Sunday Bandstand: perfect picnic material
Sunday Bandstand: perfect picnic material
Sunday Bandstand is back for SummerTimes 2014, showcasing outstanding local brass and pipe bands in some of the most picturesque pockets of Christchurch from 2 February – 30 March.
Paul Kean, Christchurch City Council Events Business Coordinator, says the Sunday Bandstand series provides perfect picnic material.
“This year’s venues include the Central Lawn in the Botanic Gardens, a new seaside location near Cave Rock in Sumner and, on one special occasion on 9 February, at Riccarton (Deans) Bush with the All Christchurch Pipe Bands Festival,” he says.
“Sunday Bandstand appeals to the dedicated music-lover looking for impeccably-timed tunes, as well as the casual visitor looking for a sunny afternoon and a pretty backdrop. The music creates a beautiful ambience as people wander around the gardens or play on the beach.”
The Sunday Bandstand concerts are free events, part of the Garden City SummerTimes festival. For more information visit www.summertimes.co.nz.
2 February
Scottish
Society Pipe Band of New Zealand
Central Lawn, Botanic
Gardens
9 February
Leopard Coachlines Canterbury
Brass
Central Lawn, Botanic Gardens
Stedfast
Brass
Sumner (next to Cave Rock)
All Pipe
Bands
Deans Bush
16 February
New Brighton
Silver
Central Lawn, Botanic Gardens
Canterbury
Caledonian Society Pipe Band
Sumner (next to Cave
Rock)
23 February
Christchurch Metropolitan Pipe
Band
Central Lawn, Botanic Gardens
City of
Christchurch Pipe Band
Sumner (next to Cave Rock)
2 March
Caledonian Society Pipe Band and Sumner
Silver
Sumner (next to Cave Rock)
9
March
Salvation Army Christchurch City Band
Central
Lawn, Botanic Gardens
Addington Brass
Sumner
(next to Cave Rock)
16 March
New Brighton
Silver
Central Lawn, Botanic Gardens
Sumner
Silver (11am–12.30pm)
Allendale Fête, Allendale
Domain
23 March
Stedfast Brass
Central Lawn,
Botanic Gardens
Addington Brass
Sumner (next to
Cave Rock)
30 March
Salvation Army Christchurch
City Band
Central Lawn, Botanic Gardens
Scottish
Society Pipe Band of New Zealand
Sumner (next to Cave
Rock)
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