A weekend of music in Mercury Bay

Whitianga will be full of music on Queen's Birthday weekend with the inaugural Mercury Bay Music Festival.

Organisers Creative Mercury Bay are presenting three evening concerts and a full programme of daytime music events over five venues in the town from June 3-5.


Regan Perry is one of the artists who will be performing this weekend.

Musical genres range from well-known singer songwriters such as Don McGlashan, established folk and country acts like Hobnail and Hamilton Country Bluegrass Band, to acoustic guitar experts, jazz, blues and big band sounds.

Local acts will be featured in the Friday night concert with national and international guests performing throughout Saturday and Sunday.

A weekend pass gives entry to all venues and allows concert-goers to move between venues to catch their favourite performers.

Whitianga Town Hall hosts the Friday night concert, both the Town Hall and The Blue Lagoon, (behind the Mercury Bay Game Fishing Club), have concerts on Saturday and Sunday from 11am till 11.30pm, while Enigma Café will be hosting open mic sessions and day time concerts along with the C3 Church on Coghill St.

Enigma Café is a free venue and local musicians can still register for open mic spots by going to the festival website.

Another free event is a Sunday morning gospel choir performance at the Crossroads Church, Cook Drive.

Other highlights of the Festival are stagecraft and masterclass workshops by visiting artists being held at the Mercury Bay Area School and a Young Guitarist Award with the prize of a trip to New York to attend the Tommy Emmanuel Guitar Camp.

Concert venues are within walking distance of each other and the cafes and restaurants of Whitianga.

The Town Hall, Blue Lagoon and Enigma Café are licensed venues.

Ticket holders will receive entry wristbands at Festival Headquarters on Monk St, next to the Whitianga Town Hall, where some ticket sales may be available during the weekend.

Festival HQ will be open from 3pm Friday, June 3.

Tickets can be purchased on line from EventFinda http://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2016/mercury-bay-music-festival/the-coromandel or at the Whitianga iSITE.

For the full programme, details of artists performing, workshops, venues and ticketing go to www.mercurybaymusicfestival.co.nz

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