Thursday, 26th September 2013

Get Ready to Go West for the Waitakere Festival

From Auckland's creative and captivating West, the annual Waitakere Festival is back with another stellar line-up of fresh local music, forward-thinking community projects, and an abundant marketplace.

Emerging onto the scene in 2010, the festival was started by two friends - Chloe Waretini and Tim Gregory. At the time Auckland was about to homogenise, they felt it was high time this unique corner of the world had its own festival to celebrate all the world’s first Eco City had become. They wanted to ensure the local people continued to feel that sense of place and identity that are at the heart of both our pioneering past and exciting future.

Building on last 3 years, festival goers can expect an iconic day of music and culture ‘from the West to the Rest.’
Chloe Waretini says, “Our shared mission for the festival is to keep engaging more and more people in creating the West we want. We are incredibly heartened by the number of people, local businesses and organisations who have jumped on board with the vision we have - those long-term relationships are what the festival is all about”
Tim adds, “I think four years into our work we’re starting to be recognised as something of a ‘cultural beacon’ for the West - or so we heard on National radio”

“In 2012 we saw 6,500 people through the gates, this year we are expecting the biggest festival to date. The bands, the diversity of the vendors, and the activations that connect people with their environment in creative, interesting, and sustainable ways, will all stack up to one fantastic day in Henderson Park.”

In line with its Eco City roots, the 2013 Waitakere Festival will be the first in Auckland to go Zero Waste. The festival team are working with the Auckland Community Zero Waste Alliance (ACZWA) to divert 70-80% of waste from landfill. With the use of compostable or recyclable packaging, festival vendors will be Green Vendor certified, a huge achievement for the festival and local community.

On Sunday 27th October, West Auckland’s favourite festival will take to Henderson Park with the finest line-up of local acts, programmed by Cheese on Toast and PIKDAT.

The Waitakere Festival 2013 line-up will include:
David Saunders (The 3Ds) with Street Chant
Sal Valentine & The Babyshakes
The Eversons
Dictaphone Blues
Eddie Numbers
Miss June

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