Outdoor & Sports

Strawberries have been grown in the Waimate District since 1880, they were and still are an important contribution to the Waimate economy. In 1984 it was decided to celebrate this little luscious red fruit by staging a community event, the rest is history.

The fair today is hailed as one of the the largest annual regional events. Held on the second Saturday of December each year and attracting over 14,000 visitors from all over New Zealand.

Waimate Strawberry Fare is a Free Family day out . Offering entertainment, upmarket stalls, a wide selection of food and of course Waimate Strawberries.

Please leave your dogs at home.

For more information visit – https://www.waimatestrawberryfare.co.nz/?fbclid=IwAR0sM2L77LQ1hWxwvTSRCR-1IoVAbMQrf762ZiC9cSoLjfiEDOsp3CZSH9s

The 2023 Harcourts Christmas on the Bay is an inclusive community event that showcases local talent, our diverse cultures and brings people of all ages together to celebrate Christmas. This is a community event that is a fundraiser to raise awareness and funds for Presbyterian Support South Canterbury’s Family Works Service.

Join us for cultural food stalls and performances, live, local entertainers with special guests – Jaz Paterson and Santa!

There is everything to get you in the Christmas spirit. The event runs 3pm-5pm – with YMCA bringing their fun and games and lots of food stalls for a picnic tea.

Entry is by gold coin donation which goes directly to Family Works.

Come join us on Wednesday 20th December from 4-7pm at 2 George St for our annual Twilight Christmas Market!!!!  We currently have over 100 stalls!! This is your chance to get all your last minute Christmas Shopping done from our wide range local artisan crafts, do the big Christmas grocery shop from affordable local and seasonal produce, eat some delicious hot food and listen to great festive music!!!

This is going to be an awesome market, we cannot wait to see you there and finish the year on a high! 

This year’s show ‘Hansel & Gretel’ promises to be as fun, fresh and magical as ever. Bringing another exciting new script with plenty of twists, turns and adventure, this panto promises yet another hilarious production for all the family to enjoy.

Join Hansel and Gretel as they journey through the magical pantosphere of intrigue and adventure. Will they ever be reunited with their father? Will the mysterious pet ‘Snortal-Quack’ ever be returned to its owner Dame Amelia Alwaysfound? And are the rumours true of the holiday Gingerbread House for children, run by the kind and caring ‘Taffy-Anne’?
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A fun-filled, sugar-fuelled, family friendly pantomime adventure, with tasty tunes, magical mayhem and colourful characters. This is simply not to be missed!

Mark you calendars for 2024 Caroline Bay Carnival!

Caroline Bay Carnival 2023/24

Very pleased to announce the line up of artists performing this year.

We have another busy Christmas / New Year ahead with 13 days full of rides, games and entertainment for all to enjoy.

Another New Year’s Eve Pub Charity fireworks display is being organised.

For more information see – https://www.facebook.com/carolinebaycarnival/ or https://www.carolinebay.org.nz/

Join the revellers at the Aigantighe Art Gallery Gardens for this years ‘Dream’.
This adaption of ‘A Mid Summer Nights Dream’ is gearing up to be an unforgettable season of laughter, romance, and enchantment from the Aidan Theatre Players.

You will be transported to a world of magic and imagination as worlds collide with love and mischief causing much merriment and confusion.

This delightful play is full of surprises as the story begins as if a dream and we meet the King and Queen of the fairies in the middle of a quarrel that has impacted nature and the human world. Add in a couple of young lovers fleeing into the woods to escape Athenian law, a magical purple flower, a mischievous fairy, some rude mechanicals trying their hand at acting, some great tunes and a few puppets you are assured to have a good time as you are transported to a world of magic and imagination as love and mischief collide in this captivating and charming theatrical experience.