Half of Bluff Oyster Festival Tickets Already Sold for 2018
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Fifty percent of the tickets for next year’s Bluff Oyster & Food Festival, scheduled to take place in Bluff on Saturday 26 May 2018, have been sold and event organisers are expecting a surge of sales over the next few weeks as traditionally tickets are purchased as Christmas presents at this time of year.
Tickets sales have been strong since they went on sale moments after the 2017 Festival wrapped up and with the news that the Foveaux Strait Oyster beds are clear of the bonamia parasite tickets continue to sell well.
The 2017 Festival was sold out two months before the gates opened with many who were planning to attend missing out on tickets. On current trends tickets may be sold out even earlier next year.
Festival Chairman, John Edminstin, said today that organisers are “letting people know the situation now so that those planning a trip to the event do not miss out. This year we found a lot of people booked flights and accommodation early but did not have the same urgency regarding their Festival tickets. I would urge anyone from around New Zealand contemplating a trip to the Festival to get their tickets now. The locals are well aware of how quickly they selling and are snapping them up very quickly.”
The tickets are available on Trade Me (authorised seller – OysterFestival) and at ticketdirect 0800 224 224 – service fees apply.
Over the counter sales will be available from:
- Southland Chamber Of Commerce in the SIT Arcade at 48 Esk Street,Invercargill,
- Foveaux Dairy, 268 Gore Street, Bluff
- Dough Sea Dough at 26 McNulty Road, Cromwell.
Tickets are $30 each while children 14 & under are $10 although children must be accompanied by an adult.