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Ku-Ring-Gai Garden Festival

Ku-Ring-Gai Garden Festival
March 29-30, 2008

The Ku-Ring-Gai Garden Festival at St. Ives is a two-day cultural event that shouldn't be missed.

The variety of shows in Ku-Ring-Gai Garden Festival is impressive. If you're into music, you would love listening to the Sydney Welsh Choir perform their repertoire: from Bach to Bacharach, the group will sing quality popular songs in Welsh, Latin, and English.

The festival is also a good opportunity to try out the organic and preservative-free wines from Canowindra, specifically Toms Waterhole and Gardners Ground. These wines are mostly exported to Japan and Germany, but locals will get a taste of these in the garden festival.

Sierra Leone dancers will also display their culture through dance, with the use of drums, wooden xylophones, and various stringed instruments. Part of the proceeds of the festival will go to building a children's hospital in Sierra Leone.

For children's entertainment, the Ku-Ging-Rai festival has invited Griego the Great Magician yet again. With his trademark bow tie, moustache, and black eyepatch, Griego is an intriguing character, and his tricks will delight both old and young.

Kids enter free from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday. They can also get free pony rides and participate in plaste painting activities.

Located 16km northwest of the Sydney Central Business District, St. Ives is a suburb on Sydney's Upper North Shore.

For ticket inquiries, call Bob at (02) 9418 1865.

Ku-Ring-Gai Garden Festival
St. Ives Showground
Mona Vale Road, St. Ives