New Music Festival at Lake Tekapo: UNDER THE BIG SKY

A Night of Country & Blues Music at
Tekapo Spring’s and Spa in association with Port FM

The gates will open at 6 pm for a 7 pm start with Eddie Simon and
Blue Train. Aly Cook and The Coalrangers will take the stage at 8.30
pm.
Tickets are $36 and will be available from Event Finder,
Event Finder or Alpine Spring’s and spa

Tekapo Springs Lake Tekapo is hosting the inaugural high altitude
music festival UNDER THE BIG SKY at the skating rink on Saturday 3
December, featuring Aly Cook with The Coalrangers.
It was originally scheduled for March but had to be postponed after 22
February 6.3 earthquake.
It will be the first time the $7 million recreation and relaxation
complex of hot pools, day spa, snow-tube park, ice/roller rink and
licensed café will have hosted such an event.

Managing director Karl Burtscher, the driving force behind the award
wining facility, wanted to use the majestic and beautiful surroundings
as a setting for a new type of event for the Mackenzie Basin, and to
create an annual event that will bring more people to Lake Tekapo.
“We have these fantastic skies, considered amongst the clearest in the
hemisphere, and people come from all over the world to experience
the Earth & Sky Show at Mt John, and I believe people will come to
special events here as well,” Mr Burtscher said.

“The 56 metre long rink makes a great performing stage, and we have
seating for 1300 people. We’ve got fir and pine trees behind the rink,
and a view over the turquoise lake to the Two Thumb Range – where
else can people come and listen to great music in such a setting?”
The performers are all popular musicians who cover a wide range of
musical genres. Aly Cook, a Nelson-based singer/songwriter, has sung
at concerts in the UK, Europe, Australia, Norfolk Island and around
New Zealand this year. The Coalrangers have been singing for
decades, and three albums later they remain as popular as ever with
their foot tapping iconic style. Eddie Simon, originally from Canada,
has sung alongside greats such as John Denver and Dolly Parton and
has a repertoire spanning country, R&B, blues and gospel.
“We’ve got outstanding performers who will be playing almost non
stop for nearly four hours. I wanted to get really top performers to set
a standard that will bring people back next year,” Mr Burtscher said.
“There’s already interest in using the concert as a corporate event for
local businesses who can entertain clients in a new way and keep it
local,” Business Development Manager Cathy Hemsworth said.
“It’s a good time of the year to offer an event like this and a new
opportunity for businesses to entertain, and to support a local
initiative.”
“We hope that people from out of the region will come for the weekend
and enjoy the hot pools and day spa as well as the concert. Lake
Tekapo is a great destination with good accommodation and heaps to
do. That’s why we want to encourage people here through events like
this.”

The gates will open at 6 pm for a 7 pm start.
Tickets are $36 and will be available from Event Finder,
Event Finder or Tekapo Spring’s and Spa

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