Grab your girlfriends and head to Matamata for The Piako Fete, the best ladies day out this summer.

High tea, live music, stalls and fun are all part of Piako Fete 2015.

The fete is being held on Thursday, November 19, at Daltons Plantation and will host an eclectic mix of high quality stalls along with demonstrations, food and drink, a pamper tent, live music entertainment and the new exciting game – Bra Pong run by the Waikato Breast Cancer Trust.

'Piako Fete is all about ladies having a great day out. We've rounded up fashion, beauty, cuisine, gardening and shopping against Daltons Plantation's backdrop of 10 acres of beautiful landscaped display gardens,” says organiser Lynsey Champion.

Award winning landscape designer Xanthe White will conduct garden tours at the Piako Fete.

Among the entertainment for the day are garden tours of the Daltons Plantation gardens conducted by award winning landscape designer Xanthe White. Sue Lyons from World Organics Skincare will introduce the new make-up range and give advice on the ins and outs of sunscreen.

French Toast
High teas are available at the Plantation homestead, where the three piece band French Toast will entertain with a repertoire of authentic French chansons (songs), along with Cambridge musician Paul Vincent. There will be dozens of stall holders offering exclusive shopping opportunities including plants, clothing, crafts and arts for sale.

'It's an opportunity to have a girly indulgence day and get some Christmas shopping done,” says Lynsey.

Organisers of the fete, Lynsey Champion, one of NZ's finest cloth hat makers, and Michelle Lewis, a graphic designer, started plotting their ideal pre-Christmas day out when the Ellerslie Flower Show moved to Christchurch leaving a void for a North Island ladies day out.

Annual event
In 2012 the Waiheke-based duo teamed up with Daltons Plantation to host the inaugural Piako Fete in Matamata, the epicentre of the North Island, (almost).

Modelled on the supremely successful fetes in the South Island, which Lynsey has attended several times as a stallholder, their aim is for the Piako Fete to become a well-established annual event and earn the title of the ultimate ladies day out.

Advance tickets to Piako Fete 2015 are $19, available from eventfinder.co.nz ($20 at the gate) and a donation from profits will go to support the Waikato Breast Cancer Trust.

To find out more go to www.piakofete.co.nz or www.facebook.com/piakofete