Melbourne’s Food and Wine Festival
200 events over 17 days: The festival showcases Melbourne’s iconic food & wine scene. Delivering a giddying feast for the senses at over 200 events across 17 delicious days, the 2009. Melbourne Food and Wine Festival presented by The Age will take place from 7 – 23 March 2009……Campervan hire Australia
Golden Shears
You can’t talk about New Zealand without mentioning sheep, and this event is where every single sheep and anything related to it get together for a competition where speed and efficiency are of importance. Bring your shears and a warm woolly jumper. The Golden Shears 2008 Premier Sheering and Wool handling Championship will hit New Zealand during the 28th, 29th and 1st of March….. Campervan hire New Zealand
Formed in a bar in 1992 (probably after a few too many), Barkus is New Orleans’ only Mardi Gras organisation for dogs. With an annual themed parade and ball on the night before the big day, the Barkus Krewe are a much-loved fixture on the New Orleans scene…Read more @ Motorhome rental Australia
Blues, Brews & BBQ’s
The festivals are a celebration of everything that is unique about the traditional kiwi summer lifestyle; our love of outdoor cooking, great music and enjoying an ale or two with good friends and family. And Blues, Brews & BBQ’s is one of the most popular events on the summer calendar - a family fun day of barbecue fare, fine ales and great music that is held at the A & P Showgrounds Blenheim , Marlborough…Read more @….Motorhome rental New Zealand
Poatina Resort Village’s Australia Day Family Festival
What better way to celebrate the country than with Australia Day?! Australia Day brings all states, cultures, people and walks of life together. Celebrate the people, the land, diversity, indigenous cultures, freedom and democracy with hundreds of events throughout the country…Read more @…Motorhome hire Australia
Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition
When the weather outside is frightful, the Rockford area is delightful! That’s because Rockford is home to the annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition. Nearly 30 teams from around the state work on 5-ton blocks of compacted snow to create huge works of frozen art……Read more @..USA RV rental
What better way to celebrate the country than with Australia Day?! Australia Day brings all states, cultures, people and walks of life together. Celebrate the people, the land, diversity, indigenous cultures, freedom and democracy with hundreds of events throughout the country…Read more at the Travel Info site of Motorhome rental Australia.
In 1990, several members of the City of Fellsmere, FL were very concerned about the fact that there was no funding source available for the recreational needs of the children in Fellsmere. The Frog Leg Festival was a result of that concern and the brain child Fran Adams. She and local residents guessed frog leg dinners might be unique to entice folks to the city. Not realizing the draw of this event, some committee members helped set up the event and then went to the movies. Several Hours and 400 dinners later the frog legs were sold out! Growing pains were there! Check out RV Hire USA and Travel for more!
The annual Great FitzRoy Mussel Fest is on at The Boat Club at Port FitzRoy on Great Barrier Island. With the Boat Club still the center for the food stalls, and patrons entertained during the day by The Great Brain Robbers blues band, the Landing Reserve became the alcohol free venue for the other stalls, as well as a bouncy bus and a huge inflated slide for the kids. It has to be said that some of the kids must have been in their second childhood. For more great reads about the Great FitzRoy Mussel Fest 2009, check out Motorhome rental New Zealand for more travel buzz!
