The Wildfoods Festival is a celebration of the West Coast’s unique lifestyle, food and hospitality and takes place at Cass Square, a focal point in the centre of Hokitika. Every year an extravaganza of gourmet bushtucker, based on the West Coast’s natural food sources, from the land and sea, is presented in an innovative manner!…..Read more about this travel buzz @ Campervan hire New Zealand

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

The Waiheke Wine Festival
The ‘Island of Wine’ has a brand new major wine event. The Waiheke Wine Festival is a special celebration of the fruits of this unique island producing area with its sub-tropical climate, perfect soil and dedicated award winning internationally acclaimed growers. The event is aimed at those who take their wine seriously and appreciate good food matched with a fine red or white……..read more
 

The Moreton Bay Challenge at Redcliffe Parade & Foreshore
Triathlon Australia presents the Challenge Series, a sequence of multisport events that takes place across the country between November and April. The Moreton Bay Challenge at Redcliffe Parade & Foreshore is the third of the series. Over the three days, people of all ages, shapes and sizes turn up to put their athletic abilities to the test…….read more

Groundhog Day
The annual ceremony in Punxsutawney might be the best-known in the United States, but Pennsylvania isn’t the only state to celebrate Groundhog Day. At the Yellow River Game Ranch in deepest Georgia, a local woodchuck known as General Beauregard Lee (Ph.D) has been making his own early-morning weather-prognostications for more than 20 years amd the form, as always, is simple………read more

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

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!

This summer the Carnival is expected to be as big as other years with the variety of activities and entertainment including the amazing midnight New Years Eve fireworks display. The amazing midnight New Years Eve fireworks display is a must to see and a excellent night of family entertainment. The holidaymakers are treated to fairground style rides, free daily concerts, along with a variety of activities such as Inflatables, Mini Golf, Truck & Trailer Rig, Amac Bungy Trampoline, Train Rides and events and competitions along with entertainment by popular New Zealand artists. The event starts at 10am in Timaru and everyone is invited!  Read more at Motorhome hire New Zealand for more info on Caroline Bay Carnival.

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

Adelaide Challenge
Planning on going to Glenelg Beach? Lucky you, the Triathlon Australia presents the Challenge Series, a sequence of multisport events that takes place across the country between November and April. The Adelaide Challenge at Glenelg Beach is the first of the series and it’ll be in Glenelg Beach………read full story
 

Coromandel Dive Festival
The Coromandel Dive Festival off the coast of the Coromandel Peninsula is a refreshing chance to escape the summer heat. Scuba fans can immerse themselves in underwater photography competitions, chocolate scallop hunts, the Scuba Olympics and a Roman Toga Ball…. read more
 

Light Parade
Downtown Jacksonville rings in the festive season with its annual Light Parade, which includes a parade of boats down St John’s River and the famous “waterfall” fireworks on the Main Street and Acosta bridges. If you’re there, jot down on your planner - 7 p.m. At Downtown Riverfront…..read more

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

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The Annual Scarecrow Festival
The Annual Scarecrow Festival in Fort Kent is an autumnal family event, full of outdoor fun. It includes a scarecrow-building competition, a kids day, a parade, tent festival, a pumpkin hunt, races, games, entertainment and lots of lovely food. This year it’s scheduled on September 19 - 21, 2008. This free-to-attend family event offers tons of outdoor fun………..read US RV Rental Holidays for more
 

Tempo 08 - New Zealand’s Festival of Dance
A celebration of dance in New Zealand! The festival will feature last year’s favorites plus new performances from New Zealand and abroad! Tempo’s philosophy is to increase, enhance and support society’s appreciation and experience of dance and how it relates to them. Offering a broad range of events, workshops, classes and performances……read more at Campervan hire New Zealand

Australia Trek the Trail
Mundaring is the place to be on September 21, as the Perth hills community presents Trek the Trail 2008. Witness or join in on this celebration as walkers and cyclists travel 7 kilometres along the railway reserve spur line, passing through scenic forested countryside on the way to the iconic Mundaring Weir……..read Motorhome rental USA for the full story

Blues Barbecue and Fireworks

Fireworks and barbecue! What could be better than this? On August 24 at Pier 54 witness the majestic Brooklyn Bridge, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, and the amazing fireworks display. Catch free live blues by the water at Pier 54, part of the Hudson River Park’s annual summer of fun. Top bands play at this one-day mini festival and, to get things really sizzling a barbecue is thrown in too... read more at MyDriveHoliday

Rally New Zealand

The New Zealand Rally Championship will be held on 28 -31 August 2008. Headquarters is at Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton which includes the Super Special Stage where the family can get close to the action. The event travels through the picturesque Waikato, Franklin, Pirongia and Waitomo regions and features the best roads in the World Rally Championship... read more at MyDriveHoliday

Australian Formula One Superboat Series