresco programme features Walt Disney’s Fantasia, Marilyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot and Humphrey Bogart in The African Queen. The movies screen from January 6-24 in parks from Fairfield to Decks’ Reserve in Motueka.
 
There is also Street Beat throughout January, the Nelson Mail Teddy Bears’ Picnic at Isel Park on January 17, and the South Canterbury Finance Nelson Trolley Derby rounding up the programme of events on Saturday 27 February. Budding designers can find handy tips and online registration at www.derby.co.nz.
 
Nelson City Council events are working Towards Zero Waste and encourage you to bring your own crockery. Where possible there will be sinks for rinsing plates and compost stations near food sale areas. Please take all other recyclables and rubbish home with you.
 
Summer in Nelson is produced by the Nelson City Council as a celebration for locals and an added attraction for visitors. Summer in Nelson booklets are now available at libraries, visitor centres and council offices throughout the region or you can check it out at www.nelsonfestivals.co.nz
 
 
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