Every December, residents of Waimate paint the town red with a never-ending sea of strawberries as part of the Waimate Strawberry Fare, celebrating the little red fruit and its substantial contribution to the area’s economy. Read more at Campervan hire New Zealand Travels
Homebake 08
Homebake is a massive annual music festival that is exclusively for Australian bands. Held at The Domain in Sydney during the heat of early December, the sell-out event has become an annual institution, with four stages of live home-grown music. The event teams up with Amnesty International for its 2008 theme of “Peace in the Park!”………read full story
Bozeman Ice Festival
The Bozeman Ice Festival features lectures and workshops with some of the best ice climbers in the world. Whether you’re an expert or a beginner, the event aims to teach you something new and improve your skills. The Bozeman Ice Festival is reaching new heights. …..read more
There are specially organised races for those who are already hooked, but the event welcomes beginners - let’s face it, where else could you find so many experts on hand to give you advice on starting out? Read on at the Travel Holiday and US RV Rental
Come and celebrate the 2008 Pohutukawa Festival when you’re at the Coromandel Peninsula. What’s a Pohutukawa? The Coromandel Pensinula’s celebrations of the Pohutukawa Tree, that’s what it is. A natural beauty and New Zealand icon. The festival kicks off with a “Red Hot” Party, where the dress code is fire-engine red like the Pohutkawa’s flowers. It’s an evening of good times, great company and live music by the Beat Lab…Read more at Campervan hire New Zealand
Australia Swan Festival of Lights 2008 - 24 Oct 2008 - 26 Oct 2008
Perth was dubbed the ‘City of Lights’ in 1962 by American astronaut John Glenn. It was called so when the city turned on its lights to greet him as he passed overhead while orbiting the Earth. Pretty neat trick, huh? The beautiful city of Perth, with the majestic and life-sustaining Swan River flowing through it works with multiple cultural connections through peace and harmony. Its cultural diversity celebrates through art, music and dance at………..Campervan hire Australia
Mildura Jazz, Food & Wine Festival 31 Oct - 02 Nov 2008
The unique blend of wineries and rugged Mallee landscapes, Mildura is always an enticing destination, but it will be simply irresistible this 31 October until 2 November when the city comes alive with jazz in the streets, the wineries, by the river and on the paddleboats at……….Campervan hire Australia
Tauranga Moana Tauranga Tangata Festival - 24 Oct 2008 - 26 Oct 2008t
“Our Place and Our People”. This year’s Tauranga Moana Tauranga Tangata Festival will do just that. It’s a celebration of Maori arts, crafts, culture, entertainment and festive activity. On October 24 until 26, prepare yourself and your family or group as you drive down to Tauranga and experience the Marae/Hapu Kapa Haka, Waka Kaupapa, fashion and variety shows, Te Reo Maori, exhibition, workshops, Kai or food stalls, entertainment and inter-marae sports programme and more! at…….Campervan hire New Zealand
ASB Queenstown JazzFest
The ASB Queenstown JazzFest is one of Queenstown’s premier events. Celebrate ten days of live music in God’s amph-itheater. Be dazzled with jazz, and jazz-influenced styles for everyone, young and old. Queensland gives you a taste of quality music and entertainment ranging from traditional jazz to the blues, from jazz rock to soul or fusion and hip hop. There will be performances, concerts and themed events in downtown Queenstown or amongst the vines in Gibbston Valley, the festival delivers a unique experience for everyone to enjoy at…….Campervan hire New Zealand
USA Chatsworth Cranberry Festival- 18 Oct - 19 Oct 2008
Driving down or driving through Chatsworth this weekend? Celebrate the two-day Chatsworth Cranberry Festival in the Pine Barrens of southern New Jersey. Relish the waxy red berry that everyone savors in Thanksgiving tables across the land. There are around 160 craft booths and cranberry bogs at …………US Motorhome rental
Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, is one of the most highly recognized figures in the world, in the chicken world to be exact. Laurel County, Kentucky, located in the heart of the beautiful Daniel Boone National Forest, is proud to be the home of the Colonel’s first and original restaurant established in the 1940’s. For more reads for a motorhome or rv holiday, visit motorhome holiday rental USA
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Drive to the vibrant celebration of the Flying Fox Art and Cultural Festival!
What do you get with 3 days of quality music - jazz and blues? Five fantastic venues in Paihia, Waitangi, Haruru Falls and Russel. Not to mention classic vintage car parade and displays.
When? August 1 to 2, 2008. Where is it going to be? Sam’s Wood Site, Mammoth Lakes, CA. What is it? The 13h Annual Mammoth Festival of Beers and Bluesapalooza!
Drive to the vibrant celebration of the Flying Fox Art and Cultural Festival!
The Flying Fox Festival is one of the most important event in Katherine where an incredible mix of community spirit comes alive and together hand in hand with arts and culture and entertainment. There are exhibitions, workshop activities, Aboriginal culture, Family Fun Day, unique cross cultural experience of the Chinese Dragon Boat Races on the Katherine Gorge in Nitmiluk National Park, car show, Flying Fox Walk and Talk, Main event including markets and a variety of entertainment. Read more at Motorhome rental Australia
