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This Saturday from 10am until 2pm; the CBD will be bustling with Christmas shoppers for the much-anticipated Christmas Market. Esk Street will be closed to traffic as entertainers and stallholders descend upon it to make your Saturday just a little brighter. City retailers will be open for Christmas

Saturday’s Santa Parade went off without a hitch, in the words of event organiser Alice Pottinger. The Southland Christmas Parade Charitable Trust has been running the event since 1999 and now organisers and volunteers just know what needs to be done, she said. Alice said the weather was the big hig

In less than 24 hours Invercargill’s annual Santa Parade kicks off, with plenty of entertainment for the whole family. Organised by the Southland Christmas Parade Charitable Trust, this year there will be a brand new float (top secret), with just one clue as to what it is…. you can live in it and it

The Invercargill community is well and truely in the Christmas spirit, after another successful South City Street Party. South Alive community development and operational manager Julz Orr said the beat of the Cook Island drums at the start of the event really set the tone for evening. “It was a grea

South City will come alive tomorrow night for the 6th annual street party. Organised by the community-led organisation South Alive, this year’s event will have a strong Christmas focus, with the event being held a month later than usual. Community development and operational manager Julz Orr said th

To celebrate longer daylight hours and the approaching summer season, there are some exciting events planned for the Invercargill city centre. From a Spooky Saturday for Halloween to a day out for gold-card members, the events will aim to cater to many Southlanders and help to bring some cheer to CB

Invercargill’s ‘Great Little Train Show’ was a huge success over Labour weekend, with just as many people attending as 2019. The Southland Society of Model Engineers had to downscale their event this year, because there was no certainty it could proceed after Covid, with the focus on the outdoor act

Everybody will have a good reason to celebrate at this year’s Southland Santa Parade. Held on the last Saturday in November, the annual event brings the community together for some good old fashioned Christmas cheer. Organised by the Southland Christmas Parade Charitable Trust, many of the floats ar