Grace Raven with her American imported LED hula hoops at the IlluminART festival in Greerton, Tauranga. 10 July 2015 . Photo/Andrew Warner
Grace Raven with her American imported LED hula hoops at the IlluminART festival in Greerton, Tauranga. 10 July 2015 . Photo/Andrew Warner
Greerton Village has become well-known for its winter sparkle, and tomorrow night it once again turns up the heat and shuts out the gloom with the annual IlluminART Festival.
Organisers have had an enthusiastic response from its lantern-making workshops this week, and the festival fires off with a lantern parade, led out by the Tauranga Samba Band, down Chadwick Rd to the Village Square.
The night will be bursting with entertainment including a glow show, laser shows, shadow puppetand the Highly Flammable Reflectrons, glow-in-the-dark circus performers on uni-cycles and hoola-hoops, as well as tethered hot air balloons. New performers include the Fuse Drummers, a school-age group burning beats with their glow in the dark sticks.
Several thousand people usually attend the event every year, coming from all over Tauranga to celebrate with the south-side suburb.
Angela Julian, 10 (left), and Hayley Nikora, 9, hold up their creative lanterns at the light-based festival, IlluminART, at Greerton. Photo/Andrew Warner
"It's all about fire and light. It's for young and old, for families and the whole community to come out and enjoy a midwinter event," says organiser Sally Benning.
the fine print What: IlluminART Where: Greerton Village When: July 15, 5.30pm-8.30pm Admission: Free
