Ten days of all things glass will kick off this Saturday with the start of the annual Wanganui Festival of Glass.
Organiser Helen Craig said this year's festival, from Saturday to Monday, October 22, was set to be the biggest yet, linking in with other exciting Wanganui events around the same time.
"We have the national biennial glass conference, the Japanese festival, the national mosaic art exhibition, the James K Baxter tribute festival and the Hoop Nation basketball tournament," Ms Craig said.
The festival headquarters was The Hub, at 45 Taupo Quay, near Caffeinator. There, festival-goers could get information, buy glass art works, and see some of the glass art on display.
The festival officially opens at 5.30pm on Saturday at The Hub. The first major event will be Blowing In The Dark - a fun event run by Whanganui Glass School students.