AUCKLAND CITY COUNCIL
THE CLOUD, AUCKLAND WATERFRONT
QUEENS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND
COMMUNITY MURAL: MURAL PRODUCTION AND EVENT FACILITATION (SHILOH DOBIE)
MURAL DESIGN (ZAMMIA WEATHERALL)
ASSISTANCE / FACILITATION (ETHAN REID, MARIANA MEDINA & ZAC WEATHERALL)
PRESS RELEASE:
Queen’s Birthday on Queens Wharf is back for 2016! Run by Auckland City Council & In Collaboration with Artists, Performers, Game-makers & Local Food & Wine of New Zealand.
Celebrate and appreciate the British Isles with a three-day free event filled with the music, culture, food, industry and history of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Queens Wharf will transform to bring Auckland a taste of the UK and Ireland on your waterfront. Each day of the long weekend, head to Shed 10 and The Cloud for a full programme of Queen’s Birthday activities, including:
– Vintage and New British vehicles
– British, Irish and Scottish dance and music
– Free films each day – Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971); Alice in Wonderland (1951); Paddington (2014)
– Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
– Teddy Bear’s Picnic
– High Tea
– Carnival rides
– The Great Queens Birthday Market
– Sports: tennis, croquet, badminton and more
– FIFA U-20 World Cup base
– Auckland Heritage Walks
– Medieval re-enactment
– Children’s workshops
– New Zealand Maritime Museum dress-up photo booth
– Auckland Museum genealogy and wartime displays
– Storytelling
